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Kolur Lives! Again!
Kolur
Those of you who have met Kolur know that he is sweetness on hooves. He’s a lover and a therapy horse, but he hasn’t had it easy.
This spring he had his cancerous penis amputated (sorry fellows). That healed up fine and we were excited about the winter riding season, when he got kicked in the leg. The wound infected and it spread into his elbow joint, a terribly painful and potentially crippling, even fatal problem. Fortunately we have Spirit Allies who love us, and wonderful healing help from our team of vets and care givers.
First week of September I went to visit friends in Oregon. I was hesitant to go, and I was counting the days to come home. While I was gone new horses came to the barn, and the turnout area had the usual shuffling for position. Kolur got nailed! When I got home I saw the surface wound, a small cut which I cleaned up and medicated. Three days later it swelled like a balloon, so off to the hospital we went. The vets on duty treated it as a puncture wound, but cautioned it was near the bone. Unfortunately the antibiotics didn’t work, and five days later Kolur’s elbow joint infected. In a horse, especially an older horse, this is life threatening. Dr. Lucas said she would understand if I decided to end the pain for him, but she wanted to try aggressive treatment. If he survived he could be crippled, but we would cross that bridge when we got to it. She did surgery to clean the joint and sent him home under the care of my dear friend and small animal vet, Bill Petersen. We administered IV antibiotics plus intramuscular penicillin with big fat needles. From a vet point of view we were doing what we could. From a shamanic point of view we needed a miracle!
That weekend Eva, Sue and I performed the Spiral Labyrinth for him. We assembled at Sue’s and rolled out the Spiral. I called in the Spirits in the special way that I was taught, and we empowered the spiral with sacred stones connected to other important power spots on the planet. The energy was palpable. Spirit was so strong that Sue was frozen into place, unable to move! It was Eva’s first Spiral, and she was uncertain when she should enter. I wasn’t giving much instruction, as I was busy walking the Spiral and asking the spirits to bring Kolur a miracle. So Eva journeyed to her Spiral teacher, and asked for guidance. When it was time for her to walk, Spirit shoved her forward with a possession-strong force. She said the experience was completely amazing! She and I walked the Spiral repeatedly for Kolur and for three other animals, all of whom were in deep need. One was Gurta, Sue’s dog, who had been suffering paralysis seizures. She hasn’t had another since. Sue did her healing work where she stood – oddly enough paralysed by the power. Spirit works in odd ways. It is all reflection, mirrors upon mirrors.
I went to the barn immediately after the circle and medicated Kolur. He was uncomfortable and his leg was still warm and puffy. Then around 3:00 in the morning I awoke and knew that his fever had broken, that he had overcome the infection. The next morning he was bright and the swelling was gone! That was two weeks ago now, and the leg just gets better and better. He did get one bout of stomach disturbance that scared the heck out of me, but other than that his healing has been on a straight line to normal! He has been off pain meds for a week and is showing no signs of lameness, and that infection seems like it was years ago. Blessings!
Next week he will begin a slow gentle rehab, as the infections are known to destroy cartilage. I trust the Spirits to have protected his joint, but I won’t be cavalier. We will do just as the Doctor orders and take it nice and slow.
The Spiral Cycle of Healing Ceremonies continues
The Spiral Cycle consists of three distinct workshop-ceremonies. They are the Spirits’ gift to you. I have created a blog site for the three, where you can learn more about them and have a chance to share your experiences using these ceremonies. Visit spiritspiral.wordpress.com There is no need to learn these ceremonies in a particular order. They can stand alone or be done together. When I do all three for a client I use the order below. But I often just use one or another as the Spirits prescribe.
1. Healing in the Spiral of Time addresses our deepest roots of pain and heals them in our past lives, our ancestors lives and our own living histories.
2. Creation’s Womb: Walking the Spiral Labyrinth bring us powerful help from the Spirits who guard and protect all of life on earth. This ceremony brings in multiple layers of power, and has produced incredible healing for participants and their proxies. (This was called Sacred Animal Masks)
3. Spiral Ecosystems brings us into awareness of how we are energetically interwoven with ecosystems that support us, physical and social. It can fundamentally shift our way of understanding the world. In this ceremony we realign ourselves with the harmony of the universe.
The Hawaiian Spirits Speak…Follow the Rules!
Our Workshop in Hawaii
The Journey with the Reef workshop turned into an initiation for me as the Ancient Spirits of Hawai’i gave me precise instructions for proper conduct and warned me of the consequences if we didn’t do things in the way they prescribed. There really are rules! But before we had a night of instructions, we celebrated a wedding in old authentic Hawai’ian style. Read about it in Yes Spirits, We are Listening. http://carlaperson.wordpress.com/yes-spirits-we-are-listening-hi-08/
Aloha Honu, Grandmother Turtle!
We are the children of Honu (Hawaiian for Turtle). We are the fruit of her creation. Honu remakes us as she travels the globe. globe. We are reborn with each egg that hatches. We are rescued with each turtle saved from a net. Honu has taught me that each action we take, each attitude we hold, in fact every part of our being is connected to the rest of the planet and all of life. We know this intellectually and journey work brings us direct connection to it. But I have never had the body slamming, mind expanding, viscerally complete understanding of it until Honu entered my being and made her home in my soul. This summer I traveled to Hawaii and I opened my heart to her and to all the loving ancient spirits who guide us gently from the land of Aloha. I came back a different person. Read more here: The story of working with Honu.
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Case Study: Helping My Beloved Bud Cross Over (As Told by Student Debbie Decker)
Bud
Deb Decker shared this incredible story of love and healing for her kitty as he transitioned. It is so true that our connection to them helps them as they move from this plane to the other. And the blessing of being able to stay connected to them in a healthy way really is the best of the best. Thank you Deb for sharing this wonderful story! Carla
“When Bud–my beloved international-winning Havana Brown show cat that I helped bring into this world–was diagnosed with liver failure, I worked very hard with Carla and my holistic vet to first try and heal him. But the damage to his liver was too great from the tainted food he ate (it was kitten food on the Menu Food recall) despite his young age.
We all knew that he would soon leave us and I had one choice: to help make Bud’s transition as peaceful as possible for him, and with as little guilt on my part for not being able to save his life.
Bud was what I called an “ugly ducking”. I was there with Bud when he was born on September 3, 2006. From day one I started to talk with the babies (six little brown kittens!) and found that each had it’s own “voice”. Bud was the shy one who ended up displaying his “Siamese roots” by eating holes in my wool yoga blanket, toys and other non-cat-food items. While the others went off to either a show home or pet home, I had Bud–who was a roly poly “ugly duckling”. He was short-legged and had a round little belly. Now looking back we know it was the food that bloated out his liver. When the food recall was announced to my horror I had the packets of food with the tainted lot number. This was the type of kitten food I raised his mother on so my litter was raised on it too. He was a picky little cuss – except for his taste in wool, string and hair – so the only thing he would eat was the pouch food. In other words, his poor liver was getting nothing but poisons when I thought he was getting a nourishing diet.
After he got off the food, he slimmed down into a “gorgeous swan” and soon became the youngest of his breed to claim the # 1 alter worldwide! And then while at the large international show, he got sick. And it was down hill from there.
It was through journeying that I learned from Carla at workshops that I was able to help Bud–and myself!–to get through all of this. I always journeyed with Bud before a show, and sometimes during a show if I felt he had a “question” or needed some help with a situation (i.e. a cat at the show, a judge, maybe that new fangled toy he saw!). He was really a funny little boy. A true showman….and a diva! He won the hearts of many judges, breeders and exhibitors. Oh, and spectators too. We’d be at a show and he’d say in his cute little voice “what is up with that cat crying?” So journeying with him as a kitten had allowed us to have an open communication during his (short) life. And that also allowed us to move through his illness, and eventual transition.
When we realized he would not make it, I journeyed to help him with this. He was young, and he loved his mama Gwendolyn so much. He didn’t want to leave me either. But he sure didn’t want to leave his mom. Gwendolyn, Prissy (an old dog that had passed away years ago) and Spatz (my first cat that Carla met!) were there to help out. Bud was not ready, and it took a while for him to realize that his life on earth was really meant to be short, and he had bigger things to do once he crossed over.
Three days before he was to pass away, I heard him clickity clack into the office (I didn’t trim his nails at the end…why?) and then his sweet voice say “I know it’s almost time…” then he jumped into the window and watched the Blue Jays and Cardinals eating suet and seed. He turned his big eyes at me and said “I love you, and I’m ready.”
The morning of December 6, 2007 I woke up. He was in his bed, but I could tell he was not doing well. So I put him on the bed…Gwen crawled up next to him and started to bathe him…and I put my hand on his side and started to journey. We called circle and not only did my power animals come in, but his angels, guardian spirits and power animals came in too. And then my cats and dogs who had passed over, including his three sisters who had died at the ages of 3-7 days. His sisters were crystal keepers and they brought a gorgeous crystal for Bud. Prissy — my old Schipperke who was so fat she had to have a Mallard duck to fly around on in the heavens–brought the mate to her duck for Bud to ride when he was ready to cross over. Spatz was there to help along with my grandmother. And Butch, my old Angora who was a head in the crystal palace, showed Bud that he was to do healing work on animals, and help lost animals get home. He had a wonderful mission ahead of him. And as Butch said with his Cheshire smile “You’ll be the best cat in the biggest cat show ever!”
With that I heard a long sigh….and I opened my eyes to see Bud gone. I wrapped him up, held him, blessed him, and told him to soar on the back of his new winged friend and I would see him. (Spatz also informed me Bud would go through a 14-day transition period so he could adjust to his new role and spiritual body.)
Although I still miss the little diva….by journeying from the first sign of illness through his transition, I know that Bud has a bigger role to play. He has shown me his healing work and it’s funny to hear Prissy (who still works with him) jump his butt because he’s just doing a young brash “kid thing”. I know I now can call on Bud to help out at the shows (he still comes and hangs out and calms his mom down if she’s in the ring) and he has even helped me and the other cats and dogs.
Knowing he is happy, and is playing a role in helping others, has given me a sense of peace. I didn’t carry–nor do I carry–the guilt that I fed him food (that I thought was good for him! who knew it was poison for my baby?) I still cry at times, don’t get me wrong! But the minute I do I think “why?” and then I’ll hear him say “because you like to stroke my chin”.
So you know what I do? I close my eyes, and meet him in our favorite place next to a gorgeous, babbling stream….and I stroke his chin.”
Shared Conditions – Am I making my animal sick?
My right eye itches. There is nothing wrong with it, but my Icelandic horse Jark has something dreadfully wrong with his left eye. Arizona summers are really hard for him. He is susceptible to flies; they invade every moist region given the slightest opportunity. Last year it was his sheath. I have learned to put SWAT repellent on it daily. This year they got his eyes. I put a fancy new fly mask on him, one with pink ears, and it was a little too big. Jark shook it off. I put it back on. He took it off. After a few days of this game I went back to the old mask that was secure, but it was too late. The fly larvae were breeding deep in the pocket of his eye. At the time of this writing he is in surgery getting them removed before they cause permanent damage.
Jark with Kolur
This explains why my eye is blurry and itchy. Jark and I get symbiotic symptoms. When he was a youngster he stepped on a nail. I was at work in town, but my foot cramped up and started stinging. When I got home I found out why – it was nasty. As he healed so did my foot. Fortunately the coincidence isn’t consistent. When the flies got his sheath last summer I personally was fine!
I am not taking on Jark’s troubles. We simply live in the same energetic field. We are connected, and when he hurts my field senses it and sometimes my body mirrors it. I hurt because he hurts, but he is not “doing” anything to me, nor am I trying to help him by taking his suffering from him.
I think this is a really important thing to understand. Many people ask me if their personal problems are making their animals sick. They often feel guilty, which only makes the situation worse. People also ask if their animal is trying to help them when the animal mirrors a person’s pain. “Are they trying to take the pain away from me?”. There is no absolute answer to this, as some animals are martyrs. But most are not. Most animals mirror our pain because we are so close that we share energy, just like intermingling branches of trees.
So how can you help a suffering animal who may be mirroring you?
First: Get the animal to the best Vet you know, and give the animal every bit of allopathic, shamanic and energetic medicinal support you can.
Second: Do whatever you can to avoid “projecting” your own stuff. Ask the helping spirits to put a protective shield between you and the animal, so that any pain you may be experiencing is neutralized before it reaches them. Ask the animal’s spirit allies to protect them as well.
Third: Do whatever you can to heal yourself. The mirror works both ways. Your healing helps the animal heal. His healing helps you heal.
And finally: If the animal is indeed playing martyr, let them know that it isn’t really helping you, and that it is in fact making everything worse because now both of you are unhappy! If they are well it will help you get well too. See step three!
Was it a miracle?
I wanted to share an experience and thank the spirits heartily for their help! A sweet middle aged kitty named Baci went to the vet for stomach pain, and the vet did x-Rays. She found a large alarming tumor on the kitty’s lung. My friend Luce, who baby sits the kitty, asked me to have a look and do healing. Luce also asked for prayer circles and other healing groups to help. It takes a team! My teacher Amber said that she felt it was not serious, and she did extraction and healing. She said to expect them to find it is a cyst, and that draining it would be all it needs. (I am always very careful to not give medical diagnosis, so I of course gave a my disclaimers as I told Luce what I was receiving.) Blessings abound – here is what Luce reported a few days later:
Hello Carla,
Mother and son are doing great…..
Resa (the kitty’s “mom”) was besides herself with joy, gratitude and relief. Thank you, thank you, thank you a million times.
The Vet was flabbergasted. She had run a series of x-rays last week, all showing the same thing. Yesterday, …. not a trace.
You may remember that I had debated about telling Resa about the specifics of the Shamanic session.
Yesterday morning, before she went to the Vet, I called her telling her of your work on Baci’s and her behalf and told her that, at worst, it was a cyst that would be drained with no further consequence. She told me that for the past few days, unbeknownst to me, she had told herself that it was only a cyst and everything would be fine.
I received the CD in the mail and I will pass it on to Resa, I told her she would be blown away (in a good way) by the comments about their very unique heart connection.
Now, I know why you said “how appropriate” when you pulled the amulet for Baci. I am sure Resa will treasure it.
Again, all my deep and heartfelt thank yous to you, Amber, and all the other Power Beings that contributed their presence and work but remained in the periphery so as to not alarm Baci.
Hawaii Workshop – Learn to Journey and Spirits of the Reef
On August 16-18, 2008 I will be giving a 2 day introductory workshop in Kona, followed by a special 3rd day of communicating with the Hawaiian reef. I am very excited to be finally sharing this magical work. When I was journeying in Bonaire the spirits of the ocean would regularly direct me to Hawaii and say, “These are the spirits you will be working with to bring this to life for people.” And so it is.
First of all I would like to say how excited I am that we will be hosted at a lovely home in Kona – (see the pics.) Thank you Dana for sharing your fabulous home with us! The first two days will be all about learning to journey and talk with animals, and of course connecting with our personal helping spirits. We will dance our animals and learn how to get their advice for ourselves and others. The second day we ask the teachers to help us with more advanced animal communication requests: Discovering hidden things about an animals unknown past, and connecting with animals who have died. And we will finish the day learning how to request a simple open ended healing for an animal, guided by our compassionate spirits, of course!
Day three we hit the water! We will visit a a great snorkeling beach and connect with the animals and plants there up front and in person. Then we will journey to them and meet their spirits, and the ancient spirits who will bring us amazing lessons about all of life. It is such a joy. If we are lucky we will meet Dolphins. If we are luckier we will meet Parrot Fish, and if we are even luckier still, we will be given a sweet teaching by one of the tiny and exquisite Wrasses. My deepest hope is that we are graced by the spirit of Coral itself, the backbone of the reef and life herself. (just think for a moment about all the places adorned with fossils from previous coral communities, places like Carlsbad caverns, for example.) Wow!
I promise you will meet Parrot Fish, Wrasses and Coral. We will just have to sing the Dolphins in to accomplish the first in person. Their spirits will be there in our journey’s though.
You can register for the workshop at www.spiritlearning.com/kona. We are looking forward to seeing you there.
My deepest gratitude to the following for making this workshop happen:
- Carolyn Bjur in Chicago, for visualizing this and making it happen – THANK YOU!
- Liz Dacus for organizing this on the Hawaii side. THANK YOU!
- Dana for lending us your incredibly beautiful home and for your beautiful heart. THANK YOU!
- Deb Decker, for telling the world. You are the best. THANK YOU!
- Spirits of the reef, for working with me through thick and thin – especially you Tarpon, THANK YOU!
Here is Deb’s press release
Aloha!
Tarpon! Crocodile! Manatee – well maybe not.
Today we went to Robbie’s, a rustic touristy conglomeration of watery activities and merchandise. We fed the tarpon. Everyone does. It costs $5 to buy a bucket of feeder fish and walk out onto the dock, where all the tarpon for 50 miles gather for free lunch. What a riot! I made friends with a special tarpon in Bonaire at a site called The Cliff. This fish stayed close to me, and when I was photoing jawfish on my last dive (and getting solidly bent) he came over to me and blew a large distinct bubble out of his gill. He said, “You don’t belong here” in a friendly way. So I was especially happy to have the chance to feed a mess of them and say thank you!
After that we rented a kayak and floated through a mangrove water trail. We saw a young female crocodile (the guide man who told us the route to follow said she was a she) sunning on a boat hull. And as promised we saw one young nurse shark in the shallows. We didn’t see the 5 manatees who live in this grove, and we were indeed disappointed. But swarms of snook, snappers, barracuda, snappers, parrotfish and who knows what else made up for it. So did the osprey flying before us through the cut in the trees, and a diving bird who cruised with us for 15 minutes or so. One thing about Florida, it can be blustery. We worked our fannies off paddling – which we promptly replaced with pizza and cinnamon buns at a wonderful Italian coffee house in Ilsamadora.
Tomorrow we go home, via the Everglades and Ft. Lauderdale’s no doubt brutally windy beach.
