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Animal Oracle Reading – Facing Challenges Brings Wisdom – Week of Feb. 28, 2021

Posted by Barbara Techel

This week an interesting combination of animals comes together for an overall message as we head into March and that much closer to Spring!

Before that though….awesome news about the San Padre Turtles stunned by the cold…now heading back home to sea!!!  Catch the short video here.  Then come on back for this week’s animal oracle reading okay? Though if you are like me, you might have to watch the turtles over and over a few times – so happy for them!!  🙂

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Helping others connect more deeply to themselves and the animal kingdom is my labor of love. If you love what I’m doing and my work has impacted you in a beneficial way I hope you’ll consider supporting me. So grateful!

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XO

Barb

Flower Power Message

Posted by Barbara Techel

A beautiful surprise walking around to the other side of the garage yesterday! I thought this perennial had perished. Little did I know the life that was underway in a way I couldn’t see. And huh. Ain’t that just like our own lives…another wonderful reminder to trust and have faith that all is working out for the highest good.

One of the symbolic meanings of the clematis is mental beauty. Applying that to my life at the moment I realized how the classes I’ve been taking part in the past few weeks have been so good for clearing out the gunk and allowing my mind to expand, bringing more beauty into view. 

This morning moving through my yoga practice I realized looking out the windows of my writing cottage with the clearing of mental gunk I’ve been doing, I’d reached a new level of understanding. The foliage seemed an intensified and deeper green than I’d noticed in a while. I’ve had this at various times in my life when I’ve worked through what needed emotionally working through that the world around me becomes more vibrant.

So grateful for these moments.

xo,

Barbara

Almost One Year Later – A Gift in My Garden From Gidget

Posted by Barbara Techel

May 11th will mark the one year anniversary since Gidget has been gone. It was the day before Mother’s Day when we had to say goodbye to her. I still remember clearly right before she passed and the message she gave me from the lyrics of a song by Terry Jacks, “We had joy, we had fun,  we had seasons in the sun.”

As the day of her passing grows closer I’ve been thinking about her often. Today I was planting lavender in one of my garden beds thinking about how she loved to lie in the sun near me when I was in my gardens. As I dug a hole in the dirt to place the new plant, I came across some rocks and within them, a tiny heart-shaped rock.

My heart burst with joy and I smiled. I knew it was Gidget letting me know all is well. You may recall after we laid her to rest in an area of the garden next to writing cottage that I placed rocks in the shape of a heart as a tribute to her. Just as I’d placed the last stone, I noticed a small stone off to the side shaped like a heart, which I placed within the large heart symbolizing our hearts will always be connected. 

So what a gift this was to receive another heart-shaped stone as I was thinking of her!

Looking up the symbolism of the Lavender flower I came across this that resonated for me: 

Lavender flowers are purple in color and the color purple is associated with the crown chakra, which is the energy center associated with higher purpose and spiritual connectivity. The crown or 7th chakra is located at the top of the head and the vibration of the crown is the highest vibration in the physical body. This symbolism is appropriate as the Lavender flower is often used for healing and raising our vibration to the highest level possible is the easiest path to healing.

Gidget, as many of you know, I called my Buddha Dog – My Master Teacher and Healer – because she helped me heal a long-held secret from my childhood. How fitting it is that I was thinking of her planting the Lavender and she sent me the heart stone. When we believe in our own higher self connected with the Divine, well, magical and beautiful things happen that confirm for us that truth.

xo,

Barbara