Riddle me this: What is — you’re never too old, you’re never too young, it’s never the wrong time to start, and it’s always the right time to jump in? Right! It’s true kinship with animals!
One day the awareness hits there’s an inclusive way to be with animals that honors their agency and yours and BAZINGA!, there’s no turning back. At least I’ve never witnessed anyone turning back.
The time to practice true kinship with animals is always, always, now.
True kinship is a way of being, not a journey with a final destination. It changes you. The changes are small and innocuous, sneaking up on you when you least expect it. At least that’s what is has been like for me and others tell me they’ve experienced that same thing.
It is not a cookie cutter approach to relationship, a one-size-fits-all template. It is different for every person, it’s different with each animal, it’s different with each season, it’s different on different days and it’s different with each stage of life.
Yet there are commonalities folx mention to me:
They are more trusting the relationship they have with animals stems from each species’ individual agency and is reciprocal ⬅️ a biggie for sure
They become more experienced in listening to embodied guidance instead of depending solely on a busy mind and expectations of colonized society ⬅️ subtle yet impactful
They are more self aware of showing up in the world as who they are now while holding the awareness and tension that who they are now is constantly transforming ⬅️ another big one
Does this sound like what you’re looking for, how you’ve always dreamed of being with animals? If so……..
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About me…..
I am an animist, podcaster, intuitive practitioner and mentor identifying as she/they and respectfully acknowledge I am supported and sustained on the traditional and ancestral territory of the Séliš (Salish) and QÌispé (upper Kalispel or Pend d’Oreille) People who have stewarded this land throughout the generations.
As a practitioner of true kinship with animals, I pledge to recognize the descendants and practices of the original Peoples, Lands and Animals. I will not knowingly appropriate their wisdom, nor will I knowingly speak over their voices. When I have participated in colonialism practices, I will be accountable by publicly acknowledging the harmful practice, apologizing, and doing the needed reflection and self work to do better in the future.
For 30+ years I have facilitated clear conversations between animals and people. In my work I encourage people to recreate a bond with animals by disengaging from colonized approaches and relating in true kinship.
I am cheerfully owned and managed by a multitude of angel animals and several houseplants.
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