Welcome into year three of the “Call it in with Dar Podcast''. I'm so grateful to all of you for listening. I have an exciting series I'm opening up. It's the animal guidance series. Do you often see the same animal show up in your life? Do you know what it might symbolize? Perhaps it isn't always in person, but rather on magazine pages, billboards, maybe Facebook or social media posts, and then on a TV commercial. Or maybe it crosses your path physically twice, and then appears as a decal on the side of the truck. This happened to me recently. These are synchronicities that are meant to provide guidance in our lives. In the next few months, we will be talking about some of these animals in alphabetical order that might be appearing in your life. And what message are they going to deliver? So let's call in animal wisdom. Let's “Call it in with Dar!
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Welcome to our first episode. In the spirit of the animal medicine series, featuring the alligator Gator shows us the value of thoroughly digesting both the pleasure and the pains of life. When an alligator rolls under the water with its prey, its message is to roll with the punches when attacked by life challenges. Then when it stores its prey under a log to tenderize the meat. The message is about patience, and proper timing. The alligator and its close cousin the crocodile are powerful, confident, protective and observant. They are armored in a thick, scaly hide, and can move with great speed both in the water and on land alike. They're ferocious… they're strong. They have a powerful jaw, and a very lethal tail that can kill in an instant, often in an act of protecting its young. They are territorial, and we can learn from their example how to set boundaries, and watch over what is important to us.
Gator medicine people refrain from passing judgment until they have examined all of the facts and seen all of the various viewpoints involved. Imagining alligators submerged in the water, with only its eyes peeking up above the surface. Like the alligator, we can remain immersed in powerful emotions without losing the ability to be observant, balanced and aware of what's happening. When we can acknowledge that we have had a natural fight, flight or freeze response as part of our emotional body and how we're made up, then we can learn to befriend this part of us, this part that we call the nervous system and we can live in a healthier way. The spirit of the Gator is often telling us that there is a missing piece of the puzzle, something that we haven't seen with only the eyes and nostrils above the surface. In the water, the alligator can integrate all possibilities before making a decision. We can call on the spirit of Gator medicine to help us be observant, protective, powerful and know how to set clear boundaries. So call on the animal medicine of the alligator and learn how to digest both the pleasure and pains of life from that viewpoint. All in with the spirit of the animal medicine of the Gator. “Call it in with Dar “!
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