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Have You Ever Wanted to Connect with Wildlife?
Whether you’re out on a wildlife trip to Yellowstone, your back yard, or on a Safari I think everyone wants to connect with wildlife in a deeper way. It’s a magical experience to be with a wild animal and meet eye to eye, it can truly bring a new perspective to life. This is why I faciliate such connections in Kenya – transformation can be instantaneous and powerful!
I talk about the basic bottom-line things you need to do if you want to interact with wildlife on a different level. Yes, you can go for a drive and see animals and have a perfectly fine experience, but you can also prepare yourself a little better for a deeply meaningful experience, it’s up to you.
In this episode you’ll discover
- How animals respond to our energy
- 7 ways to prepare yourself for an intentional wildlife experience
- What types of wild animals you can connect with
- The difference in connecting with wild animals versus domestic pets
Download the 5 Ways to Make Your Wildlife Adventure More Meaningful guide here https://mailchi.mp/95b230600f36/3pmby2s2r8
I really hope to connect with you personally so please send me a message here or join me in my Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/connectednesswithrevkaren. And in the meantime, enjoy the show!
Transcripts
If you listen to episode 27, how animal communication works, it talks mostly about
Speaker:how animal communication works in our house with our pets and domestic animals.
Speaker:Now, it's the same principles for wildlife, but wild animals are different.
Speaker:They don't have the same kind of references.
Speaker:That our dogs and cats do.
Speaker:They don't know what dinner is.
Speaker:They don't know what a car ride is.
Speaker:They don't go to their bed at bedtime., so all animals communicate in the
Speaker:same ways, but they have different reference points to what they know as
Speaker:far as what humans know and don't know.
rev karen:Hello and welcome to the Connectedness Podcast.
rev karen:Just as you might have guessed, I talk about connection and connectedness
rev karen:on this podcast, our connection with everything in the world around us.
rev karen:Whether you see it or not, we're all connected, and it doesn't matter if it's
rev karen:our dog, our cat, our God, our body.
rev karen:And I'll also talk about some more.
rev karen:Abstract connections like our career or our land, our community, our emotions,
rev karen:your body life is all about connection.
rev karen:So the sooner we recognize that, the sooner we can have an
rev karen:easier, more meaningful life.
rev karen:I will talk about these connections through different lenses.
rev karen:Things like synchronicities and coincidences are just.
rev karen:Everyday little bits of magic and miracles that we, we usually dismiss.
rev karen:It's really important that we pay attention to all of this so we can
rev karen:live an easier, more meaningful life.
rev karen:So welcome to the show.
rev karen:I'm your host, Karen Cleveland.
rev karen:, hey, welcome back.
rev karen:I am continuing my Animal Connection and Communication series this week.
rev karen:I do a lot of wildlife trips right now, mainly safari, but also locally
rev karen:into the local woods and forests where there's plenty of wildlife.
rev karen:Like Yellowstone and, just here in Washington as well and our
rev karen:experience with the animals.
rev karen:We do have a little bit of control over.
rev karen:So as I take people on these experiences and there's going to be a lot coming
rev karen:up, I am going in the next, just few years alone, I'll be going to Kenya
rev karen:at least two or three times on Safari.
rev karen:I'll be going on to South Africa on Safari.
rev karen:I'll be going to Costa Rica on a beautiful, jungle and animal adventure.
rev karen:And I'll be taking people, and when I take people on these safaris and
rev karen:all these wildlife adventures, I am, I have learned, I haven't done
rev karen:it in the past, but I have learned it's important to help them connect
rev karen:with the animals in a different way.
rev karen:I wanted to let you know, because not everyone is coming on a trip with me,
rev karen:and you might be going camping, you might be going to Yellowstone, you might
rev karen:be going to India, you might be going to all these places, Australia, where
rev karen:all these animals are, and you want to have a different kind of experience.
rev karen:And by the way, some of the things that I talk about today, I have a
rev karen:list available on my podcast website, which is rev karen podcast.com,
rev karen:so R E V K A R E N podcast.com.
rev karen:And you can pick up, you know, the list there of what I talk about today,
rev karen:If you listen to episode 27, how animal communication works, it talks mostly about
rev karen:how animal communication works in our house with our pets and domestic animals.
rev karen:Now, it's the same principles for wildlife, but wild animals are different.
rev karen:They don't have the same kind of references.
rev karen:That our dogs and cats do.
rev karen:They don't know what dinner is.
rev karen:They don't know what a car ride is.
rev karen:They don't go to their bed at bedtime., so all animals communicate in the
rev karen:same ways, but they have different reference points to what they know as
rev karen:far as what humans know and don't know.
rev karen:So we need to get back to our very basic capability in order to
rev karen:communicate with them, in order to interact with them in a good way.
rev karen:So the first thing that you want to do, And again, it doesn't matter.
rev karen:It can be the squirrels in your backyard.
rev karen:It can be the raccoons, it can be any wildlife anywhere.
rev karen:But when you make a trip specifically to see animals and to interact
rev karen:with animals, you wanna make sure you have a good experience.
rev karen:It could be the dolphins in the ocean, the whales.
rev karen:Anyway, all these trips that I love doing.
rev karen:So first in the morning or before you set out wherever you are,
rev karen:you need to cite your intention.
rev karen:If you don't have an intention set for the day, random things can come up.
rev karen:But if you know how you want your day to go, while still being open to possibility,
rev karen:which I'll talk about in a minute,
rev karen:so here's how you do that in the morning or in the car, wherever.
rev karen:Get quiet, you know, get quiet and really begin to center yourself,
rev karen:which means to focus on your breathing and your heart center yourself.
rev karen:And feel yourself in the present moment and just think about
rev karen:when you go to bed tonight, what do you wanna be grateful for?
rev karen:What do you want to have experienced?
rev karen:If you're on safari, do you want to have experience a moment
rev karen:with the elephants, with a lion?
rev karen:Do you want to see a leopard?
rev karen:What is your intention for the day?
rev karen:Is it to have fun?
rev karen:, is your intention to experience something new and enjoyable?
rev karen:Is it to meet new people?
rev karen:What is your intention for the day?
rev karen:So know that before you even head out.
rev karen:What am I going to say?
rev karen:I'm grateful for tonight before I go to bed.
rev karen:And just see a picture of it in your head.
rev karen:So if you wanna see a leopard, for example, just imagine it
rev karen:in your head for a moment.
rev karen:Close your eyes and see a leopard in your head as if you're seeing it
rev karen:right in front of you in the tree or wherever it is right in front of you.
rev karen:So that's one step.
rev karen:And as I mentioned, you also then need to be open to divine operation.
rev karen:The possibilities of how something's gonna happen are in the millions.
rev karen:We can't possibly know how everything can happen.
rev karen:So you need to be open in the ways to the ways that they happen.
rev karen:And this is true of all of our life, not just wildlife, but.
rev karen:But especially in our wildlife, if we don't get over trying to control all
rev karen:the little things in life, we will never experience magic or wonder or amazement.
rev karen:So be curious.
rev karen:Try a different route, take a different turn, you know, go through a door
rev karen:you haven't been through before.
rev karen:Go a different route somewhere.
rev karen:So just be open.
rev karen:That's all I'm saying is to be open and to expect magic.
rev karen:Don't try to control how anything is going to happen.
rev karen:Just allow it to happen.
rev karen:Now when you're actually in the area of the animals, so at the, for
rev karen:example, at the beginning, at the Park Gate of the National Park, or.
rev karen:If you're sitting out on your deck with your backyard wildlife, or if you're
rev karen:in your tent in the middle of the park, whatever it is, ask for an invitation.
rev karen:This is not our land.
rev karen:It's the land, you know, it's the cumulative land of all the animals,
rev karen:all the native species of plants and animals, and we're guests.
rev karen:So you are a guest on their land, and just ask for the invitation.
rev karen:Maybe say, thank you for allowing me here.
rev karen:I ask that I enter with your blessing, something to that effect.
rev karen:I am here to learn and to listen to you.
rev karen:I am here, you know, just to come out of curiosity.
rev karen:I ask for your blessing.
rev karen:So ask for an invitation of some kind and be respectful when you're on their land.
rev karen:Then one of the very most important things is you need to keep your energy
rev karen:in, checked your personal energy.
rev karen:It's really easy to get super excited and our energy just expands and goes
rev karen:outside of us and it's just crazy energy.
rev karen:And the animals are like, what is that?
rev karen:Okay, what is that crazy en energy?
rev karen:It reminds me of.
rev karen:When people are super excited to when they finally get home and they wanna see
rev karen:their cats or their dogs or something, dogs are usually, really good with big
rev karen:energy, but cats don't like big energy.
rev karen:And when someone is so excited and comes running at them, they run no
rev karen:matter how much they love the person.
rev karen:And the same is gonna be true with wildlife.
rev karen:If you come out with really loud, obnoxious energy, they're
rev karen:not going to know what it is.
rev karen:And if it's a prey animal, so if it's, you know, a zebra, a giraffe, an
rev karen:antelope of some kind, they might think it's a predator and they're gonna run.
rev karen:And if it's a predator, you know, one of the big cats or cougar
rev karen:or something, wherever you are, they might see it as a threat.
rev karen:So they might want to, investigate and attack it.
rev karen:So you need to be aware of your own energy throughout the day.
rev karen:It's okay to laugh.
rev karen:It's okay to have fun, but keep a check on where's my energy?
rev karen:Is it?
rev karen:Is it overbearing?
rev karen:Again?
rev karen:Fun is good.
rev karen:Fun is okay, but not obnoxiously.
rev karen:And it's also okay if you're not sure where your energy is at the moment,
rev karen:it's okay to just take a moment and say, Okay, what feels good to me?
rev karen:What do I really love?
rev karen:And just think of something you really love, because that will take your energy
rev karen:back to an energy of love instead of an energy of chaos or an energy of, I
rev karen:don't know what I'm doing, I'm just here.
rev karen:Okay, so check with your energy and always bring it back to love if you have to.
rev karen:So, be quiet.
rev karen:Imagine your heart space.
rev karen:That's another good thing to do before you actually enter a park is focus
rev karen:on your heart space and feel it.
rev karen:Feel it warm, feel it opening, feel it.
rev karen:Just wanting to center with the animals and the land and you know, all of nature.
rev karen:The flora and the fauna, everything.
rev karen:So just kind of breathe it in and feel, really allow yourself to
rev karen:remember something you love so you can feel that love, and that's
rev karen:what you're putting out there.
rev karen:Animals respond much better to love than they do to chaos, as do people.
rev karen:We all do.
rev karen:So try to remember that as you're with the animals, and then when,
rev karen:because it's going to happen, you're going to have an experience with
rev karen:an animal that is out of the world.
rev karen:It's magical, it's meaningful.
rev karen:If you are spending a few days with the animals, there's going to be
rev karen:moments, there's absolutely going to be moments that, take your breath away.
rev karen:So remember to part in gratitude and it can just be, you know, thank
rev karen:you for spending this time with me.
rev karen:It can be thank you for what you do on this earth.
rev karen:Thank you for your presence.
rev karen:Anything.
rev karen:Just be grateful and as either you leave or the animal leaves,
rev karen:just tell them thank you.
rev karen:That's all you need to do.
rev karen:So those are five ways, and let me just tell you again what they are.
rev karen:So, set your intention.
rev karen:Remember to be open to divine possibility and how things are going to happen.
rev karen:Ask for an invitation into the park, into the area with the animals.
rev karen:Check your energy, you know, constantly, especially in the early when you
rev karen:first start and part in gratitude.
rev karen:And then the other thing, There's two other things I wanna mention right now is
rev karen:you could ask the animals for information.
rev karen:So when you're having a moment with an animal, so when you're keeping
rev karen:your energy in check, when you're putting love out there, it's okay.
rev karen:They don't have to answer you if they don't have anything for
rev karen:you, but ask them, do you have anything you wanna share with me?
rev karen:Ask them, should I leave my job?
rev karen:Ask them, you know, if you're having anything going on in your life or you
rev karen:just want to know what they have to say, ask them in that moment of connection,
rev karen:it's okay to ask and be aware that their answers might not come to you in words.
rev karen:, so be open.
rev karen:When you ask the question, what do you feel, what do you hear, what do you see?
rev karen:Or, you know, what is different?
rev karen:The moment you asked it from the moment before you asked it.
rev karen:So pay attention to that if you do ask for some kind of wisdom.
rev karen:And then one more thing, to tell you is invite the animals
rev karen:to come and interact with you.
rev karen:So you set an intention in the morning, I wanna see a leopard, for example.
rev karen:So when you're there, when you're interacting with the other
rev karen:leopards, just let them know.
rev karen:I'd love to have you come visit.
rev karen:I'd love to see you play.
rev karen:I'd love to see you work.
rev karen:Come visit.
rev karen:I'd love to just witness you to connect with you.
rev karen:So while you're out in the plains or in the woods or wherever you
rev karen:are, put the invitation out.
rev karen:I'm here in peace and love.
rev karen:Come interact with me.
rev karen:Now, like I mentioned, you can pick up a list of these, on rev karen podcast.com.
rev karen:Five ways to.
rev karen:five ways to have a meaningful interaction with wildlife, something like that.
rev karen:And also look for my upcoming trips, because I will be doing a
rev karen:lot of wildlife trips coming up and I'm really excited about it.
rev karen:If you love wildlife safari, India, Australia, Costa Rica, South Africa.
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