# Autumn Leaf Meditation: The Beauty of Letting Go

An episode of [The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1861284240), 24 Sep 2026, 9:42.

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In this meditation, I use the image of falling autumn leaves to reflect on change, release and the beauty that can be found in letting go. We begin by settling into the body and breath before visualising a tree as autumn arrives. Its green leaves gradually turn to gold, red and bronze before the tree naturally releases them to the wind. Following the journey of a single leaf from branch to forest floor, we reflect on one of autumn’s great lessons: there is a time to hold on and a time to let go. In nature, letting go is not simply an ending. The fallen leaf becomes part of the nourishment and protection that makes new life possible. From this place of stillness, we gently ask whether there is anything in our own lives that we are clinging to and may now need to release. We do not force an answer, but allow the question to rest within the stability of meditation and the certainty of divine love. This autumn meditation offers a gentle practice for accepting change, releasing what no longer serves us and recognising the possibility of new beginnings within our endings. Chapters: 00:00 – Introduction: The autumn leaf 00:49 – Entering sacred stillness 01:33 – Being supported by the earth 02:01 – The rhythm of the breath 02:38 – Visualising the autumn tree 03:29 – Gold, red and bronze leaves 04:09 – Watching the leaves begin to fall 04:55 – Following a single autumn leaf 05:16 – The beauty of letting go 06:09 – Every ending contains a beginning 06:26 – Releasing what no longer serves us 06:53 – What am I clinging to? 07:44 – Letting go within divine love 07:56 – The seed of a new beginning 08:06 – Holding the autumn leaf 08:29 – Returning the leaf to the earth 08:41 – Returning to the breath 09:04 – Learning from the trees 09:29 – Closing bell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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