Eagle Meditation


Sit or lie down comfortably, close your eyes and visualize an eagle soaring in the sky above.

Look at its wings, and breathe as slowly and rythmically as they move while the bird circles above your body. Feel feathers growing on your skin, a wonderful warm feeling that spreads all over your body, easily, naturally.

Spread your wings, feel their strength, take a deep breath and start to fly in large circles, higher and higher, all the time you feel easy and comfortable.

Look at the trees becoming smaller below while you are carried by the wind, effortless, free.

Feel your freedom, your great power and wild beauty, dance with the winds that carry you higher in a large spiral. The wind sings in your ears and caresses your feathers - you are full of joy to be alive, to be such a wonderful being, let your voice carry your emotions, everything is possible!

If you feel you have enjoyed this great flight long enough, start to spiral down again, slowly, all the while breathing deeply, down, down towards the earth. In a last great spiral you land, feel your feet on the ground, let go of the eagle spirit.

Feel how your wings become human arms again, the feathers turn to skin, take a deep breath, stretch your body and thank the power of the eagle which will always be available for you as long as you wish to honor this contact.

Stay where you are for a moment and let your experience vibrate through you. You are a wonderful being beloved by the Goddess/God/Great Spirit, no matter what form you wish to take on.

by Johanna S. Klapper