—RETRIEVING YOUR POWER ANIMAL
The past few blog posts have focused on power animals. This week you will learn how to journey to the invisible realm of the Lower World to call for a power animal to accompany you back. Quite often, this will be one you haven't foreseen, perhaps...
—LESSONS FROM POWER ANIMALS
The beauty of soul retrieval is that Spirit will provide you with whatever power animal you need without you having to figure it out, because it isn't a rational process. You simply have to work with what's given to you and explore the animal's...
—THE FOUR SPIRIT ANIMALS OF THE LAIKA
Like many Native Americans, the Laika are so closely linked to the animal world that they often take an animal as their namesake. In doing so, they're seeking to be associated with the animal's energies and to embody its powers. Four archetypal...
—ANIMAL ARCHETYPES IN CULTURE, RELIGION, AND MARKETING
From earliest times, humankind has expressed its reverence for the natural world by using animals as totems and symbols of the highest ideals. The earth's fauna have been used to express the strength of rulers (the lion), the purity of God (the...
—JOURNEY TO THE CHAMBER OF TREASURES
In past blog posts, we’ve visited the Chamber of Wounds, Chamber of Soul Contracts, and Chamber of Grace. Now it's time to journey to the Chamber of Treasures—the final chamber of the Lower World. Here you'll find your own tool that will conquer...
—FINDING BURIED TREASURE
As with other aspects of shamanism, the tools you find in the Chamber of Treasures are symbolic—but that doesn’t mean they’re not real. They have the power to change your life. When my client Sally entered the Chamber of Treasures, she discovered a...
—MEDICINE GIFTS FROM THE CHAMBER OF TREASURES
If Billie Holiday had never learned to use her soul-stirring voice to record her struggles against racism, or if Anne Frank hadn't poured out into her diary her harrowing tale of hiding from the Nazis, their suffering would have overwhelmed their...
—RECOVERING YOUR LOST SOUL PART
All soul loss is a separation from our own divinity, from our natural self that always lives in grace. This self doesn’t reveal its face until we confront our wounds, have the courage to rewrite our limiting soul contracts, and begin the hero’s...
—A WOUNDED HEART: LISA’S JOURNEY TO THE CHAMBER OF GRACE
When I met Lisa, she was 45 years old and battling a severe form of leukemia caused by inherited chromosomal damage. She was terrified by the severity of her illness and traveled to Houston from Los Angeles every three months so doctors could...
—JOURNEY TO THE CHAMBER OF SOUL CONTRACTS
As before, you may want to record these instructions before starting the exercise. Prepare for this journey by opening sacred space. Sit comfortably, fix your gaze in front of you (or close your eyes), and take your hands into prayer pose. Focus on...