animal wisdom

When Your Animal Oracle Cards Go on a Retreat!

Posted by Barbara Techel

I am so honored to have received this testimonial from fellow author and friend, Cynthia Morris of Original Impulse. Truly made my heart light up to know my animal oracle cards served retreat participants in this beneficial way!

“I have so many decks! I’ve been wanting to bring them to my retreats more and share them. My creativity and writing retreats are deeply personal, fun and transformative. It’s great to see how the oracle decks come into play for my participants’ learning.

I had several decks at a recent art and writing retreat I co-led in Vermont. My angel cards, a fun art oracle deck, my Motherpeace tarot deck, and a deck of Animal Oracle cards recently released by my friend Barb Techel.

I introduced the decks and how to use them, and everyone gravitated to the Animal Oracles. Right away the cards seemed to speak to something everyone needed. Every day, the animal deck delivered new insights that gave us goosebumps and a sense of being connected to something greater.

I’m so glad I followed my instinct to bring Barb’s deck to the retreat. I shared Barb’s website, and participants ordered the Animal Oracle right away. Now I know to include these decks in the goody bag for future retreats. It was like having Barb and her wisdom, kindness, compassion and creativity there with us.”  -Cynthia Morris

To learn more about my deck you can check it out here: Animal Reflections Healing Oracle

XO

Barb

    

Lovely Praise for Animal Reflections Healing Oracle Deck! Still Time to Order During Special Launch Period.

Posted by Barbara Techel

My heart is feeling happy and very grateful to those of you who have placed an order for my NEW Animal Reflections Healing Oracle deck! I’m really looking forward to packing your orders with care and positive energy and including a one card pull for each of you.

And just a reminder if you’d like to order a copy of my new deck during the Special Launch Period, please do so by Sunday, June 4th. I’ve included a link below for ordering and where I also share some early praise for my deck! And…

THIS SPECIAL ADDED NOTE: If You are local and would like to save on shipping, I am offering porch pickup when the decks are ready. Just reach out to me if you’d like to take advantage of this and I’ll adjust the price accordingly.

DECK DETAILS

  • 52 cards
  • Two blank cards included to customize
  • 21 Major Arcana of the Tarot woven into the deck
  • 2.75 x 4.75 inches
  • Guidebook – signed by me!
  • Cards shrink-wrapped for protection and tucked inside lime colored organza bagOne card reading included
  • Wolf cover art postcard
  • Created from my heart with wisdom gained through deep, personal inner work. While my inner work has been and continues to be ongoing for 25+ years, it was in the last eight years that the seed was planted and began to make its way toward the light as I opened myself to trust. I was then eventually led to the process of “how” I would create this deck in my own unique way. The actual intuitive process of finding just the right images that spoke to ancient times and the reverence of respect for what animals offer us as wisdom and reflections to help guide us in our daily lives that many have lost touch with. Plus combining these images with paper, stencils, paint, pastel chalks, and pencils, to then creating individual collages on small wooden templates became a two-year labor of love.

LOVELY PRAISE FOR THE DECK

Animal guides can be powerful agents of healing, helping us to sense our blocks, blind-spots, and barriers. In her lovely oracle cards, Barb Techel shows how 52 animal teachers can hold space for us, allowing us to perceive, acknowledge and release repressed pain, fear, grief and other limiting thoughts or emotions, thus allowing us to venture deeper into a more joyous relationship with ourselves. 

The accompanying guide book offers ideas on how to use oracle cards, as well as suggestions from the animals featured in the cards. These vary from ones we know — Bear, Elephant, Lion and Zebra, to ones whose teachings we may be less familiar with — Capybara, Hedgehog, Iguana and Nuthatch. The artwork is gentle and welcoming, inviting us to soften and contemplate in compassionate ways with the animals and with ourselves. 

-Dawn Baumann Brunke, Author & Animal Communicator

I did a personal reading with Barb’s beautiful deck today. It was so insightful, and unexpected. Those animals and their interpretations are just messengers in such a heartfelt and deeply compassionate way. I appreciate her deck so much, and I’m excited to use it more!

-Elizabeth Lee, Creator of The Inner Moon Light Oracle

Barbara Techel is a wonderful, heart-centered human, and you can feel her loving energy throughout every card in this deck and guidebook. Each time I’ve pulled a card, it has been exactly the animal and guidance my soul needed to pivot into a higher frequency.

These beautiful oracle cards are primed and ready to expedite your healing, and are certain to get you back in your heart to reach a new level of awareness. They are an exemplary tool to be utilized time and time again to embrace and reveal the best version of ourselves.

-Tammy Billups, International Healing Practitioner for Animals & Their People, Award Winning Author of: Soul Healing with Our Animal Companions, Animal Soul Contracts, and Animal Wayshowers

To learn more and order your copy click here…and thanks so much for your support! I’m so excited to share the wisdom of the animals with you…and together, one person and animal at a time we will heal and shift this planet into a place of peace.

And here is June’s Monthly Animal Wisdom Reading for You! I had to smile big time when just the right animal showed up to confirm the theme for the month! Enjoy! Click here or on image to listen!

XO

Barb

    

Happy Spring Equinox! And Pick-A-Card Reading for You!

Posted by Barbara Techel

Hi Friends! It’s been a while, hasn’t it!?

I’m currently on vacation in Arizona and halfway through our six-week adventure. And our first time in our new-to-us 2010 Tiffin Allegro. I’ve been posting photos on my Facebook page if you are interested in that sort of thing. But to sum it up so far the one word I’ve said quite often is, WOW. It is such a gorgeous state! These mountains are simply stunning! I’m feeling so very blessed to have had the experience of seeing this lovely and magical area.

We’ve been going, going, going pretty much since we arrived in Camp Verde Valley on March 1st. But this week calls for a few days of rain, so we will be chilling out and getting a bit of work done. Not that my work feels like work, because it doesn’t, and I’ve actually been missing it a bit.

So I’ll be sharing another blog post soon about some cool stones and a guy that reminds me of ZZ Top…so I hope you’ll stay tuned.  🙂

And now…

time for a Spring Equinox reading! I’m using my soon-to-be-released deck, Animal Reflections Healing Oracle. 

Spring is a time of rebirth and renewal – new dreams and intentions that will begin to spring forth and bring you new adventures and wisdom.
 
So think of a question you’ve been pondering. Then pick the left, middle, or right card for some guidance from the animals. 
 
Then scroll down to reveal your guidance…..
 
And I’d welcome hearing if your card resonated for you…
 
And if you aren’t too shy, I’d welcome hearing how it resonated for you…
 
Ready for your card reveal?….
 
 
Here you go!….
 
 

OVERALL MESSAGE: When we open ourselves to birthing ourselves anew, we by default are given a perspective we’d not considered, and this fresh way of looking at something often comes with unexpected surprises and opportunities that fulfill us in ways we’d not have even imagined.

Depending on what card you chose, below is your area to focus on.

LEFT CARD:  Spider – Rebirth. I hope that you will trust me that this is REALLY the first card I pulled at random. Because, you know, you just can’t make this stuff up! Spring is all about rebirth and new beginnings – and if you picked the left card, well, here is your confirmation to trusting that whatever you are going through right now is leading to a new you – a new way of living and embracing life. Rebirth can feel daunting at times – I understand – and why I had to have Spider in my deck as rebirth. It’s the things we fear – often our shadow – that when we face and understand it, leads us not only to a deeper appreciation of ourselves but helps us expand in self-compassion too.

MIDDLE CARD: Nuthatch – Perspective. Spring, again, is really a wonderful opportunity to see things anew! Perhaps something you’ve been struggling with is because you are caught in only seeing it from one point of view. Nuthatch is inviting you to pause and look at it from another perspective. Oftentimes when we do this, something we couldn’t see before comes to light and we are able to move forward with more ease.

RIGHT CARD: Peacock – Fulfillment. Is there an area in your life where you want to spread your wings and be your true self, but are afraid to do so out of fear of what others may think? Peacock encourages you to shine that light of yours out into the world! You can start small, but set an intention to do one thing each day to live life on your terms. Each time you do, you will feel a sense of accomplishment that will propel you forward to take another step. Before you know it, you will be strutting your stuff and feeling fulfilled like never before.

Again, I’d welcome hearing if your card resonated for you!

Happy Spring!

XO

Barb

To book a private oracle reading just for you click here.

To book a private oracle reading for your pet (and you) click here.

Coming later this Spring!!