The Morning Chatter: Sun & Moon

The Morning Chatter: Sun & Moon

Connecting with nature on a daily basis is key to improving your connection with animals and all that is. Developing a daily meditation practice allows you to open in a more grounded and deeper way to your animal friends. Meditation does not need to be complicated. Simply walking in nature or just standing or sitting still can be quite profound. Do this every day and notice how you feel.

Most of my life I was a "night owl" in my work and life but now my kitty Rudy gets me up at O-dark-thirty! What a beautiful time of day. The world for the most part is quiet just before sunrise. The air has a different feel to it. Then as the sun begins to rise above the horizon there is a shift. The world seems to come to life from the stillness of the night.

This morning I was doing my usual morning "chores" of filling bird feeders and making sure our wild animal friends has breakfast and clean water. It was a lovely morning with a soft mist in the air that felt so good on my face. I turned to go back inside and saw the moon in the west with light misty clouds passing in front of its face. Rudy, our kitty, was chattering away as he usually does in the morning. The birds began to wake up and sing their morning songs and the sun started to light up the sky as it began to peek above the horizon through the trees.

Turn the audio up and enjoy a moment of quiet meditation as you connect with the moon, clouds, sky, sun, birds, trees and all that is....

The Morning Chatter: Sun & Moon

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The Morning Chatter: Bird Messages

The Morning Chatter: Bird Messages

This edition of The Morning Chatter comes from the bird people. 

Early morning sunrise and sunset is a magical time of day. The animals, especially birds, are active as they wake up, greet the day and go about looking for food. There is so much more going on during this time. 

I invite you to join me in meditation as you listen to the messages and conversations. Can you hear the hawk calling? Oh the squirrels have much to say about that! The crows are always active as they bring the news of the world as well as gossip! The cardinal family often gathers bringing a great sense of community and family. 

Feel your connection to the trees...

The air....

The clouds...

The sun as it both rises and begins to set...

Can you feel a shift inside yourself?

The Morning Chatter: Bird Messages

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The Morning Chatter: Deer Friends

The Morning Chatter: Deer Friends

Happy 2016!!!! 

May this year bring you good health, great joy, and many blessings. May your relationships with the animals and nature deepen and grow with each moment that you experience. 

This year continues with new editions of The Morning Chatter. The Morning Chatter is a series of videos that you can use for meditation and connection with the animals and all that is. Meditation is key to so many things in our lives. When we relax we open the doors for healing to take place. When we are in that open and relaxed place we are also better able to have deep connections and communications with our animal friends. The animals are great teachers of how to BE and how to live life to the fullest. It is so simple and yet profound. 

I hope you continue to enjoy the Morning Chatter this year and feel free to review the past editions found on this blog as well as on the Animal Paradise You Tube channel. 

This edition of the Morning Chatter features the Deer People. There is a little family that has been coming most mornings and evenings to have a meal. There is a mother and her twins, a boy and girl. They were born in a neighbors yard this summer. The mother jumped the fence and gave birth leaving the babies safely inside the fenced yard until they were old enough to jump the fence on their own. 

This day they were joined by a young buck. He is not the father. Often in the evenings they are followed by a beautiful red fox. Quite interesting and delightful how they work together for the common good and survival of all. 

Please enjoy my Deer Friends....

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The Morning Chatter: Sunrise

The Morning Chatter: Sunrise

(With music)

I used to be a "night owl" and still can be but I also have a great love for getting up at "o-dark-thirty". There is something magical in the moments just before the sun rises. There is a stillness, peace and calm feeling just before nature seems to wake up. The air feels different and the energy in the moment also has such a lovely feeling to it. I usually go outside to fill the bird feeders and make sure there is water in the birdbath. Sometimes the stars are still shining and I see the moon in the sky. Often in the warmer months a single deer or a family are laying down just watching me go about my chores. 

Bucky

In an instant, if you take a moment to pause and notice, you will notice that the sky is getting lighter and  nature is beginning to stretch and yawn. It is as if all the wild ones are helping the sun rise up through the trees. The birds begin singing and calling. Can't you just feel and hear it all?

Please enjoy this edition of The Morning Chatter as the sun begins to glow between tree trunks. The air is making the leaves and branches of the trees move, dance and sing their song. Just take a moment and BE. BE with the sun and feel it glowing as you connect with all of nature through your feet on the ground. 

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The Morning Chatter: Hawk & Crows

The Morning Chatter: Hawk & Crows

Our kitty Rudy gets me up every morning before the sun comes up. I have never been a morning person until he came into our lives. One thing I love is seeing the sun come up and hearing the birds sing their morning songs. 

This latest edition to the Morning Chatter is a view out my window. I saw a hawk sitting on a fence with a crow not too far away. Are they friends? What are they saying? Or are they just BEING in the moment? You will have to watch the video to find out. 

As the morning progressed a squirrel found a tasty breakfast but when the crow people arrived the squirrel decided to dine at another bird feeder. 

I love the crows. They have so much fun and their communication with each other... well you just never know what they are doing to say. 

I invite you to take a moment and BE with the animals as the day begins. See if you can feel their communications. What is it like to be each of them? Try you communication skills by just BEING with them. 

Feel free to share any experience you might have below. 

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The Morning Chatter: Hawk & Crows

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The Morning Chatter: Fall Sunrise The

The Morning Chatter: Fall Sunrise

Start every morning connecting to nature. Just BE in the moment and breathe it all in. Be still for just a short time. Connect to your animal friends. Greet the day. Feel your connection to Mother Earth and your own heart and soul. Smile with your heart and feel your belly! 

This morning there is a chill in the air and the wind is blowing causing the tree branches to gently dance and sway as the remaining leaves on the trees seem to vibrate and sing a song of celebration. 

Please enjoy the video of the sun rise. Listen carefully to the song of the wind as a cardinal family chirps and peeps and our kitty Rudy sings his song in response. 

There is no background music with this video so you can fully enjoy the sounds of nature with no distractions. 

  The Morning Chatter: Fall Sunrise

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Lessons From Lucy & Friends

How Cats Meditate

Rudy

It is a chilly morning. The first freeze of the season and my kitty Rudy is on my lap acting like a warm heating pad, as I get ready to do my morning meditation. The moment I was going to begin the meditation I had the thought or feeling come into my mind that led me to ask Rudy how it is that cats and all felines seem to be able to go into deep meditation while staying very alert and present? 

He immediately shifted his body in my lap and placed all four of his paws/feet on my lower belly or hara/tanden. That part of his message was crystal clear to me, keep your feet on the ground and be fully connected to the earth energy. He actually shared that it is much more powerful to have all 4 feet on the ground! At that moment the bottoms of my feet became very warm as well as both of my hands. 

The answer to my question about how kitties are able to stay alert while in what appears to be very deep meditation was easily experienced but more difficult to put into words. The best I can say is the feeling seemed to be somewhere just before one falls asleep. It was a very relaxed feeling while at the same time allowing one to be fully aware and present. He physically showed me his ears. They were up, allowing him to be completely aware of what was taking place around him in all directions. 

The lesson from Rudy as to how felines are able to be fully present while in a meditative state is to have all feet on the ground and to keep your ears open.