Animal Totem Guides: Messages for the World: Communicating with Your Power Animal Guides

By Franki Storlie

Franki Storlie believes that every person possesses a spirit heart and soul that waits to be reawakened and longs to seek spiritual knowledge. In her guidebook Animal Totem Guides: Messages for the World, Storlie relies on her Native American ancestry and her personal experiences to provide clear direction on how each of us can connect with our own souls and spiritual guides, ultimately realizing true joy, inner peace, wisdom, and love in the process.

Storlie has been studying and practicing spiritual teachings for the past twenty years and partners with nature in order to teach others how to meditate, bond with their inner selves, and find balance in a busy and often chaotic world. As she shares twelve totem animal stories that illustrate each animals characteristics and area of influence, she encourages others to begin connecting with the power animals that protect, guide, and communicate wisdom through our own hearts and souls.

Animal Totem Guides: Messages for the World provides guidance and wisdom for anyone interesting in walking a new spiritual pathway beside power animals who, through their gifts of strength and illumination, will not only help us heal ourselves, but also our beautiful Earth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Jun 13, 2011
• ISBN: 9781462020706

Franki Storlie

Franki Storlie has been studying, practicing, and teaching spiritual classes for the past twenty years. In her private healing practice, she relies on her Native American ancestry for guidance as she offers soul retrievals, several types of healings, and spiritual blessing ceremonies for the deceased. She currently lives outside Ellensburg, Washington.

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iUniverse rev. date: 5/27/2011

Contents

A Message from Franki

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Power Animals as Our Partners

Chapter 2: Coyote Medicine: The Beginning of My Spiritual Awakening

Chapter 3: A Message from White Elk

Chapter 4: The Tanagers

Chapter 5: Crow Medicine

Chapter 6: Rattlesnake Energy

Chapter 7: Great Horned Owl Protection

Chapter 8: The Great Pyrenees Dog

Chapter 9: The Dragonfly: Is It an Illusion?

Chapter 10: Eagle Medicine: Perfect Balance

Chapter 11: Red-Tailed Hawk Energy

Chapter 12: Bear: Spiritual Pathway Connector

Chapter 13: Frog Medicine: The Element of Water

Part Two: Personal Growth

Chapter 14: Preparing for Your Journey

Chapter 15: Finding Your Power Animal

Chapter 16: Sacred Space

Chapter 17: All of Creation: Mother Earth and the Four Elements; The Trees (The Standing People); The Rock People; The Two-Leggeds (The Humans); The Sky Nation; The Thunder Beings

Chapter 18: The Power of Your Thoughts and Prayers

Chapter 19: Losing a Pet

Conclusion

Part Three: Resources and References

Workshops, Individual Sessions, and Other Services

About the Author

Recommended Reading and Websites

A Message from Franki

Dear Reader,

I want to personally thank you for reading my book and allowing me to share my teachings, stories, and experiences with you.

I believe that every person has a spirit heart and soul waiting to be reawakened and longing to seek spiritual knowledge. Every person has a desire to connect with his or her own soul and spiritual guides, including power animal totem guides. It is my intent with this book, which focuses on our partners, the animals, to connect readers to their power animal guides and, above all, to connect readers to their spirit heart and soul. It is my heart’s desire that readers will also recognize and appreciate the earth, the elements, the trees, and above all, the animals.

I am called a teacher, a healer, a drummer, a shaman, and a friend to everyone I meet (and a friend to all the animals and earth as well). While titles like this are wonderful, my dream, vision, and intent is to assist every person in finding his or her own unique and special spiritual pathway so that he or she can truly find joy, peace, wisdom, and love in his or her life. For you see, I know and believe with all my heart that all people are very special, and I believe that every word and thought they wish to share with me is important.

Ever since I was a young child, I have loved animals of all types. My father was an accomplished horseman and well known for this skill. He was extremely talented in the breaking and training of horses. He could catch the wildest mustang on the reservation and have that horse following him around within a short period of time. He taught me to respect and honor not only horses, but all animals. As a child growing up on a ranch with three wonderful and adventuresome older sisters, I enjoyed the company of dogs, cats, horses, sheep, pigs, chickens, and cattle. I assisted my sisters, mother, and father on horseback with the cattle drives. When I was sixteen, my father bought a huge ranch of 1,500-plus acres, and this ranch is plentiful with deer, elk, an occasional cougar and bear, and many other types of wildlife. The ranch is designated by the Audubon Society as an important bird area. I take care of this ranch with my sisters, son, and husband. So as you can see, a great portion of my life has been blessed with the opportunities to observe and communicate with the animal kingdom.

I have been studying and practicing spiritual teachings for the past twenty years. I specialize in practices of the sacred medicine wheel (not just inclusive of Native American, but a broader span of teachings) and partnering with nature to create safe and sacred space so that people can learn to meditate, connect to their inner self, and find balance in a very busy, and often chaotic, world.

I also teach a wide array of spiritual classes and offer other services. Please see my complete listing of classes and services offered in the closing chapter of this book.

Introduction

It was the vision of an eagle that first captured my unconscious. As the years flew by and the visions soared, I was inspired to capture them on paper to share with all of you. One of my power animal guides, the