This read just shifted something in me. My path never took me down a road where I inquired about my specific type: reading some of your posts where you have a clear understanding of Ayurveda, numerology, animal spirits and guides, astrology, etc. makes me wonder if I looked it all up wouldn’t I be able to lean into more guidance instead of blindly feeling me way through with just some instinct I’m my tool bag. My friend Isaac is helping me with Astrology. And I’ll do that Ayurveda test. I suppose it’ll be easy enough to google my numerology number. My animal spirit? How does one find that out? Or does it come to you once you’re open to it? There is so much to learn in this life!! I’m Hank you for sharing this post. So so so glad you did.
I'm only at kindergarten level with Astrology and will likely not advance any further. :) But, all of the rest...it will all just start showing up for you when the Universe senses your interest. My first shamanic journey happened quite by accident and I won't go into it here. But, it all made sense to me when it was a Turtle who showed up. I reflected back to how much I loved them as a child. Also, how I would pull back into my comfortable introverted shell. Things like that. Think of the times when an animal (especially a wild animal) appeared out of the blue. These are all breadcrumbs. Enjoy the ride, Tonika. 🐢 XOXO
I see doves all the time but never thought of their sound as anything but beautiful, not mournful. Something to ponder I guess. Looking forward to reading about the ash trees as I had those at my house in Colorado.
Hi, Mia! Yes, I agree, it is beautiful! I’m without internet for a while so I might not be able to post for a bit. I think the Ash trees are up next! Hope you’re well! 🌳💚
So much resonance Barbara, thank you so much for sharing this healing story and in a way that reaches so deep inside me that I don't really have the words; ah, but all your messages seem to have that effect, for which I am so grateful. And it's a curious thing that this evening before I had read this letter I had gone to the common to get my bare feet on the grass in the setting sun and a pigeon flew down just ahead of me to drink by the railway bridge. I stopped to watch and it looked so much like the first picture of your mourning dove, I could scarce believe it, but there it was. It immediately reminded me to read your letter tonight. Also, I do connect to pigeons and I have taken to feeding them seeds when I go to get my raw milk from Borough market by London Bridge. Sometimes they just cannot believe how many seeds there are laid out before them, they are so used to scrapping for morsels. Like before, although I didn't mention it in my conversation with you (River Medicine) I had come upon a strange kind of broken down plant on the common some while back and spent some time with it wondering about it. The only one I've come across. Then after a healing catharsis of my own, and it would have been in the days after reading your River Medicine, I determined to go be with it again and see...and sure enough, I identified it as self-heal from your photo! Thousands of miles are no obstacle whatsoever to connections of the heart and I am so grateful for resonance as I too am a lone one so often and connections can be few and far between. Bless you sister
Oh, my heart! Clair, this is so beautiful! Thank you for sharing, my friend. Pigeon! Self Heal! Wowwww. I love your comments so much. Truly. I hope you're sound asleep, having sweet dreams across the Pond. Much Love, Barbara xo
Barbara, this is very powerful and transformative.
There is a lot here to comment on, but I will say... while I was reading this, a song (randomly 😉) came up in the thread I was listening to... and it actually did not make sense relating to the genre I was tuned into. When it started, tears instantly arose, and I was overcome with emotion. I have not heard this song in a while, but it is one of my all-time favorites. There was a period of time (about a decade ago) when I listened to this over and over again and let all kinds of emotions go.
So, it is incredible that this song came up. It goes well with your narrative. It says it all. ♥️
Wow, thx for sharing this, MJ! Buffalo Springfield - a blast from the past. I don't remember that song. I feel like music is some sort of synchronicity portal. It's so powerful for helping us release emotions. The feather reference at the beginning. Amazing. Love when this happens. 🕊️💙
Thanks so much for such a lovely post--glad you shared--should be thanking Clare though, I guess as she made you do it! I love mourning doves, should have realized they might be related to the 'common' pigeon. Both plentiful where I live (near the Pacific Ocean), but those wood doves have such a beautiful cry--in the early morning or at dusk. I had a pair building a nest in the garden a few years back--they are not the best nest builders, kind of sloppy actually, but they were so serious about it, they made me laugh.
We also have the Quails with their large broods (always), they are such funny things, very skittish and they move fast when motivated---Look for them--I imagine they can live everywhere and they are extremely entertaining. Good parenting skills as well!
I do like your posts with dreams(you have the best kind), did you ever see that film called 'Brother Sun, Sister Moon' about Francis and Clare? As an ex-Catholic, it still stays with me. Who couldn't wrap their soul around St. Francis with his love of the animal kingdom?
BTW, I want to send you something--would the address at the bottom be the correct place to mail it? I sent you a private email regarding the subject but you must not have received it. Here's hoping you are feeling better--I am doing as well as can be expected. AGING is the pits, but someone has to do it!
Thank you for ALL of this, Jeanne. And thank you for your recent support.💙 I have not seen any Quails here but I will keep an eye out!
I just searched for the film and feel like I did see it but I'm going to rent it for sure. I could write an entire post about what happened to me at Assisi. Maybe I will one day.
I did not receive the email through Substack. I'm not sure how that works. My mailing address is PO Box 111, North Sandwich, NH 03259. Email is barbarasinclair11@protonmail.com. I'm intrigued! :)
May we all feel better in our bodies and minds soon. I feel like we're all just being upgraded to what's coming ahead. Lol, someone has to do it! 💙💙
Thank you for sharing, Barbara. Your stories always show up at the right time. I'm struggling with my own healing journey at the moment. I will take some time today to watch the 2 little pigeons that live in the forest next to me. I feel like the last few days I've been too sore and tired to appreciate nature. Maybe that's where I have gone wrong.
Kirsty, the energy is so intense right now - Lion's Gate and all. So many of us are feeling like this. I've felt a little (a lot!) captive this summer because of the biting bugs. And I know that feeling of being too sore and tired to even want to go outside. There is some serious fatigue energy happening. All of my energy healing friends are saying the same thing, if that's any comfort at all! Big hugs and thanks for reading! 💙
Omg! Barbara! I love this so much. I’d love to discuss the bear stuff with you sometime, too. I once thought pigeons were like the rats of the sky, but the more time I’ve spent simply watching them and observing their scrappy resilience and gentle nature, the more I love them. Yesterday, a flock of wood pigeons had made a home on the top of a big red rock at Garden of the Gods. I was so pleased to pick up a feather one dropped above my head. This whole journey, feathers have been collected. I think I’ll make a dream catcher of them. Thanks for sharing your dream. It is a gift to read. 💙
Thank you, Amanda! Lol, rats of the sky! Most people probably feel that way. I hope maybe my story will change some minds and they will feel more kindness towards these peaceful creatures. You really are a feather magnet! And, of course, we can talk Bear anytime you'd like. He or she was here again last night because the little stone birdbath was overturned. Again. :)
And imagine, there's no Pigeon emoji. Only Dove. 🕊️🐻xxo
I love seeing and hearing the doves which visit in pairs. They are sweet and gentle and bring a smile every time. And after reading about your experience of healing they seem even more like special beings.
Way to much for me to type!!!!!! Wow 💗 Thank you SO much for sharing this!!!!! Just wow 💝 xoxoxoxoxoxo .... our time is not far lady. The sun shall be setting sooner and sooner. 😁
I love your open-hearted willingness to embrace both the pigeon symbolism and healing (pigeon medicine) while asleep and awake.
So often we judge a message offered because it doesn’t show up the way we think it ‘should’... While vigilantly watching for a majestic eagle, we miss the beauty of the common pigeon and her message entirely.
Part of the gift of any animal medicine is, of course, our capacity to receive it. What a gorgeous illustration of your soul’s resonance with our planet’s offerings. Such a gift. Thank you for sharing. 🙏🏽
Sasha, thank you so much for this beautiful comment. Truly. You have a way of always getting to the heart of my stories. I'm so grateful that you're here. 💚
This read just shifted something in me. My path never took me down a road where I inquired about my specific type: reading some of your posts where you have a clear understanding of Ayurveda, numerology, animal spirits and guides, astrology, etc. makes me wonder if I looked it all up wouldn’t I be able to lean into more guidance instead of blindly feeling me way through with just some instinct I’m my tool bag. My friend Isaac is helping me with Astrology. And I’ll do that Ayurveda test. I suppose it’ll be easy enough to google my numerology number. My animal spirit? How does one find that out? Or does it come to you once you’re open to it? There is so much to learn in this life!! I’m Hank you for sharing this post. So so so glad you did.
I'm only at kindergarten level with Astrology and will likely not advance any further. :) But, all of the rest...it will all just start showing up for you when the Universe senses your interest. My first shamanic journey happened quite by accident and I won't go into it here. But, it all made sense to me when it was a Turtle who showed up. I reflected back to how much I loved them as a child. Also, how I would pull back into my comfortable introverted shell. Things like that. Think of the times when an animal (especially a wild animal) appeared out of the blue. These are all breadcrumbs. Enjoy the ride, Tonika. 🐢 XOXO
As always Barbara, love, love!
I see doves all the time but never thought of their sound as anything but beautiful, not mournful. Something to ponder I guess. Looking forward to reading about the ash trees as I had those at my house in Colorado.
Hi, Mia! Yes, I agree, it is beautiful! I’m without internet for a while so I might not be able to post for a bit. I think the Ash trees are up next! Hope you’re well! 🌳💚
So much resonance Barbara, thank you so much for sharing this healing story and in a way that reaches so deep inside me that I don't really have the words; ah, but all your messages seem to have that effect, for which I am so grateful. And it's a curious thing that this evening before I had read this letter I had gone to the common to get my bare feet on the grass in the setting sun and a pigeon flew down just ahead of me to drink by the railway bridge. I stopped to watch and it looked so much like the first picture of your mourning dove, I could scarce believe it, but there it was. It immediately reminded me to read your letter tonight. Also, I do connect to pigeons and I have taken to feeding them seeds when I go to get my raw milk from Borough market by London Bridge. Sometimes they just cannot believe how many seeds there are laid out before them, they are so used to scrapping for morsels. Like before, although I didn't mention it in my conversation with you (River Medicine) I had come upon a strange kind of broken down plant on the common some while back and spent some time with it wondering about it. The only one I've come across. Then after a healing catharsis of my own, and it would have been in the days after reading your River Medicine, I determined to go be with it again and see...and sure enough, I identified it as self-heal from your photo! Thousands of miles are no obstacle whatsoever to connections of the heart and I am so grateful for resonance as I too am a lone one so often and connections can be few and far between. Bless you sister
Oh, my heart! Clair, this is so beautiful! Thank you for sharing, my friend. Pigeon! Self Heal! Wowwww. I love your comments so much. Truly. I hope you're sound asleep, having sweet dreams across the Pond. Much Love, Barbara xo
Barbara, this is very powerful and transformative.
There is a lot here to comment on, but I will say... while I was reading this, a song (randomly 😉) came up in the thread I was listening to... and it actually did not make sense relating to the genre I was tuned into. When it started, tears instantly arose, and I was overcome with emotion. I have not heard this song in a while, but it is one of my all-time favorites. There was a period of time (about a decade ago) when I listened to this over and over again and let all kinds of emotions go.
So, it is incredible that this song came up. It goes well with your narrative. It says it all. ♥️
I found the link on YouTube to share.
Synchronicity is wild sometimes.
https://youtu.be/Jt1ev3CK3oo
Wow, thx for sharing this, MJ! Buffalo Springfield - a blast from the past. I don't remember that song. I feel like music is some sort of synchronicity portal. It's so powerful for helping us release emotions. The feather reference at the beginning. Amazing. Love when this happens. 🕊️💙
Thanks so much for such a lovely post--glad you shared--should be thanking Clare though, I guess as she made you do it! I love mourning doves, should have realized they might be related to the 'common' pigeon. Both plentiful where I live (near the Pacific Ocean), but those wood doves have such a beautiful cry--in the early morning or at dusk. I had a pair building a nest in the garden a few years back--they are not the best nest builders, kind of sloppy actually, but they were so serious about it, they made me laugh.
We also have the Quails with their large broods (always), they are such funny things, very skittish and they move fast when motivated---Look for them--I imagine they can live everywhere and they are extremely entertaining. Good parenting skills as well!
I do like your posts with dreams(you have the best kind), did you ever see that film called 'Brother Sun, Sister Moon' about Francis and Clare? As an ex-Catholic, it still stays with me. Who couldn't wrap their soul around St. Francis with his love of the animal kingdom?
BTW, I want to send you something--would the address at the bottom be the correct place to mail it? I sent you a private email regarding the subject but you must not have received it. Here's hoping you are feeling better--I am doing as well as can be expected. AGING is the pits, but someone has to do it!
Thank you for ALL of this, Jeanne. And thank you for your recent support.💙 I have not seen any Quails here but I will keep an eye out!
I just searched for the film and feel like I did see it but I'm going to rent it for sure. I could write an entire post about what happened to me at Assisi. Maybe I will one day.
I did not receive the email through Substack. I'm not sure how that works. My mailing address is PO Box 111, North Sandwich, NH 03259. Email is barbarasinclair11@protonmail.com. I'm intrigued! :)
May we all feel better in our bodies and minds soon. I feel like we're all just being upgraded to what's coming ahead. Lol, someone has to do it! 💙💙
just forwarded the errant emails to you and do not know how i got that addy for you----but we are on the same page NOW!
Got them! TY! xo
Thank you for sharing, Barbara. Your stories always show up at the right time. I'm struggling with my own healing journey at the moment. I will take some time today to watch the 2 little pigeons that live in the forest next to me. I feel like the last few days I've been too sore and tired to appreciate nature. Maybe that's where I have gone wrong.
Kirsty, the energy is so intense right now - Lion's Gate and all. So many of us are feeling like this. I've felt a little (a lot!) captive this summer because of the biting bugs. And I know that feeling of being too sore and tired to even want to go outside. There is some serious fatigue energy happening. All of my energy healing friends are saying the same thing, if that's any comfort at all! Big hugs and thanks for reading! 💙
Omg! Barbara! I love this so much. I’d love to discuss the bear stuff with you sometime, too. I once thought pigeons were like the rats of the sky, but the more time I’ve spent simply watching them and observing their scrappy resilience and gentle nature, the more I love them. Yesterday, a flock of wood pigeons had made a home on the top of a big red rock at Garden of the Gods. I was so pleased to pick up a feather one dropped above my head. This whole journey, feathers have been collected. I think I’ll make a dream catcher of them. Thanks for sharing your dream. It is a gift to read. 💙
Thank you, Amanda! Lol, rats of the sky! Most people probably feel that way. I hope maybe my story will change some minds and they will feel more kindness towards these peaceful creatures. You really are a feather magnet! And, of course, we can talk Bear anytime you'd like. He or she was here again last night because the little stone birdbath was overturned. Again. :)
And imagine, there's no Pigeon emoji. Only Dove. 🕊️🐻xxo
I love seeing and hearing the doves which visit in pairs. They are sweet and gentle and bring a smile every time. And after reading about your experience of healing they seem even more like special beings.
They really are, Bonnie. Our plant and animal friends sure do make life richer, don't they? 🕊️🕊️💚
Barbara, this is an extraordinary piece full of love and giving. I will certainly read it again.
Aww, thank you so much for reading it, Ben. I hemmed and hawed about sharing this one, but in the end, Clara made me do it. :)
Way to much for me to type!!!!!! Wow 💗 Thank you SO much for sharing this!!!!! Just wow 💝 xoxoxoxoxoxo .... our time is not far lady. The sun shall be setting sooner and sooner. 😁
Thanks for reading, my friend! I was just thinking of you because it's already getting dark earlier. :) Bring it on! xoxo 💚
I love your open-hearted willingness to embrace both the pigeon symbolism and healing (pigeon medicine) while asleep and awake.
So often we judge a message offered because it doesn’t show up the way we think it ‘should’... While vigilantly watching for a majestic eagle, we miss the beauty of the common pigeon and her message entirely.
Part of the gift of any animal medicine is, of course, our capacity to receive it. What a gorgeous illustration of your soul’s resonance with our planet’s offerings. Such a gift. Thank you for sharing. 🙏🏽
Sasha, thank you so much for this beautiful comment. Truly. You have a way of always getting to the heart of my stories. I'm so grateful that you're here. 💚
Thank you for reading, J.R. I'm so glad you enjoyed it. 💚