Storm Moon - Naked In The Woods - A Guide to Spiritual Nudity

Naked in the Woods

A Guide to Spiritual Nudity

Storm Moon

Naked in the Woods- A Guide to Spiritual Nudity

Storm Moon

All Material Storm Moon (2012)

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Naked in the Woods

A Guide to Spiritual Nudity

Storm Moon

We stand as mighty oaks kissed by the Lady Spirit of Nature, just as leaves are kissed by the breeze. Father Sun sending loving shards of light deep within our souls, nourishing our roots. Slowly, patiently we take time to experience the flow of life, like sap in the trunk spreading to every branch and each and every twig. We stand as a bridge to the elements, rooted in the earth, flowing like water, the air our breath and the sunlight our soul. As does the oak, we stand as guardians to natures great paradise. We bow in reverence to her great spirit. We shed our clothes, our worldly lives, our hectic existence, just as the oak sheds its leaves, standing tall. In this deep connection we find our true strength, our deep roots and the joy of simply being. We drink of her spirit in a divine union as she welcomes us into her magical embrace.

Contents

This book will be of interest to anyone who wants to experience a deep and life-changing communion with mother earth, and the freedom and joy of knowing and accepting our true selves. It promotes our right to be free as we truly are, and encourages respect and love for our beautiful bodies. This book is a journey that begins with the symbolism of clothes and the joy of being naked in nature, and progresses through honouring our bodies to awakening our subtle energy awareness, bringing us in to communion with the spirit of nature. Part one deals with sacred nudity from a personal perspective. Part two looks at the body as a temple and why we should treasure the human form. In part three we learn how to connect deeply with Gaia, mother earth herself. Elemental magic is the subject of part four, including a look at how we are controlled. Part five looks at sensual journeying, a form of guided meditation, and part six introduces at group rites and rituals. The final part looks at the tribal revival and the new era of peace.

Being naked in nature is a highly symbolic and deeply spiritual activity that has been used throughout the ages by countless earth traditions in their sacred rites and rituals. It is the giving up of oneself completely to a higher spiritual ideal. It is an ecstatic activity that brings us into intimate communion with nature and her spirits. Quite simply, it is to know and accept our true selves in mind, body and spirit. If we want an honest answer to the question: Who am I? We must first be prepared to accept ourselves without reservation.

Spiritual nudity holds the key to liberation through the senses. It is only due to our conditioning and false perceptions that we see the senses, and our bodies, as unclean. When we pay attention to and care for our senses and our bodies, they can take us beyond the coarser bodily senses to the subtle senses of the spirit. I call these senses of the spirit the chakra senses. They allow us to experience a union with nature, with each other and with the divine source itself.

It was a beautiful June evening and I was lucky enough to have the sacred well to myself. The stars shone down upon me with their ethereal light and the air was filled with magic. The moon too, was magical in her presence. A wonderful opportunity to connect, to dance, to be at one with nature. After removing my clothing I immediately felt free and danced on a grassy bank, twirling and turning like a dervish, like an elemental spirit set free. I danced with the fairies.

The well itself was equally magical, as we stood and peered into her mystical depths. The energy rising up our spines causing them to tingle in the slight breeze. As I walked to the source I could smell some of the beautiful flowers and trees that surrounded this most sacred of areas. The source itself provided an endless flow of pure water. I gulped it and splashed it all over, feeling instantly invigorated and shivering with the shock! Sacred well water is healing water and I could feel it heal me from within as I drank directly from the source. The water evaporating off my skin cleansed and healed me from the outside and the two forces me, totally embracing me, setting me free. Such an amazing feeling of ecstasy and being totally embraced by mother nature herself. I no longer felt cold in the breeze, but felt part of it.

As I walked further I empathised with the flowers and trees, I could feel their presence in a way that is impossible fully clothed in the daylight. I was one of these beings. I was a dancing sprite, overcome with the joy of simply being alive. This is what life is, the sky, the water and the earth. A sanctuary in nature that liberated me from the ties of society. For these few eternal moments I ran free as a stag in a wood, flew like a bumble bee from flower to flower and soaked up the moons silver shards, as she too watched, and smiled.

It is one thing to take a shower in these gorgeous waters, but another to submerge in the lifeforce of the goddess. As I lowered myself into the stream the cold instantly tingled and I breathed in sharply. Goosebumps and a feeling of liberation, a feeling of letting go. The waters gently bathed me and took away all my cares, all my negative thoughts, indeed all my concepts of who I was. They were replaced with a different me, a me that has always been there from the beginning of time. I had become part of nature and experienced her magical embrace. I looked up to the moon and the stars, up to the trees and down at the water. All were now familiar to me in a way I had long forgotten. They were like old friends, like finding my way home after a strange and weary journey through a dusty land.

I slowly climbed out of the stream and thanked her for the healing. My feet splashed onto the surrounding rocks causing wet footprints, like the tracks of some exotic animal never seen by human eyes. The breeze dried by, but left me with a coating of joy. A coating of Gaias lifeblood, claiming me as one of her spirits. Everything looked so clear, like the water itself. Life is simple, it is all about connection. The moments of bliss embraced my whole being from the beginning to the end of time, I was changed, I was renewed, I had returned home.

Throughout this book you will find energy exercises and visualisations for you to use if you want to, to bring you into closer communion with nature and to balance your own energy body. Working through these exercises and building them into your daily practice can help deepen your connection with nature and enhance your sacred experiences with the Earth Mother.

Most of the exercises can be performed either indoors or outdoors, although being outdoors will bring you closer to nature and her subtle energies, so do be outdoors if you can. The best times for such activities are at dusk and dawn. This is when nature is at its most beautiful and mysterious.

These exercises can also be done either naked or clothed. If you are performing them naked, please use good sense and discretion in choosing a place. Many of them can easily be performed in a secluded garden or in a deserted forest. If you are performing them clothed, please make sure the clothing is comfortable and not tight or restricting in any way. If you cannot find a good place to perform them naked outdoors, it is worth trying some of them naked indoors, so you can enjoy the feeling of being in nothing but your own beautiful body. Wherever you choose to do the exercises, make sure you are in a place where you feel comfortable and are unlikely to be disturbed.