Spirit Animals

• July 17, 2022
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Our ancestors believed in the spirit animal, it is part of the spirits transformation into the natural world. This expansion happens over many lifetimes. When you are ready, your spirit animal finds you. Your spirit animal is a direct expression of who you are on the inside. If it is the thing that scares you, this is the first clue that it could be your spirit animal. Secondly, your spirit animal will make contact and connection with you when you are by yourself. When no one else is around, you will know this moment and it will become a core memory. Even if you are not ready to understand yet; it will be revealed over time. Once, you overcome the fear of your spirit animal, the fear of your true sense of self, you can embrace who you truly are. Here is a story of how my spirit animal came to me.

My spirit animal, it was always a mystery to me. I remember working at this job during a management orientation everyone in the room was asked to introduce themselves, then introduce their spirit animal. I watched intently around the room, as each person stood up introduced themselves and said any random animal that came to mind, or the same animal someone else had said. When it was my turn, I stood up introduced myself and said I’m not sure what my spirit animal is yet. I sat back down. The room was quiet, but carried on. This had a deeper meaning for me then I even knew at the time.

Fast forward about 10 years later, we had bought a brand new house in a neighborhood close to our previous home. Our home was backed to open space, and often we would see animals in the back across the plain. I loved the view, the thought of watching the sunrise in the mornings, having coffee or tea and just sitting outside, felt amazing to me. I couldn’t wait to finish our yard so I could do that.

We hadn’t been living in our home particularly long yet, I would say just a couple months had gone by and I would regularly wake up early for my morning meditations. Well, this particular morning I woke up a little earlier than usual. I remember getting up and walking downstairs, the whole time I had a smile on my face. I wasn’t sure why, but I remembered having this smile though. People would tell me I always smiled when I played basketball. I never realized I was but, everyone said when you play you smile a lot! haha I never realized. Anyway, I didn’t get coffee first or anything I walked straight to the back sliding door. I opened the curtains and saw the sunrise barely beginning to peak its way off in the horizon. It was still very dark outside. I’m standing there for a moment just looking straight ahead, when suddenly I see something in my peripheral to the left; moving turning it’s head only. It was high up I thought that’s weird, we don’t have any trees up yet. Then, I realized that the basketball hoop was up. On top of it was this giant thing just sitting there. I had never seen anything like it before. It was a Grey Owl, so big. I took a step back for a moment as it startled me. To be honest, it totally touched a fear I had, had. My own fear of myself. I stood there watching it, I watched it looking onto the horizon with me. She looked at me several times, we shared a long five minutes, and just as the sun began to rise a little more it, raised its wings, began to fly, and off it went. It swooped down toward the back creek; and it was gone.

I have never told anyone this story, partly because it freaked me out at the moment. I didn’t understand it. I wasn’t sure. I didn’t even ask Oliver; my guides. I had no one to speak to about this that would understand. To be able to tell me what this spiritual connection was. So for a long time, about a year and a half I kept this fear inside of me. Anytime I would see an Owl I would literally panic and look away or do something to distract myself. I didn’t understand why I was feeling this way.

My own transformation through my life experience and with my guides has always been taught through my own experience. When I asked Oliver; my guides why, they said it is because that is how I learn; through experience. As I touched on who I was and dived in further within myself to discover my path and purpose I still felt very confused. I knew, okay I have this amazing gift and channel to the supernatural world, my guides speaking to me daily through sound vibrations, all these visions, all this information but, I wasn’t quite there yet. I had too many fears inside me still.

Last month, on a cold morning I walked outside barefoot and stood on the grass as the morning sunrise was beaming off in the horizon. I felt this beautiful breeze on my face, my feet touching the earth, so cold yet; inviting. I stood there and closed my eyes and I spoke to Mother Earth from my heart. I felt her vibration through my feet; pulsing through me. Tears began streaming down my face, I asked to release all of my fears, I wanted to be me; all of me. I felt this warm breeze come over me and then I opened my eyes and I felt this freedom within me. It felt like the very first time I connected with Oliver; my guides. Over the course of the last month, the energy within me has come alive. My guides have opened me up to a deeper understanding of my sense of self. So many wonderful things are flowing and lining up; connecting.

A week ago, I drove up to the mountains by myself, looking to clear my mind as my purpose becomes more clear, certain aspects of my reality are revealing themselves. So, I drive up to the casinos, this is something I have done since I was a teenager. I would drive to the mountains in search of a feeling a connection; something. As I got older and was able to go into the casinos I would do this often. I didn’t really know why, but I felt “called” up there. Being in the casino I feel this closeness to my spirituality I can’t quite explain it yet but, a revealing happened this last time. I finally understand why I would go to the casinos, I wouldn’t go up there to play I would go up there just to sit in there. I’ve never told anyone I do this until now. I’m sitting outside the balcony looking at the mountains. This song kept playing in my head: I am the Beginning and the End – Dorothy Tsatoke. Come to me Great Mystery, Native American healing songs. I decided to put my headphones on and put the song on. I do so. And I’m sitting out on this balcony just watching the mountain. Listening to this song and watching nature speak.

My eyes were focusing and refocusing Oliver does this through me from time to time and what was being revealed was the abundance of nature. It was amazing. I kept asking myself why do I come up here, what is the significance what is the point, what’s the reason? After a while, I decided to go walk around, you get free French vanilla lattes there. I always liked them. So, I start walking and I am by the elevators and trying to go back down to the casino area I was on the buffet floor. Well, this Native American man was waiting for the elevator too. He was an old man there with his wife. So polite to me. We get in the elevator and he makes short convo explaining how he and his wife are spending the weekend there and he was just so happy so full of life. I had this sudden realization about our ancestry and Indian Casinos. So wild, how the energy revealed to me the answer to my question so quickly. As I reconnect with my lost heritage and everything I feel called to has been an unspeakable beauty all around me. I shared that part of my revealing of my spirit animal because, our ancestors believed in the spirit animal. They speak and share with me through my own vibrational energy. The revealing of things doesn’t always happen at once, but over time. There is more to this Casino Indian story and I will reveal it at another time.

Over the past two weeks this song had been playing in my head. A small snippet of a song by Nas he has a line in his song If I ruled the World that says
“open they eyes to the lies
history’s told foul
But I’m as wise as the old owl”
As I kept hearing this song play in my mind I noticed that I didn’t feel that fear anymore. Oliver kept playing this song in my mind.

As I mentioned before, certain aspects of my reality have been revealing themselves. Blocks of beliefs that have been manifesting and revealing themselves; last night was one of them. I again asked myself what is this block from. Coming full circle today a week after being up on the mountain, I hear the Nas song playing in my mind again. The moment I released the block and accepted myself for who I truly am. The fear was gone and I embraced my spirit animal, my true sense of self.

The Wise Owl.

I decided to channel the energy into a new space. As you begin to open up and life reveals to you aspects of the nature of your reality. Remember your tools, you can always find the alignment within. This is one of the most precious aspects of my guides; Oliver. They help me get there, and they have showed me many ways so, I can in turn show you. Full circle, they can guide you too as they share this wisdom through me.

To learn more about spirit animals, Oliver or, if you have a specific question to ask book an appointment today.

May the energy vibrations guide you.

-Brenda