Rarely do I ever talk about this kind of stuff on my blog…I don’t know why…I think it’s from the fact that I’m still trying to break away from blogging like I’m always teaching {which I am in some way though I tend to be a bit more inclined to be all “And now I’m going to teach you something so sit down and have a listen,”…my bad}.   Today I had a really interesting experience while doing some journey work that I wanted to share because it came along with a pretty cool teaching download that I’ve now used twice today and it kicked ass!

It’s been on my mind for weeks now to do a Lower World journey to go and get in touch with whatever power animal might be there for me at the moment.  I’ve been dealing with a few different issues that keeps coming back up over and over again.  I’m at another turning point with my biz but also at a turning point with with physical problems and health issues.  It’s been a time of realizing that change isn’t only a good idea, it’s necessary.

The problem for me is actually not doing TOO much at once because I have a tendency of getting too excited and too focused on change that I dive in head first without looking.

After having some other energy work going on today already, I decided when I was done that I’d do a journey for myself and see what I could find.  I was really quite surprised and after sort of picking the journey apart discovered some new layers, and even barriers, to journeying.

After going through my process of getting through shamanic reality I found myself down in the cave that I usually go through to get to the Lower World but I never got out of the cave.  The garden that I was heading toward, where I usually go when I’m in the Lower World, started to form inside the cave.  Then I got to a point where the garden was actually guarded and gated.  This was a good thing because I was feeling a bit lost since I didn’t recognize where I was…which I have only myself to blame for because I haven’t been there in a while.

The guards moved aside, opened the gate, and off I went continuing my trek, still inside a cave.  That was just weird!

I got to a small lake with trees around it and once I got past a few trees I found my power animal waiting for me on the other side of a lake.

A deer.

I’ve never had a deer as a power animal before and I wasn’t really sure of what their energy was.  I made my way over to the deer, who has no antlers, and only had spots on its chest.  I but my hands on its side and asked what it has to share with me and I heard two things:

Gentle persistence
Nurturing

Then as I was doing some other things there I kept hearing a voice say “deer medicine”.

After the journey work I went about the process of digging to find out about Deer totems.  What I found resonated with the messages I received in the journey as well as ringing so true with what is going on with me right now.

– Highly sensitive with strong intuition
– The power to deal with changes and challenges with grace
– Mastering the art of being both determined and gentle
– Being vigilant, trusting your instincts, moving quickly to get through tricky situations
– Not being too hard on yourself
– Being yourself and continuing on your path
– Having purity of purpose

Hearing “deer medicine” over and over, especially as I was leaving, made so much sense after finding this information.  An animal’s medicine is their energy and traits that we need to take and use to heal something in our lives.  With all the things that I’m dealing with the idea of going slowly, being gentle with myself and with all that I’m doing, and letting my instincts guide me above all else is definitely what I need to be doing!  I just need to be supported in that path and that’s what Deer is for.

Now…the download.

As I was sitting by the lake with the deer and I received {from Deer} an amazingly simple healing technique {really sort of a HEY, no kidding moment}.  The thing with this is it feels like Reiki but it doesn’t require the attunements of Reiki to do.  It uses energy we’re already connected to just by being part of the Universal Source.

Place your hands, one over the other with your power hand being the hand against your body, on a spot on the body that physically hurts.  Breathe deep and say “I love this ______ that is in pain.”  Know that love, true love from your Higher Self, is healing you.  Feel the energy stream from the heart center, down your arms, through your hands, and into the body.  Know this energy is helping to release your pain.

I have done this twice now today and it worked like a charm!

Even if you find yourself trapped in a crazy cave forest with a lake and a deer with no antlers there are things that make sense to be found.