Shamanic Journey: Meet Your Totem Animal

Tonight,

I invite you on a journey unlike any other,

A subtle passage to another dimension of yourself,

An inner ancient space,

Deep,

Connected to what shamanic traditions call the totem animal.

I am not speaking here of an exotic belief or fashionable folklore,

But rather of a true symbol revealing a mirror of your instinctive and fundamental energy,

A messenger from the unconscious.

Your totem animal can offer you strength,

Show you a direction,

Or simply remind you of who you are at your deepest core.

In the tumult of daily life,

This presence is too often forgotten.

Fortunately,

It watches in silence,

Ready to reveal itself when you open the space to listen.

And that is exactly what we are going to do together tonight.

Open the path through a completely harmless,

Hypnotic state,

A gentle trance carried by this guided meditation.

You will be gently invited to travel through a symbolic landscape and meet this intuitive animal part of yourself,

Perhaps wild but always benevolent.

For it to create a true inner reprogramming,

I recommend practicing it for at least 30 days.

This is the time your unconscious needs to reprogram itself,

And if you fall asleep during the practice,

That is perfect because the work continues nonetheless.

Now take the time to settle comfortably,

Release your entire body.

The meditation will begin soon.

Gently close your eyes and take a long,

Deep breath.

Exhale slowly,

Releasing all tensions through your breath,

And now imagine that warm,

Comforting water begins to delicately flow over your face.

Perhaps you can feel the soothing warmth gently penetrating the skin of your forehead,

Smoothing out all the tensions around your eyes,

Allowing this water to subtly caress your cheeks.

Slowly relax your jaw,

And this warm water then flows down your neck.

Feel it envelop each muscle of your nape,

Releasing all the stiffness there,

And with each exhalation,

It carries away all accumulated tensions,

Simply letting them dissolve,

Release to make room for a pleasant sensation of relaxation.

And as this beneficial warmth gently continues its path,

Sliding over your shoulders,

Delicately releasing each muscle fiber,

It slowly descends along your arms to your hands,

To the tips of each of your fingers,

Diffusing a delicious sensation of letting go,

Of complete release.

And this warm water now flows down your spine,

Diffusing a gentle warmth to each vertebra,

Gradually radiating throughout your back.

Your entire torso can now completely relax,

Bathed in this sensation of absolute comfort.

Now take a deep breath.

As you exhale,

Let this warm water gently slide into your pelvis,

Releasing all tensions.

It now continues its journey through your thighs,

Enveloping your knees,

Deeply relaxing your calves.

Feel this gentle warmth slowly reaching your ankles.

Finally,

Your feet to the tips of your toes,

Bringing total,

Absolute relaxation.

And now,

As your body is perfectly relaxed,

Simply imagine that this warm water gently leaves your body through the soles of your feet.

And as it seeps into the ground,

It carries away all emotional burdens,

All tensions that were present.

Visualize it slowly infiltrating deeply,

Descending through the layers of the earth,

Layer after layer,

Further and further,

Deeper and deeper.

And as this warm water continues its inner journey into the depths of the earth,

You feel your unconscious opening more,

Becoming more and more receptive,

More and more deeply rooted.

And perhaps you already feel as this water descends,

Roots of benevolent energy gently rising toward you,

Coming to anchor you deeply,

Solidly,

Bringing security.

And as you breathe widely and deeply,

Allow yourself to savor this total opening,

To slowly slide toward the visualization that will follow.

And now,

Behind your closed eyes,

On the screen of your consciousness,

Take a moment to feel the space that slowly opens all around you,

And you perceive under your feet a warm,

Soft ground,

Like earth beaten by the centuries.

Let yourself feel this subtle warmth that slowly rises within you.

A light breeze delicately envelops you,

Caressing your skin.

And somewhere in the distance,

A very discreet sound begins to be heard.

You take the time to perceive this slow,

Deep,

Regular rhythm,

Almost like a heartbeat.

Your body naturally aligns with this pulsation.

Feel each step that gently brings you closer to this ancient rhythm,

A bit as if the entire world were breathing with your cadence.

And you now see before you an immense,

Majestic tree.

Observe how its roots plunge deeply into the earth,

How its hollow trunk forms a natural living door.

You feel inwardly the invitation to cross this passage.

You gently cross this vegetal threshold.

As you advance,

Feel how everything around you delicately transforms.

The air becomes denser,

More vibrant,

Charged with an invisible but perceptible presence.

The drum now resonates clearly.

You perceive how it accompanies your breathing,

As if it had always been there,

To the edge of your consciousness.

And before you now stands a peaceful clearing.

At its center,

A kind of forgotten cabin,

Simple,

Ancient.

It seems to be waiting for you,

Surrounded by silence,

Protected by tall grasses.

You gently enter the cabin and immediately perceive a comforting warmth.

In the center of the cabin,

A fire softly crackles,

Delicately illuminating feathers placed there,

Engraved stones,

Ancient objects that surround you.

And you notice the drum placed near the fire.

You feel its subtle and powerful vibration that resonates with you.

You settle comfortably.

You feel how little by little your body begins to naturally respond to this pulsation.

You perceive a slight swaying that spontaneously arises within you,

A subtle wave that slowly traverses your belly,

Your spine,

Your shoulders.

And you observe how each movement frees you a little more,

How your body gradually opens to a kind of inner dance,

Like a silent and instinctive invocation.

And you feel this dance becoming stronger and stronger.

You hear a voice resonating throughout your being.

It is time to let your totem animal appear,

This instinctive part of you,

That it is time to recognize,

Welcome,

And liberate.

Let this totem animal appear to you.

Simply let this sensation,

This image,

Or this intuition come.

What form does it have?

What energy does it emit?

Feel deeply its presence.

Let rise what comes naturally.

How do you perceive its energy within yourself?

Is this energy familiar,

New,

Or comforting?

Take the time to fully feel this connection,

And remember everything you perceive is right.

Allow yourself to welcome what comes naturally.

This animal can send you a message or revelations.

Listen to it.

Let memories,

Emotions,

Images rise.

Take the time to fully welcome.

Perhaps a word,

A phrase,

Or a particular image may appear in your mind.

Allow yourself to deeply feel what this encounter reveals in you,

What it illuminates,

What it liberates.

In this rich and profound moment,

Perhaps the animal offers you something symbolic,

An object,

A gesture,

A sensation.

Allow yourself to welcome this gift with gratitude.

Feel it fully,

And let this phrase emerge within you.

I reconnect to my deep and free instinctive strength.

The drum continues to beat in harmony with your heart,

Reminding you of your deep essence and your instinctive truth.

I invite you to simply feel this fullness,

This intimate bond that has just anchored itself in you.

This rediscovered presence,

This encounter is now an integral part of you.

Simply take the time to feel,

To let this rediscovered inner strength vibrate.

I also invite you to feel gratitude,

Gratitude for your courage in having crossed this threshold,

Gratitude for your inner voice that allowed this connection with your totem animal,

And gratitude,

Of course,

For your totem animal,

This part of you that escapes even your mind,

Which is deeply free,

Deeply authentic.

And as the drum moves away as if absorbed by the thickness of silence,

There remains only this barely perceptible quiver.

This ancient breath that continues to pass through you,

An intimate and deep rhythm.

Something primitive and eternal at the same time,

And the fire still crackles in a memory of soft light.

These glowing embers can slowly fade behind your closed eyelids,

As if each spark were sliding into an underground river to join an invisible,

Peaceful,

And tranquil world.

And around you,

The forms slowly dissolve.

The cabin fades like an image on water.

There remains only the echo of the bond,

This intuitive,

Wild,

And benevolent presence now inscribed within you.

And you feel in this silence like a warm wave that envelops you,

A slow and beneficial wave that slides between the folds of your mind.

It passes through you without noise,

Without detour,

Cleaning the last tensions,

Liberating images,

Thoughts,

Words,

And everything that still seemed to slow you down,

Fades,

Melts,

Mingles with the very matter of the dream.

And you are no longer thinking.

You become the current itself,

Cradled by something vaster,

More tender.

And you feel this peaceful dilation that stretches inside.

Each second becomes slower,

Softer,

Deeper.

And silence has become presence,

And night has become refuge,

And all that remains now is this tranquil evidence,

Settled,

Silent.

You are exactly where you should be,

Safe,

Welcomed,

Known.

You have nothing to do,

Just let yourself slide into this inner light that extends like an endless dream.

If you are not yet asleep,

I invite you to repeat the following positive affirmations until you find sleep.

Your unconscious will then take over.

I am deeply connected to my totem animal.

My instinct clearly guides me toward what is good for me.

I am in harmony with my deep and wild nature.

I draw from within me a tranquil and powerful strength.

My totem animal reveals my inner truth to me each night.

I am fully open to the subtle message of my unconscious.

My intuitive connection grows and establishes itself more each day.

I feel within me the ancestral wisdom of my totem animal,

And loved by the force that lives within me.

I trust the signs that my intuition sends me.

My body and mind vibrate in harmony with my animal essence.

I am deeply aligned with my intuitive nature.

Each night,

I strengthen my sacred bond with my totem animal,

And free like my inner guide.

I welcome with gratitude the wisdom of my unconscious,

And serene.

I am at peace with the intuitive energy that flows within me.

My totem animal awakens and amplifies my inner confidence.

I am safe,

Connected to an infinitely wise,

Instinctive force.

Each day,

My intuition naturally strengthens.

My mind is clear.

Receptive,

And fully aligned with my inner truth.

My inner resources are infinite,

Available at any moment.

I am deeply connected to my totem animal.

My instinct clearly guides me toward what is good for me.

I am in harmony with my deep and wild nature.

I draw from within me a tranquil and powerful strength.

My totem animal reveals my inner truth to me each night.

I am fully open to the subtle message of my unconscious.

My intuitive connection grows and establishes itself more each day.

I feel within me the ancestral wisdom of my totem animal,

And loved by the force that lives within me.

I trust the signs that my intuition sends me.

My body and mind vibrate in harmony with my animal essence.

I am deeply aligned with my intuitive nature.

Each night,

I strengthen my sacred bond with my totem animal.

And free like my inner guide,

I welcome with gratitude the wisdom of my unconscious,

And serene.

I am at peace with the intuitive energy that flows within me.

My totem animal awakens and amplifies my inner truth.

It amplifies my inner confidence.

I am safe,

Connected to an infinitely wise instinctive force.

Each day,

My intuition naturally strengthens.

My mind is clear,

Receptive,

And fully aligned with my inner truth.

My inner resources are infinite,

Available at any moment.

I am deeply connected to my totem animal.

My instinct clearly guides me toward what is good for me.

I am in harmony with my deep and wild nature.

I draw from within me a tranquil and powerful strength.

My totem animal reveals my inner truth to me each night.

I am fully open to the subtle message of my unconscious.

My intuitive connection grows and establishes itself more each day.

I feel within me the ancestral wisdom of my totem animal,

And loved by the force that lives within me.

I trust the signs that my intuition sends me.

My body and mind vibrate in harmony with my animal essence.

I am deeply aligned with my intuitive nature.

Each night,

I strengthen my sacred bond with my totem animal,

And free like my inner guide.

I welcome with gratitude the wisdom of my unconscious,

And serene.

I am at peace with the intuitive energy that flows within me.

My totem animal awakens and amplifies my inner confidence,

Connected to an infinitely wise,

Instinctive force.

Each day,

My intuition naturally strengthens.

Each night,

My mind is clear,

Receptive,

And fully aligned with my inner truth.

My inner resources are infinite,

Available at any moment.

I am deeply connected to my totem animal.

My instinct clearly guides me toward what is good for me.

I am in harmony with my deep and wild nature.

I draw from within me a tranquil and powerful strength.

My totem animal reveals my inner truth to me each night.

I am fully open to the subtle message of my unconscious.

My intuitive connection grows and establishes itself more each day.

I feel within me the ancestral wisdom of my totem animal,

And loved by the force that lives within me.

I trust the signs that my intuition sends me.

My body and mind vibrate in harmony with my animal essence.

I am deeply aligned with my intuitive nature.

Each night,

I strengthen my sacred bond with my totem animal.

And free like my inner guide,

I welcome with gratitude the wisdom of my unconscious.

I am at peace with the intuitive energy that flows within me.

My totem animal awakens and amplifies my inner confidence.

I am connected to an infinitely wise instinctive force.

Each day,

My intuition naturally strengthens.

My mind is clear,

Receptive,

And fully aligned with my inner truth.

My inner resources are infinite,

Available at any moment.

I am deeply connected to my totem animal.

My instinct clearly guides me toward what is good for me.

I am in harmony with my deep and wild nature.

I draw from within me a tranquil and powerful strength.

My totem animal reveals my inner truth to me each night.

I am fully open to the subtle message of my unconscious.

My intuitive connection grows and establishes itself more each day.

I feel within me the ancestral wisdom of my totem animal,

And loved by the force that lives within me.

I trust the signs that my intuition sends me.

My body and mind vibrate in harmony with my animal essence.

I am deeply aligned with my intuitive nature.

Each night,

I strengthen my sacred bond with my totem animal,

And free like my inner guide.

I welcome with gratitude the wisdom of my unconscious,

Solid and serene.

I am at peace with the intuitive energy that flows within me.

My totem animal awakens and amplifies my inner confidence.

I am safe,

Connected to an infinitely wise instinctive force.

Each day,

My intuition naturally strengthens.

My mind is clear,

Receptive,

And fully aligned with my inner truth.

My inner resources are infinite,

Available at any moment.

I am deeply connected to my totem animal.

My instinct clearly guides me toward what is good for me,

In harmony with my deep and wild nature.

I draw from within me a tranquil and powerful strength.

My totem animal reveals my inner truth to me each night.

I am fully open to the subtle message of my unconscious.

My intuitive connection grows and establishes itself more each day.

I feel within me the ancestral wisdom of my totem animal,

And loved by the force that lives within me.

I trust the signs that my intuition sends me.

My body and mind vibrate in harmony with my animal essence.

I am deeply aligned with my intuitive nature.

Each night,

I strengthen my sacred bond with my totem animal,

And free like my inner guide.

I welcome with gratitude the wisdom of my unconscious,

And serene.

I am at peace with the intuitive energy that flows within me.

My totem animal awakens and amplifies my inner confidence.

I am safe,

Connected to an infinitely wise,

Instinctive force.

Each day,

My intuition naturally strengthens.

My mind is clear,

Receptive,

And fully aligned with my inner truth.

My inner resources are infinite,

Available at any moment.

I am deeply connected to my totem animal.

My instinct clearly guides me toward what is good for me.

I am in harmony with my deep and wild nature.

I draw from within me a tranquil and powerful strength.

My totem animal reveals my inner truth to me each night.

I am fully open to the subtle message of my unconscious.

My intuitive connection grows and establishes itself more each day.

I feel within me the ancestral wisdom of my totem animal,

And loved by the force that lives within me.

I trust the signs that my intuition sends me.

My body and mind vibrate in harmony with my animal essence.

I am deeply aligned with my intuitive nature.

Each night,

I strengthen my sacred bond with my totem animal,

And free like my inner guide.