Shamanic Retreat

I walk to the two trees.The light is dancing there among the ferns and huckleberry. I am drawn to that spot of the rotting cedar stump and the younger tree next to it. I hug the tree and then reach out to the stump. As I bend down I suddenly see the top part of a deer skull -a young stag. I am not sure if  I should touch it, but when I ask I get a yes. So I hold it up toward the sun.That's when my heart opens up. First tears are rolling. Suddenly I know that I have to place the deer skull on my head. I feel nervous about that. The skull is so enigmatic.But then I really feel that tha'ts what I am here for. The two trees -young and old are here to support me in the journey of the deer. I stand in the light with the weight of the deer skull on my head and I am weeping, weeping, weeping and simultaneously loving that I am invited in. To have become part of it. To have trusted my instincts. What a gift ! I place the skull back ,sprinkle cornmeal on it and the trees and lie down prostrate between them and cry from a gorgeous place in my heart.
The woods have my back.

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