The Dog in Spirit Knew Exactly What to do

I never know who I’m going to land on next.
In group sessions, I move through the circle intuitively, feeling my way toward whatever or whomever wants to come through for each person. Sometimes that means walking around the room. Sometimes it means pausing and listening. Sometimes it means following an image that flashes into my mind and trusting it completely, even before I understand it.

Lately, the animals have been showing up.
In one recent session, I was walking around the circle of six people when I saw brand new shoes in my mind - pristine, still stiff. I said it out loud, and a woman across the table smiled. She was wearing them for the first time that day. That’s how I found my way to her.

I knew nothing about her. But once I landed, I could feel a dog, or dogs. She confirmed it. Then the puppy feeling came in strong, and I couldn’t shake it even when she said no, there was no puppy. We stayed with it, talked around it, and then she remembered: one of her dogs had just been diagnosed with autism. He acts like a puppy, she said with a laugh. I knew we’d landed.

Then another image arrived: a broken toe, two toes taped together. Her eyes went wide. Her dog had just broken a toe that morning and was taped to the one beside it. The room laughed. That warm, full-body kind of laugh that happens when something lands so precisely it becomes funny. It was incredible evidence that blew me away too because that wasn’t the reason I was aware of for receiving that image. 
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What I was seeing was her dog in spirit, the darker medium-sized one I’d felt earlier, that she’d confirmed. He was showing me the taped toes as a metaphor of what he was doing: taping himself to the dog with autism. Anchoring there. Saying, I’ve got him. I’m helping him learn how to be in his body, in this lifetime, in this family. It was so tender, and everyone in that circle got to feel it.

In another recent group, a fluffy, regal cat came through the moment I turned toward his person. He was magnificent and he absolutely knew it. He was prancing, proud, practically preening. His person started laughing immediately because yes, that was him, completely. At the end of the session she pulled out a photo, and the whole room recognized him at once.

That same session brought something new for me. For the first time, I offered energy work to every single person in the group. I’ve worked with energy for years, but this was the first time it was so clearly what each person needed, one right after the other, fitting perfectly with what was relevant for each of them on their journeys, all the way around the circle of six people. When I shifted how I was moving with the energy for the woman whose cat had come through, my fingers I felt suddenly needed to flutter, she gasped with her eyes still closed. “Your ability is incredible, Anna.” She said. To be witnessed while offering something I love and feel so honored to be able to do, is its own kind of gift for me too. I can feel what is happening and how this energy is changing and healing people and it is so validating when someone who is receiving this can feel it and when others are witnessing the experiences both directly and indirectly.
 
And then there was the man who knew he needed to go last. He was attending his first group session, navigating a significant career transition as a leader in the medical field, with many potential paths in front of him. He watched everyone else receive before he let himself open. By the time I reached him, something had settled. What the session gave him wasn’t an answer. It was something more useful: a deeper trust in his own knowing.

He’s in a coaching container with me now, and what I’m watching is how quickly things move when someone decides to do this soul work. The options that were acting as bridges from one way of seeing himself in the world to another, helping him feel comfortable making a shift, are falling away with clarity. They were’t the landing place, they were part of the journey, but that wasn’t clear initially. What’s left is lit up and alive and lots of energy is building and growing in these directions with actionable results lining themselves up with delight. It’s so cool how fast this can happen.

I’m sharing these stories with you because they point to something I want you to remember: you have access to this kind of deep connection and it lives inside your heart. You are this supported. All the time.

Here’s an invitation. 

Give yourself a moment right now away from accomplishing anything else. Imagine the tendrils of responsibility releasing from you and allowing all your energy to come back home with a smile of welcome. 

Take a few slow, deep breaths. Look out at some nature if you can. 

Give your heart a smile and let yourself receive some love from your spirit team, nature, the elements, animals. Let that love fill your heart and spill out to fill your whole being. Allow this love to fuel your next decision. Let it remind you that you are not navigating this life alone, and let whatever wants to move through you, be welcome. Try trusting it before you know entirely what it means, and see what happens.

And if you’re inspired to experience a group session for yourself, I’d love to see you in the circle. My next group sessions are online 4/9 & 4/30 and in person, 3/30 & 4/27. There are six people per session and everyone receives evidential messages and healing. Spots are limited and tend to fill quickly. $111 per seat.

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​That’s it for now my loves. Thanks for reading and I’ll see you next time!

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