Tree Guided Imagery - Wetlands Siesta Station


Imagine that you see a very tall tree in front of you. Look carefully at the tree, and then imagine spinning slowly around in a circle. As you spin, imagine yourself becoming the tree.

Feel your large taproot grow down from your hips and into the soft soil beneath you. Feel it sink 25 feet (7.6 m) into the ground. Then feet your lateral roots spread out just below the surface of the ground.

They will spread farther and farther until they reach 30 feet (9 m) from your trunk.

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Now imagine your branches rising from your trunk. Stretch your limbs. Feel your large branches divide into simlar and smaller branches. See the leaves at the ends of the branches. What do they look like? Are they large or small? Pointed or round.?

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See how green your leaves are and how your leaves contain tiny bursts of a green-colored matter called chlorophyll, Your leaves also have tiny holes that allow you to breathe the air. Imagine taking in some air through your leaves.

Deep in the ground, gather water with your roots. Feel the water pulsing up through your roots, up through your trunk, and out to your leaves.

Now feel the sun's warm rays on your leaves. Bring the sunlight into your leaves. Imagine the chlorophyll in your leaves trapping the sunlight. Use the energy from sunlight to change carbon dioxide (from the air) and water (from the soil) into food for you. Your food is called carbohydrates, which means starches and sugars. As you make carbohydrates, your leaves exhale oxygen.

Send some of the food to your branches so they can grow bigger, to your trunk so it can get wider and to your roots so they can grow longer. Feel yourself growing greener and larger with the sun's help.

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When you are ready, open your eyes.

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