The wild flowers are now in abundance and a wonderful way to connect to their energy is to immerse yourself into a deep and relaxing wild flower meditation. Bringing your attention into curiosity , gratefulness and love of natures gift.

Meditation

You can do this meditation for 5 minutes to an hour. I often do 10 minutes and continue my walk and do another. Try for 5-10 minutes and if you find some benefit then see if you can sit with a flower for much longer.

The benefits

This meditation helps you be more mindful and attentive to things in life.

It helps you focus and inquire with curiosity

It opens your heart

Helps you connect to nature on a deeper level which gives you the psychological benefits.

It is uplifting

Where to go

The easiest answer is wherever they exist and you can sit with them for 5 minutes or more.

Local Park
Local Woodland
Allotments
Country Lanes
Nature Reserves
Canal Paths
Open Gardens
Your own space

Let’s not be purist about this , a wonderful wild flower is a Dandelion and they are everywhere. Peace comes from within so you need not be in solitude. The romantic vision of sitting in a summer meadow is great but is it achievable. ? The only things you need is your will to sit with wild flowers for 5 minutes or more.

Chose a flower

I spend a little time finding a patch of flowers where I can sit amongst them. I do not over think this but connect with what I naturally drawn to. Once I am sat down I will just scan the flowers around me , firstly for ease to meditate on, but also what I am drawn to. I do not question the reasoning but just accept my decision.

Posture

1. This meditation will require mindful movement and that wild flowers are typically small on close to the ground.

2. Second note within your sitting posture is to be mindful that you are sitting , comfortable and alert

Find your position , noting the above. I find a patch of grass where I can sit next to the flowers and sit on my bum with my legs lying on the ground , I am for the open meditation sat upright with the ability to move closer to the flower to immerse myself.

If you cannot get close to flowers due to your physical abilities then I don’t think you're doing harm picking a flower if there are plenty around, ask consent and thank nature for your gift. I would not pick a flower for meditation but I do for my art as long as there is an abundance

Scan your body

Make a simple enquiry into yourself and how you are feeling before you begin. Quickly or slowly if you have time check into your body noting how things feel,

How does it feel sitting down on the ground ?

Are you warm or cold ?

How is the ground ?

Are there any sensations within your body ?

Being in the body creates presence and one with the flower.

Settle your Mind

Begin with a minute of natural breath noticing you're in and out breath and how it feels inhaling and exhaling. Deepen the breath , counting 4 in and counting 4 out for 10 times. Bring your breath back to natural rhythm and slowly move into the next stage

(Spend at least a minute but if you are unsettled spend a little longer)

Connect your Senses

At this moment you are going to open your awareness to your senses to wherever you are. Begin with what is easy for you.

Vision : you need not make an inventory of words of what is surrounding you , just notice everything around you , the colours , the shapes and textures and spend a few minutes just scanning
Sound : what are the sounds around you , bring your attention to the birds or anything else , natural or not and spend a few moments with the sounds.
Smell : take some time breathing in the air and bring your attention to what you can smell. Just be with it for a few minutes
I find this part really helpful and will spend 5-10 minutes just doing this. It also helps when walking in nature.
If your mind wanders just slowly bring your attention to the senses without any judgement of what thoughts are arising. If it persists , settle your mind once again.

Open you awareness

Just open your awareness now to everything , you sitting , you breathing , what you are sensing and feeling for a few moments before you bring you attention to your flower. Be the space around the flower and then become the flower by immersing yourself with curiosity of the flower.

Focus your attention to the flower

From your open awareness bring your attention to your selected flower and begin with mindful curiosity of the flower. This isn’t a check list , you know the colour without having to speak the colour !

You are now going into mindful movement to get closer to your flower. Whilst inquiring into your flower you should be aware of your body , your breath and what’s around you. You movements should deliberate , alert and calm. You could just move into position to be closer or move around the flower of your choice. Play around with this , be a Bee !

Bring your attention to its shape and form as a whole , number of petals , follow the shape of it , the size of it , any differences. ?
Look more deeply at the petals , how are they formed ? what are the shapes ? Are the funnels , are the edges crimpled or straight, do the curl up at the ends or are the concave ?
Look at the colour , is it all the same colour , are there flecks of other colours or tone , are there speckles and other shapes , are the edges different, is the petal opaque or translucent ?
How does the flower stand up , is the stem long and thin or something else , are there leaves on the stem. How does the flower attach itself to the stem.
Take a moment to smell the flower
Take a moment to gentle touch the flower , are there any textures ,, what doe it feel like ?
Are there any other interested parties in your flower , maybe a Bee ?
Is there anything else you notice about the flower ? Maybe how it stands up
Do what you can in the moment you are in , this is not a competition to who can focus the longest but a journey of discovery to how you connect with nature. It is about creating a deep relationship with the planet you live on.

When your mind wanders off as it naturally does , notice your thoughts and gently bring yourself back to your flower. No need to judge the thoughts or push them away , just calmly bring yourself back to what you were doing.

Return Back

For these mindfulness meditations I find it is best for a full cycle rather than just stopping.

Bring yourself back to open awareness for a moment and then to your senses and then check into yourself.

You can make some inquiry afterwards and journal them.

Were there any preferences coming up about your flower ?
Did your mind keep on thinking about something particular ?
Did you struggle concentrating while looking at the flower ?
Were there any triggers at any point ?
Was there a particular sense you struggled with ?
How did you feel afterwards , were there different sensation with your body ?
Did it bring a sense of anything , maybe just peaceful , maybe alive and connected ? or anything else

June Wild Flower Meditation