[015] Coffee with Dakota: Telepathy with Animals and People

A single goose followed me for a while on my journey and I finally paid attention to realize the message it was trying to give me. Animals bring us big medicine and messages, they are the mediators of the worlds and bridge us to our spiritual guides and ancestors. In this Shaman Short, I share with you the message of the goose but also how to work with the messages the animal spirits bring to you.

I had the most extraordinary experience. I was half way to my turn around point when I saw her on the bank. She sat quietly on a log, not at all frightened by my presence. A large Barred Owl. She looked at me with her golden eyes, tilting her head as if trying to decipher my energy. My kayak drifted to the log, barely touching it. She would look at me, look at my boat, look back at me as if daring me to come any closer and at the same time I questioned whether she was going to hitch a ride with me. We sat there for several minutes, just staring.

At the end of our incarnations, the most we can hope to leave this life with is with the love of our family, and our friends, especially the ones who become family - not by blood but by heart. Leaving the mountains, I had a few possessions, my dog Issie, and an open invitation to stay with my dear friends Steve and Kathie on their horse farm. Kathie and I share the common bond of kayaking, and horses. Both are soothers to my soul and a tonic to my heart breaking.

Animals, whether found deceased or alive, have great medicine for us to utilize. I found a dead fox on the side of the road in the most unusual of places. I felt the pull to go back to him and to do a ceremony for his spirit and utilize pieces of his fur to put in my medicine bag. In this Shaman Short, I talk about how I work with the energies of animals who have been hit on the roads, and how and why we have Medicine Bags to carry that energy with us.

Sometimes we connect more effortlessly with certain animals. For me, it has always been horses. Like two magnets, we are naturally drawn to each other, no matter where I am or how wild they are. When we work with our power animals and helping spirit animals, we can forge that relationship in our ordinary life as well. It often is the confirmation we need to know that they are guiding us. Animal medicine is powerful, they are the spirits who have a part of their aliveness here in the 3D world, and in the spirit world so they become potent messengers. In today's Shaman Short, I stop to connect with Horse Energy on the side of the road.  Take the time to connect with your animal spirit essence & feel the kinship.

How do we learn how to listen to those who are giving us messages without even knowing they are the messenger. On this Shaman Short, I shared the experience of talking to strangers to find what messages can help me on my journey, literally! I also share how the gift of authenticity can create a bridge to deeper experiences. Our Spirit Guides are continually sending us messages, even outside of the meditation space (mostly outside of that space!). Learning to listen, and pluck those messages out and compile them into a sensible nugget of wisdom takes presence, curiosity, and openness.