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February 29, 2016

February 29, 2016 Totem Card of the Day – Koi sharing Neither Here or There … a Day of Magical Illusion

Today that extra day that only typically comes around every four years in order to set the balance right! Added to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal years as they occur. So what does that mean to us as we walk the Human? Well let’s just make our mind up that today is all about having that extra crunch time to set our Sacred Hoops on the right track, to bring about balance to our worlds! Leap Day! From a numerological stand point, the number 29 breaks down to 11 (2+9), which is looked upon in many new age spiritual communities as being a number of awakening and spiritual enlightenment.

The day itself Koi shares is to be a day of a deeper way of thinking, looking into one’s soul to open it to receive what is needed to mend, balance or strengthen our Sacred Hoops. It’s a day to manifest success for the upcoming year! It’s that extra bit-o-magic to set things right in your world! To look at truths without the Illusions that humans and life often put there. Free falling Wisdom’s of the Ancestors being shared if we take a step and open ourselves to hearing them.

We often sit asking the meanings of this or that, or why we are at the exact point we are standing in… and we often being human do not want to hear the answers in order to move forward. Why? Well often we are scared of the answers we may receive back, we sit in harsh judgment of others and more often than not…ourselves. Let it go! Release it … this day…mend Your Hoops and bring balance again. Stop playing the blame game and Wow what a concept…take responsibility for You and your part in the things that you can’t let go! Whether it is a past relationship or a grudge, a fear or a corner you have boxed yourself into and do not want to admit you helped get yourself there… LET IT GO… We are all sharing the same day of Neither Here or There… the day of Magical Illusions! So make the most of it and take out the Illusion and add some Life to your world!

The Koi fish brings to us prosperity and a path for new opportunities to show themselves to us. It is up to each of us to be open and aware in order to take advantage of them. Koi can assist us during meditation and altered states of mind in order to help us achieve healing and our full potentials by opening to the wisdom’s of “the Old Ones.” The colors can also be associated with various aspects and applied to our lives if we can again be open to what they share.

The black Koi brings transition into our lives.

The gold Koi brings prosperity which can represent the physical, the spiritual or represent monetary wealth that is being brought to our paths.

The platinum Koi brings to our lives success and puts new and beneficial opportunities at our doors.

White Koi that have red coloring only on their heads push us to be aware of positive movement within our lives and enables us to take advantage of them.

A white and red marked Koi is said be a blessing for well balanced relationships.

The Koi teach us to remember to honor all that is Sacred, to meditate and pray… to be thankful for all our many blessings large and small. To understand that our actions today will imprint for lifetimes just as it has for our Ancestor’s. So walk your paths wisely and ask for assistance from our Ancestor’s often.

“I am Dedicated to Educating and sharing the Native culture with the World. It is not enough merely to teach the ways of our Elders. We must honor those traditions by sharing and educating the World. Inspiring others …Inspiring our Youth. Through the Music… the Arts…the stories…”
Mitakuye O’yasin
~bear Medicinewalker

“Join Me as I continue the Sacred Hoop Project into this Year 2016…the year of Truths!”

Beyond the Veil by Chris Ferree and available at http://www.chrisferree.com and I tunes

February 24, 2016

February 24, 2016 Totem Card of the Day – 3 Card Pull!

So today “Spirit” says lets shake it up a bit by sharing 3 cards with everyone, and then lets see if they listen or not.

The first card that drops is intertwined with our Spiritual needs and is the Eagle! Today is all about taking care of the spiritual side of things that we all may be neglecting because we are so caught up in the world around us. The Eagle soars close to Creator and brings us the message to not only take time… but to MAKE time to feed our spiritual self. We all need to remember this is important to our health and balance. It is not merely enough to talk the talk, we must ALL walk the walk. Stay strong within our own Sacred Hoops by remembering to honor ourselves and all things Sacred!

Squirrel stops in to chatter in my ears today to tell us to tend to our Own needs and houses. Stop looking at everyone else’s and clean up our own messes! Set our own lives to order is the task that Squirrel is reminding us to do as he parades past us with the Eagle! Gather the tools and wisdom you need to get that task done and then move forward in positives, leaving the clutter and negatives behind you to filter through the compost pile to be birthed to positives at another time. Squirrel reminds us… Release, Recycle, Renew!

Then the Bear steps up to remind us we need to rest, to allow our souls to do all of the above and more! Honor those directions! Honor all that is Sacred! Learn to walk on our paths and enjoy life as it was meant to be enjoyed. Look at even the smallest joys, miracles… for they are all part of the great world we live in. Take time to appreciate what we already have, rather than plundering what we truly don’t need at the moment. All in it’s perfect time, with Faith and patience the Bear reminds us we have got this walk on this good road we are living.

Eagle speaks to us of our spiritual paths. I have been taught that the Eagle can fly to the heavens, that its wings can be touched by God Creator. When in it’s presence I feel the Grace of the Creator and All that is Sacred. The Eagle humbles me.

Teaching us to reflect and pause, to rejoice and reconnect to our spirits. To honor our paths, the ethics we have been taught. To Pray, to honor to live in a sacred manner. To listen to our Ancestors that have walked before us and in doing so listen to the wisdoms that have been shared so that we can walk more positive paths. Eagles the symbol of Courage and strength, to do … to walk… the right manner. To take that courage and step into what you re meant to step to in a positive way, and allowing our spirits to soar to the heights to share in God Creator’s extended grace.

Eagles with their sharp eyesight take us to the heights to observe situations in a manner that is more beneficial for us to make clear decisions. To become that visionary and push ourselves to discover and accept self, to accept truths, adapting , changing and growing along the way. The medicine Eagle shares is, the ability to connect to the Divine, a power of God Creator. Being able to place one foot into the spirit realm and yet remain connected and balanced with Mother Earth. So Honor your Spirit today and everyday by connecting with the Sacredness around you!

Squirrel reminds us today of one major lesson and that is to remember always that “We reap what we have sown.” No matter how hard sometimes we try to forget our part in something, a relationship that has hit a bump in the road or a job issue that you are struggling at, or something positive like many blessings showing up at your door, the outcomes always have an imprint from us as it traveled around and back to us. Why we ask? The Squirrel replies, “Because we are all related!”

It also tells us to prepare for change, for if we are working hard to achieve something it will undoubtedly involve change of some kind, and often we forget that part and are caught unprepared. Squirrel also reminds us that through the changes things that no longer serve us, people that no longer are on the same path as us may get lost from us on the way. But we need to remember that they all had purpose and honor whatever lesson or purpose that may have been, and discard any of them including worries, stress and thoughts as you walk forward. Squirrel teaches us that we need to be resourceful at times in order to manifest what we need. Don’t attempt to do to many things at once, rather try and keep a healthy balance between work and play it helps our mental states stay healthy.

Make sure we are paying attention to opportunity that may present itself, share and play nice with others, but to remember in doing so to not forget to take care of ourselves in that process. So break out of your shell today and take care of what you need to , whether that is play or work… but always with a positive breath!

Bear is all about fertility (creative and manifestation), instinct, protection and solitude. Those that walk with Bear are often somewhat reclusive requiring a great deal of personal space to renew and create. Bear people will often “disconnect” for awhile as they pursue projects becoming deeply involved in what they are working on. Deeply protective and territorial, Bear also is extremely loyal and dependable. Bear teaches us when healing of any sort is needed to use that time for introspective work in order to grow Spiritually, Emotionally, Mentally and find answers to problems within yourself. Travel deep into your soul find the purpose in your own path and journey and walk ahead in positive steps.

Bear shares with us that in this time hibernation is not only good but needed, yet respect our natural hibernation cycle and remember to reawaken in the spring, in doing so awaken the potential within ourselves and the power of our unconscious mind. Bear teaches us there is a time for playfulness and a time to be assertive, and perhaps a time for both in balance.

“Join Me as I continue the Sacred Hoop Project into this Year 2016…the year of Truths!”

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February 23, 2016

February 23, 2016 Totem Card of the Day – Dragonfly

For many the energy about lately has been somewhat ‘trippy” and Dragonfly stops in this day to share what is up with it all! The simple fact is we are all tuning in to “Spirit” and the layers we put between the parallels, on a more regular basis. We each are like tuning forks and the frequency we each need to “tune” into is finally reaching our soul. We are receiving guidance that we can no longer dismiss, whether it is prayers that we put out to be answered or guidance that we silently seek as to what our next step should be on our paths…

The Dragonfly represents the link between All that is Sacred! so from this point forward… open your souls to feel, hear and understand the magical connections that we can have if we simply do not place limits on what is!

Dragonfly is all about transformation and adaptability. It is messenger of the in between, of here and there and everywhere at the same time. It is beyond time, before time. It is about darkness to light and back again. Dragonfly tells us that everything is in a cycle, so remember and allow more joy to fill your soul. To help you understand that all things are as they should be, and that life itself is magical beyond belief. For our souls do not hold form, and our human self just helps them to experience our earth walks before continuing to the next part of our journeys.

Dragonflies begin their lives in water and then as they grow they move into the air learning to fly. It teaches us to balance the present time and accept it so we may once again move forward, listening as Spirit shares with us all the secrets of here and beyond.

“Join Me as I continue the Sacred Hoop Project into this Year 2016…the year of Truths!”

“Orange Dragonflies” from Cross Roads: The Beginning of a Brand New Day by Jonny Lipford. Released: 2008 available at Itunes and

February 17, 2016

February 17, 2016 Totem Card of the Day – Grouse

Rejoice …Sing…and Dance with Life today. Remember who You are… Relish in what the Universe is sharing with you! Move through the day in Positives, dismissing and not allowing negatives to enter you Sacred Hoops… We are the sum of what we put out into the world… so why not make it Joy and Happiness! Now I want you all to understand that the reason the Native Peoples dance is to honor and celebrate Creator, our Ancestors… our Veterans… it is a way to teach the Sacred… to honor who we are as a people. It is a way to honor the blessings of our way of life. The Drum the Heartbeat of the People and the Great Mother Earth and all our relations…
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Grouse reminds us of what is Sacred within our own Hoops. It reminds us to stand in our own power, to drum and ground with the great Mother Earth, to experience our own heartbeats of our souls. Speaking to us and whispering that we need to dance and honor our own spirits, allowing the joys that are in life to enter and filling our own Sacred Hoops with the positives that are needed in the moment and beyond.

Grouse dances in circles, speaking to us of cycles that we walk through on our paths, from birth to death transitions and on to rebirth. We all experience these, from the moment we take our first breath, it is called change. So the Grouse asks that we embrace those changes,,, and dance to the drumbeat of your own soul! Stand in your own power, revitalize your spirit, your human… dance and create, manifest what it is that you need to walk a more positive way on your own path. Don’t worry about what others are thinking or doing… concentrate on your own energy as you dance and place yourself in harmony and balance with body, mind and spirit.

Listen and hear as Grouse shares with us today and beats it’s wings and stomps the ground in harmony with all that is Sacred!
Aho!

Please Feel free to share these and other posts from my site! They are here as tools to teach us about mending the Hoop… and bringing balance to our lives!

“Join Me as I continue the Sacred Hoop Project into this Year 2016…the year of Truths!”

“Bowie and Pipestone Mix”

This card and the other Totem of the Day cards are part of the “Mitakuye O`yasin – We Are All Related” Spiritual deck that I have created and is available at https://bearmedicinewalker.com/mitakuye-oyasin-spiritual-oracle-deck/

February 16, 2016

February 16, 2016 Totem Card of the Day – Blue Jay

It’s time to be real and set our ego’s aside. The WORLD OWES US NOTHING… WE ALL ARE NO BETTER THAN EACH OTHER….

There is no one single correct way to life. We are human and we all need to start acting like we are. We need to remember to be thoughtful, respectful, compassionate and yes understanding, even when it does not always line up to our way of thinking. Again the WORLD OWES US NOTHING… this is 2016 and yet history continues to repeat the cycles of Greed, Power, Domination, Destruction, Hate even within our own individual lives. It NEEDS TO STOP!

And Just How do we do that? One deed at a time, One thought at a time, One word at a time. It is easy to sit and point out that so and so is this or that, yet by doing so we often are a reflection of that same negative process. So if you are truly about walking the walk of “Spirituality” then set the ego to the curbs. Protect humanity…and teach others through example and they mimic like a Jay teaches us to do to make life better, not only for self… but for All that is Sacred. start to Mend the Great Sacred Hoop for everyone, for the next 7 Generations.

Jays can mimic other sounds; many people do not know this is how often they protect their families; they use their intelligence to sound like Hawks or other birds in order to deflect unwanted attention. So what they share with us is that sometimes there is a need to be bold…and sometimes it is about simply using our good communication skills in positives to get our point across.

The Jay teaches us we need to know our boundaries of when we are being to brash, to bold. So we must learn to use our voice in productive but respectful ways and not bully our way through things. Some days it may take courage to speak our minds, but in doing so we not only let our words take wings and be heard, but we allow our spirits to go free and grow into what we are supposed to be.

Jays will also help to show you how to protect yourself with communication and deflect when needed, but only when needed. They teach us also how to travel to and from the Spirit Realms easily without loosing ourselves within them. They teach us about our ego’s and arrogance, about not getting in others space and it being unwelcomed. For there is nothing more annoying than a Blue Jay sounding off and sassing someone in their own yards… so it reminds us keep ourselves in check, don’t get cocky, don’t get loud. Others have value as well, and sometimes it is within others that we learn what is needed at the moment to move forward in positives and sustain our own Sacred Hoops.

Please Feel free to share these and other posts from my site! They are here as tools to teach us about mending the Hoop… and bringing balance to our lives!

“Join Me as I continue the Sacred Hoop Project into this Year 2016…the year of Truths!”

The Giving Song by Joseph Strider available at http://www.josephstrider.com

February 3, 2016

February 3 2016 Totem card of the Day – Rabbit

Okay so everything for a reason , no coincidences ever we all should understand that by now right? Well not always… including me! So we have walked our day today, or most have and how many of us fell down that rabbit hole of old cycles and old patterns, finding ourselves in the same old situations without change? Or the same lesson being presented to us again, why cause we didn’t listen the first 100 times…lol… so now the evening is about VALIDATIONS, because now we remember and see it for what it was…we see the TRUTH ( and remember it is the year of Truths, our own in particular). So don’t run from it, or hide from it FACE THE FEAR, the Lesson head on and deal with it, accept the lesson and move forward in doing so!

Rabbit reminds us all to remember we need to nurture our selves in order to allow our Spiritual growth to occur. It shares with us that we have all the tools needed inside of us if we just stop for a moment to collect ourselves and reach into that toolkit we all carry. By stopping for that moment and listening to that inner voice, it will give us a chance to strengthen our plans that are in motion, or review the ones we are contemplating.

Rabbit tells us not to be so quick to jump to conclusions, rather look at the larger picture and then move quickly as your instinct guides you rather than allowing fear to move you forward. Pursue your dreams, your goals with a little more adaptability, network with friends and family to help you get the results that are desired. They also represent fertility, but of course it is up to us to make sure that that fertility shows up as positives such as creativeness, happiness, success and not negatives that we hold onto that eventually turn into fear, anger, bitterness, depression, illnesses.

Rabbit teaches that defending ourselves doesn’t always mean fighting back; it can also be accomplished by listening to what is happening in and around our Sacred Hoops and then using our intuition for the best possible outcome. Rabbit has a short life so it also reminds us to take advantage of every waking moment for all life is Sacred. Don’t get stuck on the little things in life or life around you will pass by in a blink of an eye and you will have missed the journey.

“Join Me as I continue the Sacred Hoop Project into this Year 2016…the year of Truths!”

Emptying Of The Pipe Song available on I tunes

February 1, 2016

February 1, 2016 Totem Card of the Day – Butterfly

The Butterfly flutters in to our path today and say we are to enjoy the day! Be light and frivolously go about enjoying small pleasures of the day such as a cookie or donut with your coffee that you may not normally have! Or perhaps its an extra moment from your day to touch base with a friend or family member you haven’t spoken to in awhile, but whatever it is…. ENJOY IT simply because you can. We so often get caught up in the mundane and routine things of our daily life, forgetting that each and every moment we have is a rare and beautiful gift. So instead of sitting grumpy this morning add some positives to that cuppa brew and enjoy…. breathe in the aroma of it and let it set your path to a great pace for the day!

The Butterfly is connected to the elemental Air. It represents to many cultures the story of Transformation. It teaches us how to shift, change and move with whatever life brings to our paths. This helps us to learn how to work through events and situations that we encounter in our lives so that we can move through changes in what appears to be effortless with grace allowing our Sacred Hoops to come into and stay balanced.

Butterfly shares with us the gift of understanding that we all have purpose, we are all part of a grander plan, that we all exist to complete the balance needed in the world we live in. Without each of us inputting our energies, our purposes… other things would not come to fruition. Such as the pollen that is collected when they land in a grouping of flowers, when they move from place to place they assist the species in continuing to exist. We too are much like the Butterfly, for without each of us to contribute our efforts, our knowledge sharing it with our young people, with each other… ideas and cultures would eventually cease to exist.

Butterfly teaches us that we need to quiet our minds to hear the echoes of our souls, to look around you and appreciate all that is Sacred. Teachings are also about how we move through our lives transforming and constantly changing. As we are seeded into the womb where we begin our earth journeys growing and nurturing to prepare to enter the world, we are much like the Butterfly in the cocoon until we emerge slowly transforming into what and who we are to become.

Throughout our lives this occurs as we move through the changes in our life. So don’t fight the changes, rather honor the process of it as your Soul grows and expands into all that it can be… the beautiful soul that is an intricate part of the Human Race.

So today take time and honor who you are, remembering that you and all that you are is meant to be for a purpose and wonderful reason…. Take a moment to breathe, take a moment to revel in becoming understanding that you are important to all life!

“Join Me as I continue the Sacred Hoop Project into this Year 2016…the year of Truths!”

“What A Wonderful World”

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