🔥 Tending to Your Inner Fire: Beltane & Energy Medicine
“When we align our inner energy with the rhythms of the Earth, healing becomes a dance, and the body remembers its joy.” ~Unknown
As the year's wheel turns, we arrive at Beltane, a Celtic fire festival marking the peak of spring and the threshold of summer. Traditionally celebrated on May 1st, Beltane invites us to connect deeply with vitality, fertility, and creative life force. It is a season of renewal, warmth, and awakening, the perfect moment to tend to your inner fire.
Beltane: The Fires of Bel
“Beltane” means “the fires of Bel,” referencing Belinus, the Celtic sun god. The ancient Celts celebrated by lighting twin bonfires to purify the body and spirit, as well as to enhance fertility. This tradition reminds us of fire's transformative power, not just in the physical world, but also in our inner energetic landscape.
Wreaths of flowers adorned the heads of celebrants, symbolizing the joyful blooming of life. Beltane is a reminder that nature is surging with energy, and so are we.
Energy Medicine and the Fire Element
From an energy medicine perspective, Beltane aligns with the fire element, representing transformation, purification, and passion. This is the time to reinvigorate the solar plexus, your energetic centre of personal power, vitality, and drive.
Visualize the flame within you, located in your solar plexus. With each breath, feel it grow brighter. This fire burns away stagnation and brings energy, virility, and clarity. We also turn our attention to the sacral and heart chakras, tapping into creativity, emotional flow, and love.
Exercises
Eden Method (by Donna Eden) exercises work beautifully with Beltane’s themes of vitality, love, creativity, and seasonal awakening.
1. The Four Thumps (Boost vitality & immunity)
Why: Beltane is all about life force! This foundational technique energizes your system and clears stagnation.
How: Tap the following points:
K27 points (just below collarbones) – for overall energy
Thymus (centre of chest) – for immunity & joy
Spleen points (below ribs) – for vitality & clearing toxins
Grounding Thump (on the cheekbones) – connects your body to the earth
2. Belt Flow (Connect to the Earth’s rhythm)
Why: This exercise balances the energies between your top and bottom halves and is great during seasonal shifts.
How:
Rub your hands together, then smooth them across your waistline, imagining an energy belt encircling your body.
Do this 3–4 times, then trace a figure-eight shape around your hips to anchor the flow.
3. Heaven Rushing In (Set heart-centred intention)
Why: opens the heart to love, connection, and spirit.
How:
Stand grounded, reach arms up to the sky, then bring them slowly down to your heart centre.
Say: “I invite the wisdom of the Universe to flow through me.”
Focus on opening your heart chakra as you breathe.
4. Celtic Weave (Integrate and harmonize energy)
Why: This exercise helps you weave together all the vibrant energy you’ve stirred up.
How: Cross your arms and legs, move hands in figure-eight motions around your body, then "pull" energy through your aura. It boosts joy, sensuality, and energetic protection.
5. Sacral Chakra Hold (Activate creativity and sensual flow)
Why: Beltane celebrates sexuality, creativity, and reproductive vitality.
How:
Place one hand on your sacral chakra (below the navel) and the other on your forehead.
Breathe deeply for 1–2 minutes. This calms the mind and awakens your creative centre.
Sacred Union of Earth and Spirit
Beltane is not just about fire, it’s also about reconnection with the Earth. The energy of this season supports grounding spiritual energy into the physical realm. As Danu Forest writes in The Magical Year, "We can literally infuse physical matter with divinity."
This is a time to weave the soul back into the body, honouring sacred union and the balance of opposites: masculine and feminine, light and dark, spirit and matter. It’s also a sensual season, lush, fertile, and ripe with possibility, reminding us to tend lovingly to our physical bodies.
Light a candle with intention, for your inner fire.
Dance or move to awaken the sacral chakra.
Try a heart-opening breathwork session.
Let your energy flow wild and free, this is the season of aliveness.
Beltane Blessings
As the Earth bursts into bloom, so too can we awaken our inner fire.
This is a time to align your energy with nature’s rhythm, to open your heart, ignite your creativity, and celebrate life force in all its beauty.
So light your fire, tend your energy, and celebrate the miracle of being alive in this vibrant, blooming world.
❤️🔥 Love Becca