Nothing is less than a pilgrimage

The sacred mountain from my garden

The sacred mountain from my garden

I have been living literally on the foot of Apu Tantanmarka for nearly five years, but never felt a calling to visit its peak - Until she revealed herself to me as a feminine energy just a few days ago and since then kept calling.

So I used my family free Sunday to visit her with a hike and an offering to honour her new presence in my life. And whilst doing so, once again, I was called on all my pain and sadness,releasing my tears to this ancient female sacred mountain and to mother earth.

Killa and me at Tantanmarka top

Killa and me at Tantanmarka top

My dogs generally accompany me and I wanted to honour my female dog KILLA in this post and all her teachings for me but things drastically changed when we returned the same way we came from. Foxy, my male dog stepped and then fell into a tremendous cactus, yelling in pain. Taking the long and thick cactus spines out of his body and partly out of mine (as I needed to rescue him) took incredible strength and pain. He was in such agony that he didn't want to carry on walking any more, surrendering, staying behind.

I had to carry him at times, encourage and persuade him. Finally we decided to take another route which worked out to be much easier for us to get back.

There I understood the lesson: "Get these painful spines out of your heart that still hurt you so much, be strong and keep going. Everything will be OK. You don't have to walk the challenging route full of spines, danger and pain, there is another path, just as accessible to you. Let's walk it together." And so we did. We always have a choice.

It is so terrible and heartbreaking what animals go through for us to get the messages through to us, that are meant for our own life journey. Sometimes they don't find another way (like this painful message from my dog Foxy) to move our emotions and to put us back on our path. They can show it in this way, in certain behaviours, illnesses and even their choice of passing from this life time.

Do you have an animal that challenges you and you don't understand why? I help you uncover the messages that your beloved pet wants to bring forward to you for the evolvement of your soul and a deeper connection between you and your furry friend.