A Wild Way to Heal: My work is inspired by domestic and wild animals who have issued a call to action. I teach Reiki and shamanic teleclasses for all levels (available worldwide), and lead events that bring animals and people together in ceremony for personal and global healing. When the animals share with us who they are, they also show us the way back to who we are!
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I understand your frustration, I've bought a lot of cat toys over the years. For no reason that I could discern, one type of ball would become a fave, and the rest were ignored. These fosters are semi-feral and were intrigued. Perhaps that's what helped them survive outside. The Cheerble Ball is pretty noisy. Have you tried their Wicked Mouse? It moves differently on wheels and does not jump up and down. I promise I do not rep the company (-:
This is because cats didn't evolve to chase loud balls of bright light in the nature. Note how the cat was more interested when the ball got behind the bin, which replicates what pray would do when trying to hide.
Adorable, thank you Rose! I just love all the birds and squirrels, very eager to meet with them again in Montreal soon. The thing is, I was given a "lesson" by the Mount Royal volunteers last time I went back to Canada, they approached me and told me it's not OK to hand feed wild animals, the birds have feeders somewhere, and the squirrels should and can fend for themselves. Those humans made me feel guilty, and I'm a bit sad, because it's my Xmas gift to myself to be with them, real real close almost every day (squirrels climbed on me, and some greattits "sit" on my head). The Mount Royal squirrels are not wild anymore, they are so used to humans, they ask for food when they see us! I would like your thought on this matter. Thank you +++
I can understand the desire to be close to wildlife. I share in it myself. However, feeding wildlife by hand often makes them too trusting of humans, resulting in their getting hurt when they are too friendly with a human who gets scared. I do not feed my local wildlife by hand for that reason. Squirrels can be very aggressive if they think all people walking by have food (seen it happen). And I feel that feeding them by hand is not respectful of their wild natures. It treats them like circus animals performing for our entertainment and emotional satisfaction. I have also seen animals and birds killed by predators because they were so focused on a human with food that they forgot to be aware of their environment. I have set boundaries with the squirrels who visit the Wild Rose Cafe. All nuts are placed on or around the squirrel picnic table. I do not drop nuts to any squirrel who approaches me. All know the location where the food is to be found. I also do not feed them at other times of the day. When the food is gone, it is gone. The birds know that I expect nothing from them, and have rewarded me by not flying away from the feeder when I am nearby and sometimes landing close by. They trust me because I don't have an agenda. Personally, I prefer that wildlife approach me because they feel comfortable in my presence rather than because I am bribing them (-: Thanks to Reiki, I have sometimes been blessed with the gift of their accepting my presence as though I were part of the landscape. On other occasions I have been approached with a request that I send some Reiki, which I am happy to do. They keep a respectful distance while enjoying the energy. This turned out to be an essay, lol. Thank you for asking your question since it made me think more deeply about my experiences and perspective. I hope that you do not feel I am criticizing you. This is just my personal take. Enjoy the beauty of the season!
P.S. If you are interested in how to create connection with wild and domestic animals through ceremony or Reiki, I have classes available: reikishamanic.com/classes-events/calendar-of-classes-events/
@@WildReikiShamanic Thank you very much for your reply Rose, I needed some light on my behavior and attitude towards them. Sometimes, we think we love, but it's not love. Sometimes, we "love", but not in the most "optimal", respectful manner. I also should have reminded myself of what Anna Breytenbach had said about humans wanting to pet, touch our non human relatives, and that's not always a good thing for them. I will definitely readjusting my relationship with Parisian crows as well (I never touch them though)! Many thanks again Rose, I will copy and paste your "essay" on my laptop as a reminder.
@@merveilleuxetmagique It sounds like you have many Animal Relatives in different countries, how fun! I have a great deal of respect for Anna's work. Her documentary was incredible.
My smallest cat attacked a coon in my barn because it saw me chasing it out. It jumped on it's back, clawed it and jumped off before the coon could do anything.
I had that impression, too. I finally got a cat door installed on the Catio so that we no longer have to deal with wildlife paying surprise visits (there is a video of the Raccoons checking out the toys if you are interested: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6JkeFkLWocA.html
Glad the kitty is ok. Was there any footage before the altercation, showing the face of the opossum? To me it looks like it is blind on the right eye, because the IR light does not reflect like on the other eye and if so I am really wondering if the kitty could have done that.
The cam only recorded this interaction. Not an expert, but I would think the eye an old injury. Male opossums fight one another, or perhaps this one picked on another cat. Their vision is not great in general, so this may have been a case of mistaken identity.
That's wild- they're highly opportunistic omnivores, but we generally think of them preying on things smaller than themselves. And snakes. This, though- it just merc'd a skunk about the same size as itself. I've seen other videos of possums fighting skunks, or one of a possum knocking a skunk into a pond, but those seemed more like territorial disputes, and generally nowhere near this ferocity. It could still be territorial, of course. I saw a video of one shaking a skunk like a ragdoll but it ended up letting go with the skunk still alive.
Thank you very much Rose for this wonderful moment, even though I joined in today, in 2023 (time and space don't exist, right?)! So restful and soothing, I loved it, I needed it. I love Manitou and Night Sky, and I love your fireplace. 46 min went by so fast... I was wondering, as I was watching Fire towards the end of your vid, if the devastating wildfires in Canada right now (I'm Canadian living in France) could be offered some ceremony, a plea from the First Nations living in the Northwest Territories, or Shamans elsewhere, to "calm down" their activity? Same thing for Hawai. Or is it a necessary process by which Mother Earth is cleaning her space? MJ
I am so glad you enjoyed your time with us (-: It appears that I dropped out of time myself, sorry about delay in responding. Fire is a part of a healthy ecosystem, but what we are seeing right now is a result of an imbalance created by people. For message around that, I invite you to read this from Windwalker: reikishamanic.com/2011/11/24/windwalker-message-for-the-world/
