animal medicine

For the Love of Sparrow

Posted by Barbara Techel

As I walked over to my printer the other morning, it was this sweet sparrow that caught my eye outside Joyful Pause Cottage studio window.

So unassuming. Still as could be. Something about this struck me.

The image stayed with me for days.

A few times glancing again at the picture I’d captured, I’d feel my heart swell and tears spring to my eyes.

How often we only see beauty in the bright colors of the world.

The shades of brown not so much.

The sparrow often overlooked or underrated.

Yet, I found so much elegance in this scene outside my window.

While I don’t yet know why it struck me so or that this has continued to stay with me, I’m in gratitude to Sparrow.

For the feelings in my heart that stir even though I can’t name them.

But makes me that much more appreciative of this one precious life.

XO

Barb

    

The Women’s Well Podcast: Animal Medicine as a Healing Practice

Posted by Barbara Techel

I’m still away on hiatus and really enjoying the Blue Ridge, GA, and surrounding areas. Though we’ve been hit with a lot of rain and more on the way, we have a few days of sunshine we are taking advantage of. It’s been unusually rainy and cold here is what the locals have told us. Go figure! We may pivot at some point and re-think our plans. Will see!

But today I’m bringing you a conversation with good friend, podcast host of The Women’s Well, and all-around lovely lady, Lisa Morris Miller. We talk about animals as oracles and calling on their essences and archetypal patterns as guides that reflect our strengths and vulnerabilities and help us to grow in surprising, unexpected, and welcome ways! Lisa and I share recent personal experiences with animal wisdom and how they each helped us in small and big ways. I think you will really enjoy this conversation!

The Women’s Well podcast is a place to nourish your health and spirit. Well guests are ordinary extraordinary women with a story, and in the telling, they shine inspiration for us all.

At The Well, we’re about the hard-earned wisdom that comes from the deep work of healing — We’re about making meaning from hardship. And humor, of course, which is often right there, next to the rough spots.
 
Click here to listen to our conversation and below catch a short video clip. Learn more about Lisa and more inspiring conversations with women on her website: Lisa Miller Beautiful Day

I hope you enjoy!

XO,

Barb

Animal Wisdom Oracle Reading – The Path Ahead – Week of Dec. 7, 2020

Posted by Barbara Techel

Enjoy this week’s animal wisdom oracle reading! The path ahead is about clearing out, honing in, and trusting your intuition.

Click here or on the graphic below to listen.

Have a beautiful week!

xo,

Barbara

Cards: Divine Dog Wisdom Cards by Barb Horn & Randy Crutcher

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