Wimba
The keeper of light seeds
Nature of the tree
The Wimba, also called Huimba, is a sister of the great Lupuna. It grows along the rivers of Amazonia; its trunk is often covered with thorns, its leaves are palmate like an open hand. When its fruits burst open, soft white wool spills out. In it the seeds travel with the wind across the water.
Inner attitude
The Wimba holds on and lets go. Its trunk is well defended, its seeds are light as a breath.
The essential qualities
- light
- well defended
- generous
- free
- tender
It protects its trunk and gives its seeds to the wind.
Meaning
The Wimba calls when something has made you heavy or you are clinging to something. It teaches you to protect yourself where it is needed – and to let go of what wants to move on.
Voice of the tree
«What is ripe may fly. Let the wind carry it.»
Encounter & working together
You meet it when seed wool drifts through the air in summer, here too, from poplars and willows. Follow a flying seed with your eyes until you can no longer see it, breathing out slowly as you do.
Pay attention to
- where you hold on to what wants to go
- where you may protect yourself
- where something light comes to you
The Wimba works when you are ready to let what is ripe move on.
Essence
I protect what matters to me and let go of what wants to fly.
