Willow Tree
About The Willow Tree Archetype
The Willow Tree archetype represents a person who is generally calm and can bend with change. This is a person people consider to be beautiful on both the inside and outside and who knows how not to rush and instead takes in the beauty of life. This person feels a strong connection to both the seeable and non-seeable aspects of nature. This person is a good listener and patience comes easily to them. They move at their own pace and resist trying to make things happen more quickly than they are meant to.
A person with the Willow Tree archetype is not demanding but expects others to do their best. Not one to judge, they do however tend to analyze the behavior and attitudes of other people, but they do not give unwarranted advice or suggestions on the ways people might be able to improve themselves. They are comfortable in environments – spatial or relationship – they feel they have control over, but will walk away from ones that make them uncomfortable. They are happy to be looked at and can be vain, but do not require people to pay attention to them. Like a beautiful willow tree, they are who and what they are whether they are being seen or not. Their state of inner calm makes them friends to animals and children. They are easy to be with and prefer a relaxed approach to life.
The Willow Tree archetype’s calmness can sometimes become overwhelmed in highly stressful situations, but people expect them to maintain their regular calm demeanor. This can force this archetype to suppress their worry, concerns, or fears, which is unhealthy for them to do. It is essential for this archetype to acknowledge that they are human and will not always be the same emotionally day-to-day or experience to experience. People can believe that this archetype lives above the normal concerns of life, assigning them a type of angelic status. There is a balance that this archetype will want to achieve which is living as they are, with the wonderful qualities they have, and allowing people to see the less than ideal version of them.
The Willow Tree archetype is an earth element and will flourish when regularly connecting to the varied energies of the planet. As children, this archetype often relates to the seemingly fantastical expressions of nature like fairies, nature spirits, and invisible energies. When these interests are supported in a child with this developing archetype the child will flourish and maintain this same level of wonder as they mature.
This archetype is often drawn to more ancient healing modalities — herbal healing, moon rituals, flower essences, sound baths, for example — either as a vocation or avocation. These interests will usually draw them into a community of like-minded people, which for this archetype helps heal elements of any trauma they may have experienced.
Willow Tree’s Gifts
Calm and Serene: The Willow Tree archetype possesses a natural sense of calmness and composure, even in challenging situations.
Connection to Nature: They feel a deep connection to nature and appreciate the beauty in both visible and invisible aspects of the natural world.
Good Listener: This archetype excels in listening to others, offering a supportive and understanding presence to those around them.
Patience: Patience comes easily to them, and they avoid trying to force things to happen quickly, preferring to let life unfold at its own pace.
Challenges
Suppression of Emotions: In highly stressful situations, the Willow Tree archetype may suppress their emotions, leading others to expect them to always maintain their calm demeanor.
Need for Balance: Striking a balance between being seen as calm and angelic and acknowledging their human emotions is challenging for this archetype.
Avoidance of Uncomfortable Environments: They may walk away from uncomfortable situations, missing potential growth opportunities.
Neglecting Self-Care: The focus on others might lead them to neglect their own needs and well-being.
Tips
Embrace Vulnerability: Acknowledge and express their emotions, allowing themselves to be human and vulnerable when needed.
Nurture Their Connection to Nature: Regularly spend time in nature to strengthen their earth element and maintain their inner peace.
Practice Self-Care: Prioritize self-care and set boundaries to ensure their well-being while supporting others.
Embrace Childhood Interests: Reconnect with childhood interests related to nature and the fantastical, maintaining a sense of wonder and growth.
Guided Exercise
Pulling in Earth Energy for Balance
Multiple energies within the earth can be used for people’s benefit. Human-created techniques to connect to these energies are usable, but techniques designed by nature have more potency since the nuances of energy that comprise these more complex earth energies can be perfectly matched by nature to the person pulling in these energies.
The Willow Tree archetype can benefit from pulling these more powerful earth energies into their body to help keep them in balance and also facilitate the expression of emotions they often suppress.
This exercise can be felt more strongly when done in nature, but it will also be successful when done indoors. It is best to try this exercise in different positions — a single position each time. Rotating positions help increase the absorption rate of the earth's energies. These energies are strong but will be measured perfectly according to the person doing the exercise, making this exercise completely safe and enjoyable to do. The absorption of these energies will increase over time but always at a level that is best for each individual.
Different positions to try:
Sitting - in a chair or on the floor
Standing
Lying on the ground or floor, face up
On all fours with the neck relaxed
With your eyes open or closed depending on your preference, feel the points of contact your body is making with the ground. See in your mind’s eye a shaft of light/energy originating from deep in the planet below you making its way toward you. Allow the time needed for this to feel clear. There is no need to rush. As this shaft of light/energy makes its way toward you, tune into how your body feels. Take easy deep breaths throughout this exercise. The closer the shaft of light/energy comes the more you may feel it, but this is not necessary.
Once the shaft of energy is about ten feet below you allow it to stop moving. Let it stay in this position for a minute or two, or longer if you prefer. The next step of this exercise involves the engagement of your will. You will be pulling this shaft of nature energy up into your body. Watching this process with your mind’s eye will work for many people, but it is also possible to feel the energy being pulled into you. You can also use both methods together. As the energy is gradually pulled from the earth into your body, feel it being absorbed by every part of your body. If you cannot feel this happening use your imagination to see it happening. When you feel this is complete in the moment, continue on with your day.
This earth energy has a continuously renewing source so it will not run out. In this sense, it can always be part of your energetic life. However, in the beginning, it is best to temporarily halt this flow of energy until the next time you do this exercise so you can build up your ability to absorb more of this energy. By repeating this exercise regularly you will find a time when keeping the flow of this energy continuous will be possible. It is up to you if you wish to maintain that level of connection to this earth energy or continue to disconnect and reconnect whenever you choose.
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