In October 2007 I went to the Natural Health Show in Cardiff University student union. I had not been before and found it a fascinating place. While I was there I tried some 2 therapies. One was a massage which I didn’t really connect with and frankly did nothing for me, and the other was Chakra rebalancing. This I did get something out of. As the therapy began I found it easy to enter my grove. Usually, when I do that, unlike in real life, my eyesight becomes as sharp as it was when I was little, but my hearing is usually deadened and I find it hard to hear.
I enter my grove from the West. As usual, I step into it from just outside, walking across dried leaves and damp crumbing acorn shells. Once I enter it, it is like spring. The light is bright. It is warm and sunny. I am wearing the blue periwinkle blue dress that I intend to make soon and also my blue boots. I feel happy and relaxed. I sit down in the middle and just enjoy the sun.
If I remember right, there is a small silver fountain in my grove. The droplets of water spray show rainbow in the sunlight. I wash my hands and face in the water, then sit back down where I was and begin to make a daisy chain.
Suddenly I realise I am not alone. I feel like I am being watched and I am not sure how to react. I try to gather up some bravery. “Show yourself!” Out from the shadows I wee a pair of orange glowing eyes. Out pads a large grey wolf. It paces over like a dog rather than stalking like a wolf. It comes up and stands 2 metres in front of me. I look at its paws and it does not look defensive. I ask who it is “I am Carrow the she-wolf.” She has come to keep me company and I may ask questions of her. She also likes to enjoy the warmth of the sunlight and rolls in the grass. I get up and spin around, starting to dance. As I do I raise into the air and float. I certainly didn’t expect that to happen!
As each of my chakra points were stimulated whilst in the grove that area would glow with a golden light which left a trail of shimmering dust as I moved. Each time a new point was stimulated That would glow stronger, but the others didn’t fade by much. I felt somehow powerful and energised. Something was being triggered on the internal plane.
About half way thought the male druid guide who had been with me at the initiation arrived and came into the grove. Carrow looked really happy to see him. She bounded up and pounched on him, nearly knocking him over. He patted her and they play fought and restled as if she was a family pet dog. They played and caught up with gossip as they could both talk. I was happy to see him too. I found out that the man was called Bro’nairn.
Eventually I was wrapped in golden light and walking above the ground. I spun and as I did I rose higher and higher into the air, then floated back down to the ground, barely stirring the grass as I set foot upon the earth.
Eventually the sun began to go in and Carrow and Bro’nairn decided to leave the grove. I settled back down into the grass and closed my eyes. The grove faded away.
