Start by allowing yourself to fully relax,
Loosening any tension in your body and any tension in your thoughts or mind.
And take three full and deep,
Rich breaths into the base of your abdomen.
Following the rhythm of your breath,
Breathe deeply in and slowly out,
Allowing your body to fully relax,
Fully let go.
And as you relax deeper and deeper,
You begin to experience spaciousness.
You are one with all of the space around you,
Space within and space without,
Opening,
Opening deeper and deeper.
And from this place of openness and spaciousness,
You begin to sense a landscape.
The landscape is rich and fertile and you start to notice everything that is around you in this landscape.
What do you notice?
What do you see?
Look around and allow yourself to deeply know that your intention here,
This intention in this inner landscape is to invite your animal guide to appear so that you might become acquainted and go on a journey together.
Allow the animal or the being that claims residency in your landscape to be seen by you now.
Invite it to make itself known.
Watch,
Observe,
Listen.
You may see it or you might just hear it or feel its presence.
Allow the presence of this animal or being to become clearer and clearer as you allow yourself to take in the energy of your animal guide.
If no animal or being comes right away,
Remain open and relaxed,
Waiting and watching,
Knowing that your companion is there,
Your guide is there.
It will reveal itself in the best way possible when it is ready to do so.
If several animals appear,
Let them show themselves and observe them until one shows the stronger claim to your landscape as its home.
One of them will have more energy for you.
So stay with that one,
Even if it is surprising and even if it's not the animal that you might have chosen.
Trust your intuition.
Trust what your intuition is offering you.
Now,
Begin to sense into your animal guide and if it feels right to do so,
Gaze into its eyes.
Maybe you want to reach out and touch it.
Use all of your senses to make a connection.
Smell it.
Feel it.
Hear it.
See it.
You also have magical powers in this landscape.
So play with this being,
This guide,
This animal that has come to you and engage your magical senses as you journey together.
With the power of your magic,
You can allow yourself to shape shift and become the animal itself so you can journey together and explore the world of your animal guide as one.
So allow your imagination to guide you into becoming one with the guide so you can look through its eyes and feel through its senses and explore through its body.
Do that now.
Smell,
Touch and feel through all the senses of this animal.
And as you look back,
You can see the terrain behind you.
And as you look forward,
You can see the journey ahead.
Allow yourself to begin to journey forward,
Moving with the body and the muscles and the senses of this animal.
If it runs,
Run with it.
If it flies,
Fly with it.
If it crawls,
Crawl with it.
If it swims,
Swim with it.
If it walks,
Walk with it.
Allow yourself to immerse fully into the experience of the animal guide.
Engage all of your senses,
All of your body and all of your DNA as you move with the muscles of the animal and as it shows you its home,
As it shows you its habitat and as you discover its habits.
So dive deep and allow yourself to adventure with your animal guide.
Lift it face to face.
Now take a conscious breath as you gently begin to prepare to return to your own body.
And as you enter back into the space of your body,
Look deeply at your animal guide again as you prepare to ask it three inquiries.
First ask it,
What do you wish to offer me?
What do you wish to offer me?
Listen to the answer with all of your senses.
Next,
What do you want me to know?
What do you want me to know?
Listen to the answer with all of your senses.
And now ask,
What do you wish from me?
What do you wish from me?
And again,
Engage all of your senses as you listen deeply to the answer.
And before you leave your animal guide,
You may ask it for one more thing.
You may request a symbolic gift to help you remember it.
So ask it,
Do you have a symbolic gift for me to help me remember you?
Listen as you receive the answer and the symbol,
The object or the word with all of your senses.
Now it is time to express your gratitude to your companion for appearing to you and taking you on this journey.
You may bless it and ask it for its blessings.
You may also choose to remember your guide by journaling,
Making art,
Embodying it through your movement or creating any work of art that can help you come back to this place and reconnect with your guide at any time.
Let your guide know that you will hold them deep in your heart and you will come back to visit through this visualization and through the remembering of your choice.
So take this time now to say goodbye to your guide.
If no animal has appeared to you during this meditation,
Allow that to be alright.
You can revisit this landscape at another time or as many times as you need to.
Perhaps the guide is not ready yet to reveal itself or it may reveal itself in another way,
A surprising way,
Perhaps through your dreamscape or by visiting you during your waking life.
So stay alert,
Stay observant and watch and remain attuned to the messages and symbols around you.
Now take a deep breath and begin to re-enter into your body in this time and in this space.
As you breathe deep into your body,
Start to feel the weight of your body against the surface underneath you.
And if you choose,
You can wiggle your fingers and toes,
You can stretch and yawn as you gently re-enter into this time and space and into your body.
And perhaps right now,
If you'd like,
You can take a journal or a piece of paper and begin to write about your experience.
Take note of the symbols and of the messages and of anything that you found significant so you can remember this and take this with you and allow it to deepen and stew and metabolize in your system.
Thank you for taking this deep and beautiful journey and I wish you many,
Many blessings.
