Opening and Closing Sacred Space

Opening and closing sacred space creates a sense of connection to the Divine. Any traditional or spontaneous prayer will work. Being intentional with your holy spaces supports a sense of holiness, and right relation to God.

While opening and closing sacred space, you may wish to face each direction as it is comes up in prayer. When addressing the Earth, I bend down and touch my hand to the floor. When addressing the Skies, I stand up and hold a hand up towards God. I like to light incense during this process, and take in the breath of a devotional heart.  I use these prayers when teaching yoga, and when leading people through 40 days of Spirit. 

Opening Sacred Space

version from Alberto Villoldo’s Four Winds Academy

Invocation


South
To the winds of the South
Great Serpent
Wrap your coils of light around us
Teach us to shed the past the way you shed your skin
To walk softly on the Earth
Teach us the Beauty Way


West
To the winds of the West
Mother Jaguar
Protect our medicine space
Teach us the way of peace, to live impeccably
Show us the way beyond death


North
To the winds of the North
Hummingbird, Grandmothers and Grandfathers
Ancient Ones
Come and warm your hands by our fires
Whisper to us in the wind
We honor you who have come before us
And you who will come after us, our children’s children


East
To the winds of the East
Great Eagle, Condor
Come to us from the place of the rising Sun
Keep us under your wing
Show us the mountains we only dare to dream of
Teach us to fly wing to wing with the Great Spirit


Mother Earth
We’ve gathered for the honoring of all of your children
The Stone People, the Plant People
The four-legged, the two-legged, the creepy crawlers
The finned, the furred, and the winged ones
All our relations


Father Sun
Father Sun, Grandmother Moon, to the Star Nations
Great Spirit, you who are known by a thousand names
And you who are the unnamable One
Thank you for bringing us together
And allowing us to sing the Song of Life

Closing Sacred Space

version from Inka Visions

Invocation


To the winds of the South
Great Serpent

Thank you for the healing light you bring to us

For helping us to shed the deadness of our past the way you shed your skin, all at once

Thank you for teaching us the Beauty Way.


To the winds of the West
Mother Sister Jaguar

Thank you for protecting our medicine space

We embrace your wisdom of teaching us the ways

of peace, impeccability, and the journey beyond death.


To the winds of the North

Hummingbird, Grandmothers and Grandfathers, Ancient Ones

Thank you for sharing this space with us

We listen for your whispers to us in the wind and to the sacred space within our hearts

Guide us with your grace.

 

To the winds of the East
Great Eagle, Condor

Thank you for taking us upon your wings to our highest path of destiny

Thank you for Showing us the holy mountains 

and reminding us to envision our lives from this place.


Mother Earth, Pachamama

We give you thanks, as one of your children, 

for holding us so sweetly in your womb of love and life 

as we heal all of our stories, our shadows, our fears.


Father Sun, Grandmother Moon, Star Nations
Star Brothers and Sisters, Great Spirit,
You who are known by a thousand names

The unnamable, the nameless one

You who are unknown, yet not unknowable

Thank you for bringing us together

And allowing us to sing the song of Life, one more day.