Upcoming Teleclasses
April 12th 11 am PST
1 hr FREE teleclass:
Legacies of Love:
Finding the Grace in Grief
June 7, 14, 21, 28
4 part, 8 hour teleclass:
Legacies of Love:An in depth workshop of
gentle Healing from the loss of your animal loved onedetailed description
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CD: Connecting with Your Animal After Death
This CD gently walks you through how to communicate telepathically with your beloved animal after death and includes a soothing, guided meditation to help you make that connection. Available in CD ($16.95) and MP3 ($10.95) formats. Also available wholesale ($10.50).
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Created to honor the souls of animals who have died, and to comfort the hearts of those who grieve. Candle label reads:
May the Spirit of my beloved animal be blessed with peace, grace and love for all time.
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Blessing the Bridge Book
Exceptionally helpful book of support for the poignant and emotionally challenging times when our beloved animals are ill, nearing end of life, and during actual transition.
A bible of support that should be in the hands of all animal lovers.
$15.00
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Investing the Legacies From Our Animals to Enrich Our Souls & Life on Earth
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Like many people, it comforts me to have certain things around me to
memorialize my beloved animals who have died: framed photos, photo
albums, portraits, memorial candles, urns, grave markers, jewelry with
their paw prints or name, scrapbooks or memorial boxes filled with
treasured mementos, having memorial services, sharing stories about my
animal, etc. There are, of course, countless, meaningful ways to
memorialize a loved one which can bring us comfort and honor our
animal. However, nothing is a higher tribute to a loved one who has
died than to identify, acknowledge and use the legacies they left
behind, the legacies that live on in our hearts.
I don't think
I've ever talked with a person who's lost their animal who wouldn't say
that the number one legacy from their animal is love. When we think of
the legacies of love our animals gave us, it can be healing to reflect
on: How that love was expressed or manifested? How was it unique?
How was it shared? What did we learn from it, and how can we integrate
and apply that learning into the fabric of our lives? Memorializing is
comforting, and mourning is normal and necessary. But memorializing is
not the same as investing the legacies we've been left so they can
grow. If we inherit a million dollars and stash it under our mattress
it will not grow. But if we invest it in good works it will grow in
ways that may continue to enrich us and others forever.
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A Meditation for Connecting with Our Animals During Illness and After Death
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If your animal is ill or on the other side, and you want to connect
with him or her telepathically, begin by giving yourself a period of
undisturbed time by yourself-- perhaps about ten to fifteen minutes, or
more if you like. Sit quietly. You do not need to be physically near
your animals who are still physically on earth in order to talk with
them. In fact, sometimes it is easier to be off by ourselves, not
distracted by the visuals of their beauty and our love of their form,
which can keep us focused on the physical rather than the soul. Or, it
can keep us focused on their illness which can trigger worry or grief.
However, if it feels more comforting or appropriate for you to be with
your animals, that's OK. Just be sure to make the intention that you
wish to connect with their soul at this time, not primarily their body
or personality. Of course, the energy of their personalty may come
through in your conversation, and, information about the body may be
something you seek or your animal wants to talk with you about. But
what we need to focus on in telepathy is beyond and deeper than the
body and the personality. In telepathy, we are not reading the body or
reading the mind to get information about our animals from some
distant, detached vantage point; we are connecting with their spirits
to talk with them intimately. READ FULL ARTICLE
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Exploring Myths About Healing Grief
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The goal of grief recovery is to heal the heart and to use the crisis of loss to grow. Healing the heart can include understanding and lessening feelings of pain, confusion, resentment, guilt or other difficult emotions, while strengthening a sense of acceptance and peace around our loss. Using the crisis to grow can include identifying and cherishing the mutual gifts of the relationship, fully embracing the lessons emerging from the loss, and consciously choosing to use them in our lives. Integrating the gifts and lessons of the relationships into our way of being may be the finest tribute we can make to our animal loved ones. Grief recovery is not just about feeling better, it is about becoming more whole. It is a conscious choice to heal and grow. And as we journey through our healing process, it can help to dispel some myths about grieving.
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The animals behind the
photo collage in the header
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The beautiful heart shaped garden, which includes pet prayers flags, plaques for each of her animals on the other side and carefully chosen flowers,was created by Dana Lavin in honor of her beloved animals: Larry, Moishe and Shayna Maidel (shown below). Shayna is wearing her Lady bug costume, one of many which she so enjoyed wearing! The angel sculpture is also from Dana Lavin's lovely and deeply meaningful memorial garden.The beautiful beach heart was created by Debbie Mag in honor of her beloved dogs Sidni and Charlie. She formed the shape of the heart with her dogs' Chuckit, then filled the the indentations this made in the sand with their ashes. I was honored to witness this sacred and meaningful tribute to Sidni and Charlie. Debbie had kept the ashes for a few years before she felt ready to scatter them. What made this spot for the heart so very special is that it is the same beach these deeply beloved dogs walked and ran with Debbie for many years. |
May the souls of all animals be blessed, and may the hearts of all who grieve be comforted ~
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