Preparing for Imbolc 🌱 Ideas DIY's and Rituals
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Hello Enchanted ones,
A happy Imbolc to you! This year I am going to be creating Sabbath videos where I show you how I celebrate and what I am going to do! So i hope you enjoy them!
I also hope you have a lovely time celebrating whatever you do! Also remember you DON'T have to celebrate imbolc on the exact day, you can celebrate starting today and in the few weeks that pass! It is about the energy in the air, and it will only get stronger from now on!
All my love,
Alwyn 🌳
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Imbolc 2024 and i'm watching this video again because it's timeless and i just love watching your beautiful crafts and creativity inspired by the woods and nature. Blessed Imbolc 💚
Thank you for being as sweet as you are. Your kindness is what this world needs more of.
Thankyou that means so much 🥺 I hope to spread the love for a very long time! 💚🌱
@@AlwynOak @Alwyn Oak it keeps deleting my comments -- you need a music aggregator - such as D i s t r o k i d -- also sign up for A S CA P or B M I before you put it online .. its important -- i got Salutatorian of my graduating class in Music Business School.
Just beautiful, Alywin! I have always worried about doing the Sabbats “correctly”, or by-the -book, and the joy went out of it. I love how you take the basic feel of the holiday and then do what brings you joy in that season and moment. Gorgeous music! I’m going to try a dolly this year instead of a cross. That resonates so much! 🧚
Thankyou so much Heather you hit the nail on the head with that one!! I'll always remember doing my first ever ritual and it had about 30 items, a paragraph to read (didn't understand half of what was written) and I remember thinking to myself, how will this ever work if I am not truly invested in it with what I love, understand and can relate to!! I'll have to make a video on it sometime!! It was quite a funny story! Have a lovely Imbolc 😊💚
I closed my eyes and listened to your music. It brought me a sense of peace and wonder. I hope you will create a collection of your compositions and release it for us to purchase! You are very gifted.
That's so lovely of you to say thankyou - and im so glad you enjoyed it! I will absolutely be releasing it soon!!! Lots of love 🌼
@@AlwynOak Wonderful to hear this. 💖
@@AlwynOak squeeee! :D xoxoxo
👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼 What she said!
@@AlwynOak Sweet, I can't wait!
How lovely Alwyn! I could listing to the calming piano at the end for hours 🌸✨ well done, I so enjoy your videos!
Thankyou so much my lovely I am so glad you liked the song!! 💚💚💚💚
woah two of my favorite youtubers 💖
I was just thinking the same thing. You two ladies have wisdom beyond your years. I truly enjoy both of you & your videos🌺🌼
Happy Imbolc! I'm just learning about the symbolism of the pagan festivals as they occur throughout last and the current year. I thought I would share some of my recent discoveries:
I celebrate the lunar New Year with the Vietnamese community at the Buddhist temple I attend. I was delighted to discover that lunar New Year's day is February 1st, the same as Imbolc! Viet new year is the celebration of the return of spring, the temple is always full of spring flowering cut tree branches that have been coaxed into bloom by the monks. We also have a special service set aside to feed the hungry Ghost and remember the ancestors, those who have passed on, very much like Samhain. I'm excited to see the convergence of western and eastern traditions.
Happy Imbolc from America!
I just started my Spring Cleaning, in honor of Brigid, who also happens to be my patron goddess! I decided to listen to some witchy talk, and Poof! There you were! I think I'm going to make my dolly with hemp twine, and a little acorn cap.
Oh that's great well I am so glad you are here!!! Enjoy your spring clean and your doll crafting 😊🌿🌳🌱
Dear Alwyn... I'm on my break during a particularly stressful night shift... your beautiful music has filled me with joyful peace. I'm planning a special Imbolc ritual and I think I will make a Brigid doll like yours! I can feel the Spring energy rising already. Thank you so much 😻
So I was born in spring and I always had a strong connection with it. I just love it (and autumn). So months before spring starts I can already feel it come and I keep telling people it is here soon.
I am generally happier and more energized.
I see all those flowers growing, freshly grown grass, few more birds, few more leaves.
But I will be missing the fact it is dark in the afternoon or that it is the perfect temperature. No sweating.
Perfection. Your music speaks to our souls and opens our hearts and minds to old truths and new possibilities. Thank you. Peace be with you.
This was lovely. I especially liked the bit about honouring our bodies if we're still feeling too tired to do much despite the pressure from society to be productive from the 1st January onwards. I've been ill for the past few weeks and although I'm improving I still feel quite tired and under the weather so I'm building back up slowly. I've been doing some planning, journaling, painting and a few brief stints outside to get fresh air which all helps.
Beautiful music, and depicts a sense of old and rebirth in nature. You have a beautiful soul and will do the world no harm, just bring joy.
I wish more humans could be this way and do no harm.
Love your alter too. You always make it look serene. Thank you. Happy Imbolc. Blessed be.xxx
Merry Imbolc!
2023 💚🌱💚
Thank you , this was perfect. i live in Miami Florida and don't have access to the traditional offerings, but in the spirit, I can substitute and celebrate. Blessing to you and all who watch.
You have got to be the coolest person I have ever seen .Thank you for giving us a glimpse into this lifestyle ,I will soon be retired and plan on expanding my craft and incorporating some of the things you do,they seem so calming and relaxing,one of the things I love to do is go barefoot in my garden to feel the energy the earth offers .
Spring is in the air.. in the rays of the sum and the tone of the birds already... A very Blessed Imbolc to you from Denmark. 🤍💚💛🧡🤎
What a hauntingly beautiful piece of music you have written and performed! I also would love to see you release a collection of music honouring each Sabbat.
Your beautiful music made me incision fairies dancing through your woody glad and over a lake collecting frosty dew drops on a peach and pink dawn.
You’re energy feels like a warm cup of jasmine tea in my favorite mug 🍵💜
My mom and I were just discussing making a yarn dolly, as most of the greenery in our yard is not suitable. Then I saw yours, and felt it with synchronicity! I will definitely be making a dolly tonight
Omg ..Alwyn🌿. That imbolc song was amazing!!👏
I m a singer and went to school for music. And you are truly talented!💜
You honestly could make an album of your wonderful piano playing !
Absolutely Beautiful!!😍
I wish I can breathe through the freezing air. Almost 2 weeks ago, the city had a snow blizzard with 20cm of snow. Unlike 30 years ago when our mayor called the military to clear out the snow, the city's plowers tried to clear the snow as much as they could. The area I live had partial plowing so walking is extremely challenging. Right now, there's a windchill factor warning of -30°C. So now I'm just catching up the videos. So I can't wait for Spring comes to life from Winter's slumber. Thanks for sharing your experiences on video as well as the doll. I love making dolls. I made something similar to this one except that it's completely made out of one long singular strand of yarn & divided into 5 parts.
Alwyn, That was truely Beautiful, Transforming. I was so glad I listened all the way to the end. Your a talented young maiden. Thank you so much. Blessed Imbolc. ❤ 🌱
Oh thankyou so much Timothy I'm so glad you felt the magic of the piece!!! I wanted the themes to intertwine from winter to spring! I wish I could write an essay on it hehe! Blessed imbolc to you 💚😊
If you look close, your
" dolly",gave you a thumbs-up! Her left hand is formed in a fist shape n her thumb is up!!! The energy forces are with you ...
awesome!
Love 💘 n light!
Awwww hehe I never realised that! I can't wait to make more, they are so fun to make! 💚
@@AlwynOak just scroll thru your vid...you'll see what I'm talking about!! Quite enchanting!?
A good eve to you dear lady, be well, n stay safe!
Til later!!!!!!!!!💚👍🧙♂️!
When I see your videos I sense peace, calm, tranquility. I enjoy seeing your videos.
Blessed imbolc 💚🙏🌳🪶🪄✨️
I was in tears your music has me emotional. Just happiness I could feel from it. Blessed Imbolc 🙌
You are BRILLIANT! Beyond Charmed, (and I'm a "Charmed" fan!). At a time when our Mother Earth needs "US" to have a quieter reflection, and take note,...Alwyn, YOU need to go Prime Time! Beautifully presented on how true Witchery works...(and I'm not kidding, Hollywood should come knocking anyway now!)
Out of nowhere, without planning I found myself doing similar things. It began with a solo trip to a nature rich area, just to sit by the river and tall trees, I found myself breathing in deep and exhaling. Then a week later I got a urge to start to a garden, sow seeds & composting 😳. My creativity is soaring, without self sabatoge insight. The need to Spring Clean is outweighing my interest in work, making it hard to focus on my work duties. And I burned Bay Leaves in my Room
Beautiful music thanks for sharing very healing
Alwyn, that was so beautiful! You are so incredibly creative! That music touched me so deeply. Thank you so much for sharing your creations with us! Wishing you a blessed Imbolc! ♥️
What a lovely piece of music!!! Wouldn't it be wonderful for you to make a CD with your beautiful songs? Then we could buy them and bring all that enchanting magic into our homes. Your composing has a special unique sound that speaks to my spirit. I hope you will create more when you have the time.😁
You've given me ideas, thank you. Question though, do you release your music anywhere? If you do a piece for every sabbat then it would make a beautiful album, and yes, I'd by it 🥰
Aww thankyou! I haven't released it anywhere else yet but I do also have a video with my music on here :D I will absolutely be releasing it elsewhere in the future! 😊💚
@@AlwynOak I really love the idea of an Alwyn Oak Ritual Music album. Emotive music without lyrics is an important part of my Rituals. I also would buy it!
Thank you for that beautiful piano piece you composed, truly beautiful, you have internal gold, spiritual gold, I congratulate you, thank you for sharing it with the world 😃💕🌸🌎
You my friend are a breath of spring on this day , I went out to breathe in the new air but my nostrils stuck together at -15 degrees ! I can feel the changes coming , the days are changing the sun ☀️ is at a different angle in the early morn .🙏❤️🎩
Hi Jon oh no now that is too cold for a deep breath haha! Maybe try it again in front of the fire! I love the morning sun in the winter too! 😊💚
I had to pause your video before finishing it to let you know something I do that you might enjoy as much as me.
I consider myself an “Alchemist/Elemental Practitioner”. I have a basket in my car where I keep pinecones, acorns, dried flowers and herbs, basil leaves & a fine point sharpie marker, seashells, wildflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, dried fruit, dried firethorn berries, feathers and other things from nature. When the seasons change (or anytime really) I like to lay a sacred geometry design down on the forest floor using items from my nature basket as well as items I’ve collected from around the area where I do it. (rocks, twigs, leaves etc.)
I light incense and say a prayer to bless the area and items then draw a circle in the earth with my wand or a stick and assemble this nature grid/design as an offering to Mother Earth, all the forest creatures, deities, ancestors, the sun or moon or whoever I am called to do the offering for at the time.
I include bay leaves that I write messages on in the deign.
It is a solo, sacred time for me where I can meditate, create and connect with spirit, nature and my higher self.
I leave the design on the forest floor to disassembled and disappear in the winds and the elements and the forest creatures will enjoy the nuts, seeds, berries and dried fruit.
I also like to think if anyone comes across it while it is still intact it will make them smile and raise the vibration of the planet.
This is a spiritual ritual & practice of mine that brings me much peace, joy & calm and so I thought I would share it with you and your followers.💫
I am laughing at myself, we are having a major snow storm out here in eastern U.S., so I decided to clean my art studio. When I clean, I seem to decorate (can't help myself). Well, I must be in-tuned with Imbolc because I found silk ivy and decorated my window with it and different decorative woodland items. After I was done, I made a cup of hot chocolate, started my candle burning and put on your vlog. Looks like I am on the right wave lenght. Maybe Mother Nature is not ready to "turn" in my neck of the woods but I feel that I'm ready for it. 🌱☀
I don't usually cry at pieces of music unless there are lyrics, but this brought me to tears. It is so beautiful
Aww my love 💚💚💚 I'm glad you like the piece! I love how the brain comprehends music! Just so clever 🌱💚
I can't wait for spring to come!! I love your ritual of getting in tune and aligned with the changing energy of nature, I will definitely add this to my hiking trips 💚🌱
Agreed 100%! It's such a simple idea isn't it? But I believe the most powerful of all 😊🌳🌲🐛💚🌱
Your composition is lovely! Your channel has inspired me to play the piano again after many years of not doing it. ❤ Blessed Imbolc!
Oh that's absolutely amazing I'm so happy for you! Happy playing and a blessed imbolc 😊💚
I actually really want to make a yarn doll for Imbolc now ❤️ as always thank you for such a beautiful, relaxing video!
She was a joy to make and I am going to make more!!! Have ablessed imbolc my love 💚😊
I am new to your channel. I have dabbled in nature paganism/wicca/Celtic Shamanism for decades. You make the "rituals" so accessable and gentle and loving! Thank you for making these videos! As soon as I find my yarn I am making a Bridget doll. I already have white uncut cloth to put out on Imbolc to be blessed. I love all of these other beautiful things to do to help us connect to Mother Earth and ourselves. 🌿
Omg did her piano make anyone else bawl out their eyes ?
Your videos are like therapy to my soul.
I'm feeling fizzy with excitement to celebrate Imbolc this year. I always mark the wheel of the year with a walk outside, noticing the nature around me, paying particular attention to the plants and animals I see and what stage of development they're in. Your Imbolc DIYs, rituals and ideas are so wonderfully inspiring! Thank you for this, Alwyn!
Lovely composition! It sounds like it should be in a movie.
So very beautiful, and the birds have already started their journey northward from the south. Looking forward to Spring! Thank you my dear.🌞🌜
I listened to your beautiful song whilst weaving my Brighid's cross! 🕯🌙🗝🌿
The music and ritual were lovely. Thank you for sharing. 💐
Thankyou my love !! Have a lovely imbolc
Thank you for your beautiful music. I used it just now during my barefoot 3am snow walk. It really made it special. Sending tons of love and light. Happy Imbolc World Neighbors.
Oh wow how beautiful! That must have been a very awakening experience for you! Happy imbolc 😊💚
@@AlwynOak It was absolutely lovely. ☺️ I do it just before bed after clearing my chakras. It helps circulation, centering ones self, breathing deeply and mindfulness. Everything you need for a peaceful nights rest. I'm super excited for the snow we are about to get in MI, with in the next few days! I'm hoping it's to my knees at least! It will be more like snow trudging instead of walking, but it'll be barefoot and beautiful nonetheless. Thank you again. It will always be my "go to tune" for my snowy adventures. 💖
@@AlwynOak I just did what I believe to be my last snow walk of this winter. Your music was as magical as ever. 🥰💖🧚♀️🧚🏼♂️🧚🏼♂️ I hope you are well. So much love to you 💕
Thank you Alwyn for your gift of music and light. Imbolc blessings dear heart.
The doll you made is so lovely Alwyn. Relaxing and inspiring as ever. I have a fresh vision board! A physical one with magazine pictures. Much better than a pintrest one. 🤔😊💖✌️🕉️🙏💌
My goodness - I love the Crescent Moons nestled in the word Imbolc. Combine them with the O, it's a nice representation of the Triple Moon Goddess! Haven't had much time to watch the channels I'm subscribed to; however, I really enjoyed this one. BB!
Love n light..I' m here for your presentation! I have my tea n biscuits! Let's begin a lovely journey!?
Awww you're very sweet! Ooo yes tea and biscuits are a must!! Have a lovely imbolc 😆
@@AlwynOak And you as well...Mistress of the Enchanted Woods!
😆🙌🌱💚🐛🌲🌳
@@AlwynOak A magical carpet of moss ride thru the woods n one's journey on their path! Truly beautiful piano composition...very well done...
I will go now n finish my thoughts n meditation 🧘♂️!
Blessed be!
👍💚🧙♂️💚👍!!!!
Thank you!
You must have incredible parents to have raised such a Beautiful and talented woman ! That music is so Beautiful ! Thank you so much Alwyn 💚Everything you do is Amazing ! I love your Magical Enchanted space and all the Beautiful things you make 😊 I have been wanting to make a Brigid doll and i just love her and you made it so easy to understand ! So many Bright and Magical Blessings to you during this Imbolc season ! 🥰
I made the Brigid dolly and it really felt right for this sabbat. Thank you for showing us how to, I’d have never figured out how to make yarn look like that in an easy way lol. I even made a second one as a worry fairy and gave her yarn wings too. You’re the best!
Thanks for this wonderful video 💐💐💐 Your beautiful piece made me think of people who are gone now, in particular my granny and how she made wonderful jam every year without fail .. also the Brigid dolls made my crown tingle because my sister and I used to make them as children and I’d long forgotten about them... and curiously a couple of weeks ago I kept dreaming of silver birch trees and seeing them as flashes and so I looked them up and they are symbolic of Brigid 💝💝💝
So beautiful I have no words. Happy Tears, because you can give such beauty to total strangers Thank You. 👏🏾🎶💖
So beautiful for Imbolc I love the doll you made and your alter set up with crystals and candles for this time. It's wonderful thank you for sharing blessed be.🌖🌕🌔❤
The doll was so delightful
Your altar is beautiful
Very sweet music.
Your music is magic. Loved the doll.
Thankyou sweet 💚😊🌱🍀🌳🌲🌿
Imbolc always been the ugly duckling of Sabbats for me. While Yule also takes place in winter, the snow just arrived, everyone is getting ready for the celebrations surrounding Christmas and New Year, but here in Canada Imbolc really is the dead of winter. It's freezing cold (-25°C to -35°C this past 2 weeks), there is 2-3 meters of snow on the ground, the birds are nowhere to be found... Every year I really have to make a conscious effort to even acknowledge this Sabbat. But thank you for this video Alwyn! Your lovely music is motivating me to do a little something to celebrate it this year. 🥰
A Glimmer of Hope is stunning and wonderfully fitting for Imbolc. Thanks for giving us a moment of magic.
Thankyou my darling!!! You were the inspiration behind my altar shots I hope you know that!!! 😊🌿🦠💚🍀🌲
@@AlwynOak I'm so touched by that, Alwyn!! 💜
Wow your videos are so amazing. And now the music you played on your piano is just a masterpiece I even started crying from the nostalgia of old memories it brought up. 15:10
I absolutely love your music, your talent is a gift & I'm so glad you shared it with us. Thank you!
You’re so talented and creative!! Your song was great to listen to while journaling. Blessed Imbolc to you Alwyn and everyone else!🌱✨
Yay I'm so glad you liked the song! A blessed imbolc to you too my love 😊💚
The music you have composed is absolutely stunning, I love it.
Your music always makes me wish I’d kept up with my piano lessons. Beautiful. Thank you. ❤️
Aww well its never too late - that's what I say to my pupils!! Have a lovely imbolc 😊💚
Blessed Imbolc✨🌱❄️🙏🏻🐏
I really love your ideas for Imbolc midwinter and I really love nature and I respect them but I love to see these beautiful snowdrops flowers also your piano music is so beautiful
Thankyou my love !!! I know snowdrops are so beautiful! The way they bounce and look like a little face!!! Just a perfect way to great spring 😊💚
This piece is so lovely and calming thank you! it truly helped me today!!💜💜
That's amazing I am so glad it helped my love! Music is healing for the soul 😊💚
Beautifully inspiring! Thank you for sharing your music! It is an universal expression that transcends all sorts of barriers! 🎶💓
The music is beautiful, i it made me feel quite emotional, I was thinking of my Dad . Xxx
Your composition is so beautiful Alwyn it made me cry 💗 thank you for sharing your sacred talent xxx
It made me think of my mum I miss her so much since she passed away in 2019, she was a huge fan of Lord of the Rings and we played something from it for her farewell, you are so talented your videos bring me so much peace and light in my dark times, god bless you 🙏🏻 love you dearest Alwyn thank you for everything you share 🙏🏻🧚♂️🌳🌿💗
A wonderful video and a very beautiful piece of music, congratulations once again 🍀💕
Thankyou so much Sonne that's very kind of you! Have a wonderful imbolc 😊💚
What an absolutely stunning piece of music. Thank you 🙏 Happy Imbolc Alwyn 🌼
And it truly blessed Imbolc to too you Alwyn and too everyone who reads this message!!!
Aww thankyou my darling have a blessed imbolc too!! 😊🌱
Imbolc Blessings Alwyn❤️Another beautiful & inspirational video. Thank you,Blessed Be Enchanted One❤️
I enjoyed the whole video, as always, but oh my...that tune was lovely, you moved me to tears! Thank you so much for sharing! ❤
Such soothing music and your gentle voice 🙏🏻your videos always appear just when they’re needed thanks for sharing. I shall be making a little Brigid doll. Snowdrops and crocuses are appearing nearby 💚🌱blessings 🙏🏻
Thank you for another wonderful video. The crow flies from me to thee to send the message--blessed be. Happy Imbolc to you and yours.
Hello Alwyn! 💚 Thank you for the video. I am beginner witch and this is my 4th sabbat. Thank you for sharing ideas and rituals🌱🌼
Hi Tereza you are welcome! That's so great! I hope you have a lovely imbolc 🌱💚🌳🐛
That was just what I needed I closed my eyes and let the Music seep through me.Thank you
Aww thats so lovely! Thankyou Joy, glad you enjoyed it 😊
Thank you for the inspiration. Making my first imbolic alter, will listen to your piano music in contemplation x
Enjoy!!! Blessed imbolc ☺️💚
Thank you Alwyn! I have just discovered u in my life when I needed the help to revive my spirit…. I love the music, videos, and enlightening messages!!!❤️
Your composition is haunting and hopeful. Set outside to listen, it was magical.
Aww thankyou Shannon I'm so glad you felt the magic! All my love 😊💚
Thank you for this wonderful song - it was just the right melody to give me a calm and refreshing break form my work this morning :-)
Oh how I love 💗 your new musical 🎶 piece! Thank you for sharing this with us. Beautiful 🥰💚
Beautiful piece of music. Gives a sense of the subtle changes going on around us, although still hidden, but with a sense of having momentum as each day passes. Stunning! Love your videos as always Alwyn 🙂
Dear Alwyn. Thank you for sharing your of music and crafts. Blessed be. Joyous Imbolc 💜
Thankyou very much Valerie ! So glad you liked the music! Blessed imbolc 😊💚
Beautiful video as always Alwyn!
I love the DIY Brigid doll, she is gorgeous!
Here in Pennsylvania there isn't any new life emerging from the earth yet but, I can feel the energy slowly beginning to shift.
Brightest and warmest Imbolc blessings! 🔥
Dear Alwin, thank you VERY much for this movie and for the music!!! It is great joy to listen to your lovely, calm voice and look at your DIY. THANK YOU!
You are so talented!!!
I did a prayer during the piano music and it was so powerful ✨ thank you
Holy cow I was not prepared for the surge of emotion that came with that piano piece. Such an amazing expression of the sentiment of waking from the still winter to a new season of possiblity.
Beautiful. :) My fingers tingled slightly when watching you make the dolly, the same as they do whenever I'm doing something with them regarding ritual and magic. Tyvm for this amazing video, and a very blessed Imbolc to you. :) ❤
Nia: I think I fell asleep to that song. It was so beautifu! 😌😻😺
Wow that music is beautiful and inspiring. Thank you!
I love the drawing idea! Your wooded area is so beautiful...magical! Thank you for your informative and gorgeous videos!
Thankyou Susan thats so sweet of you! It is magical in the woods here! Have a lovely imbolc 💚
Beautiful, love your music. Very calming and tranquil. Your so beautiful and so gifted and work so hard on your belief’s or should I say your way of life. Angel blessings to you dear one.🌈💜
Hi Alwyn! Your video really inspired me to craft for and celebrate Imbolc. I loved your composition! It was beautiful; ethereal. Thank you for sharing.🥰🤍🌈