Now everyone however is blessed to live near a suitable woodland area. Even if you do there will be those times when weather, health or life circumstances mean you are unable to visit. At these times it pays to have developed an inner nemeton. This is a place that the wandering mind can focus on, visit and find inner calm. It is useful for meditation, for path working and also for reducing stress during challenging times.
So how does one create such a place? Quite simply, let your mind create it. Find a moment where you can be still and undisturbed. During that moment start to imagine what your ideal woodland grove would look like. Focus on everything about it. What is the lay of the land? What trees are there? Is there a stream or pool? What spirits live there? Eventually you will realise that in all actuality the place has not been created by your mind but rather existed within you all along and it is only now that the concious mind accepts it. Having accepted it, you can visit there anytime you need to.
Your inner nemeton will become very important to you. It is a place your inner self will spend much time. Eventually your body will start to react to the peace of being there and tensions can be relieved simply by visualising yourself there. This is YOUR place. No-one else can come there unless you think of them there and even then you have total control over this place. Your spirit self was co-creator of this little wooded realm and you have mastery here.
Now enjoy your nemetons, both inner and outer. Cernunnos bless you and keep you safe.
- Robin Green-Elk
