Dear Clients, Colleagues and Friends,
Most of us seem to have certain animal species with whom we connect much more deeply than others--animals who call to our souls in ways that no others can. This is how it is for me with the whales. They are my ancestral family and my spiritual guides. I love them beyond measure. Whether we refer to the animals with whom we have such profound relationships as our power animals, spirit guides, teachers, healers or family isn't what's important. What does seem to be important is our openness and willingness to enthusiastically yet humbly discern their important messages, and to apply that learning into the daily fabric of our lives.
One of the most transformative and pivotal things the whales told me many years ago is that "higher consciousness is not related to species, breed, intelligence or ego. It's the result of a soul's choice to accept and embrace opportunities to grow, regardless of the form (or formlessness) a soul may be experiencing at any time." Before hearing this from the whales, I had placed them and their wise messages on a towering pedestal, assigning them a greatness I thought achievable only by whales and perhaps saints and bodhisattvas. They called me on the carpet for this view! I was told that "wisdom is not meant to be shrouded in mystery, intellectualized, or admired from afar as if unattainable, but to be utilized and lived." Furthermore, they admonished me (affectionately!), "not to idolize or worship others' greatness but to access it as guidance as I find my own greatness and live it." These messages and others from the whales that have helped many of us on our life journeys will be shared and expounded upon in the class.
I have been talking with the whales for twenty-two years--sometimes for my own personal guidance (or just to chat!), sometimes to serve as a translator for individuals to hear the guidance whales want to offer them, sometimes to help whales in distress, and sometimes to bring messages from the whales to groups of people. This class is an opportunity to share some of these messages as well as to help you connect personally with the whales. The information will be augmented by over one hundred stunning photographs of humpback whales. I hope you'll join us. I will just have returned from my annual trip to swim with them, and will have new stories, new photos, and more whale love to share.
Namaste'
Teresa
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Logistics
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LOCATION: Learn more about how teleclasses work click here
Webinar by telephone & computer to access the images and
presentation notes
DATES AND TIMES:
The two session webinar is held on the following dates:
March 22 and March 29 , 2010 5:30 - 7:30 pm PST
Please email us if you are interested in this class but cannot make these dates and would like to attend on other dates
Click here to check class times in your time zone
(Audio stream downloads are available after each session for listening to the material if you cannot make the date, or to listen to after taking the classes)
COSTS AND REGISTRATION:
The cost for the 2 session, four hour teleclass is:
$95 for early registration
$105 for registration less than two weeks in advance
Click here to register and pay for the webinar
Conference call phone numbers and passwords are provided to registered students the week in advance of the class.
WEBINAR SPONSOR:
This class is sponsored by the Animal Spirit Healing and Education Network, A Healing Arts Community and Education Resource, created by my animal communicator colleague Carol Schultz. I am delighted to be on the faculty of this group and teach this class, and honored to be on their Board of Advisors. I encourage you to explore the depth and breadth of educational opportunities available in animal communication and healing arts.
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Teleclass Description and Outline
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Who are humpback whales?
As a physical species and their spiritual heritage
What is it like to actually swim with them in their water home?
Gifts given and gifts received
Difference between actual conversations with whales
and archetypal stereotypes about whales
Messages from the whales
· Personal messages I've received (brief pieces of my journey with
the whales and how it has impacted my life may be interspersed
at appropriate points during the class)
· Messages from specific whales:
Keiko, Farallon Islands entangled whale; Delta and Dawn in
Sacramento Delta, & some not so famous but well known to
some: Alfie, Uncle, Little One, Mama, Sara, and Spirit
· Global Messages from whales to all humans, such as:
"There is no hierarchy of form."
"Consciousness is not related to species, breed, intelligence or
ego.It's a result of a soul's choice to embrace opportunities to
grow."
On what it's like to be hunted
· Personal messages to people on trips and in readings (shared
with permission.) Stories of life changes and gifts from the
whales.
Connecting with the Whales Yourself:
Tips and Meditations
A meditation with whale song will be part of each session
My first conversation with a whale was in October, 1988 while on a
whale watch boat in the Gulf of Maine off Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Our encounter changed my life irrevocably. For the next eleven years I
traveled to see humpbacks as often as I could possibly afford to--trips
to Hawaii, Alaska and back to Provincetown. In 1999, I was blessed to
have my first experience to actually be in the water, side by side,
swimming with these magnificent beings. Ever since, I've been
facilitating annual trips to the same whale sanctuary off the Dominican
Republic to bring other humans to swim with and communicate with these
whales. This journey is my annual pilgrimage to be with the whales,
the holy days of my year, every year.
There are almost no
words for what this is like to be next to these whales who so obviously
choose to be near us in the water. Time stops. The world stops. The
energy of their love, strength, gentleness and trust is palpable.
Despite the vast differences in species and size, there seem to be no
differences when we're together, only our spirits, only our mutual
love. There is no fear, no alarm, no ego. Only love, there is simply
light and love. This love, and their wisdom, infuses us. And it stays
long after returning to land. It is this profound loving energy from
the whales that I will attempt to convey in the class. Though the
whales who choose to come to us in the water very much enjoy the
experience, they have made it clear that being together physically is
not needed to exchange this energy. It is a great pleasure and delight
to help connect you with them through this class. They enjoy connecting
with us in conversation and in love.
If you sign up for this class, tell them you're coming, and they will be waiting for you.
We will all undoubtedly learn, as they plan to make some comments and
contributions spontaneously during the class in addition to what is
planned.
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Hope to have you in the teleclass & webinar!
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Photo Credits
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All copyrighted photos are used with permission and deep gratitude to the generosity of the photographers!
Whale in Header Collage:
Sierra Goodman divinedollphin.com
Two main photos under title:
Chris Bangs, professional photographer
Photo of woman above whale:
Bottom Time Adventures crew
Photo of whale fluke with woman's arm:
Diane Dunkman, trip participant
Photo of humans holding hands near whale with orb over heart chakra:
Elise Pouilo, trip participant
Woman in water with whale calf:
Turks Caicos Aggressor II crew
Breaching Whale:
Piers Van Der Walt, Captain, Turks Caicos Aggressor II
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Watch the Whales!
On the surface, underwater and swimming with people in these stunning DVDs
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Because not everyone is fortunate enough to get to actually swim with the whales (or to go every year!), I searched for the best DVDs that I could find to share the experience with everyone of what it's like to be so close to these magnificent whales. The second best thing to actually being with the whales is watching this footage. You will feel as if you are right there with them. An emotional, visual and spiritual gift for anyone who loves whales. Click for more info on both DVDs
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Listen to the Whales:
Humpback Whale Songs with meditation music,
with Amazing Grace,
or just the whales!
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 Just the whales singing!The Original Humpback Whale Recordings by Dr. Roger Payne  An alchemy of Cecilia's angelic voice, the wisdom in the
whales' voices and the powerful energy of the original words--make this one of the most moving, inspirational pieces of music ever created. We play this every evening at sunset on the whale swim trips as our prayer of thanks to the whales. Listen and order here
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Talk with the Whales
for guidance
on your life path
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There are whales--some in body and some in spirit--who very much enjoy sharing their wisdom to help guide humans on earth. Click here for more information on having a reading with the whales. |
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It is this sense of tranquility, of life without urgency, power without aggression,
that has won my heart to whales. . .whales offer to human beings a
lesson. They demonstrate to us that our ancient and ignorant belief in
the inherent supremacy of our species over all others is utterly
wrong.
~Roger Payne |
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There are boundaries between us, little calf, but our songs meet. Whenever we listen we will hear each other, the soft harmony of two different singers looking at each other through clear water.
~spoken by a whale to a young human girl in the novel
Whale Singer by Wilton Katz
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All this happiness in the sea, in the salt, where God is also love, but without words.
~D.H. Lawrence,
Whales Weep Not
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