inner self care

My Yearly Birthday Ritual & Animal Guide. A Practice You May Enjoy Too.

Snake card from my deck, Animal Reflections Healing Oracle
 
Each year on my birthday – and what you can do for yours – is that I pick an oracle card as my guide until when my birthday rolls around again the next year. More often than not, I’ve chosen an animal themed card since I’ve learned (and continue to) so much from the Animal Kingdom.
 
Snake has been my guide this past birthday cycle.I’ll be saying goodbye to Snake on July 18th when I pick a new card for my next trip around the sun. I’m looking forward to seeing who it will be!
 
While Snake can be potent medicine, she was a bit more subtle this year helping me shed some aspects of myself that no longer fit for me. Not to say there were some challenging moments, but I find the more I continue to work with my inner self care, I don’t stay stuck in a negative space and the quicker I can move through what is calling to be healed.
 
So for your birthday why not pick an oracle card from any deck that speaks to you.
 
Place it where you will see it everyday (or a copy of it if you don’t want it out of the deck for the whole year). Then just be in awareness of how it nudges you to make changes, to see things differently, to let go of what no longer works for you.
 
At the end of your birthday cycle spend some time in contemplation with how that card and message served you. Perhaps do a meditation and journal as a way to reflect and honor the lessons and teachings. And lastly, express gratitude for this oracle that served as your loving guide.
 
Once that feels complete, pick a new card for your next year of evolution! Have fun! ❤
 
And I’d love to know if you decide to do this practice and how it goes!
 
If you don’t have a deck, but would like to give this a try, check out the free-pick-a-card on my website.
 
XO
Barb

    

July 2024 Animal Wisdom Oracle Reading: Create New Life from Your Signal of Peace

Click on image to watch on my YouTube channel

For July’s Animal Wisdom Oracle Reading, I pulled a card to represent a theme for the month along with your opportunity to pick an animal oracle card to go with the theme as your personal insight for this month – the halfway point of the year!

I also share wisdom from Elephant who presented some insight during my morning meditation along with finding our center and resting in our personal sphere of protection to help us navigate the remaining of the year.

I hope you find it beneficial! I’d love to hear your thoughts and reflections! Feel free to leave a comment!

XO

Barb

    

Complimentary Meditation and Journal Prompts

Animals, nature, meditation, and oracle cards are wonderful tools to help us gently shift perspective, release what no longer serves us, and guides us to embrace living in a more centered and aligned way of being.

New to my website is a complimentary meditation and journal prompts you can use in conjunction with pulling oracle cards from your favorite deck. Focusing on the inner child that I hope you will enjoy and find beneficial.

Just click here or on the photo above to check it out!

XO

Barb