Power Animal Retrieval

Most people have at least one spirit helper in animal form. It is possible to have more. 

As a rule, these helpers are present whether we are consciously aware of them or not. They provide protection, assistance, wisdom, direction and companionship. In a shamanic worldview, the individual’s personal power and physical vitality is a gift from these helpers, hence the term "power animals". 

These spirits generally take the form of undomesticated animals and like their physical counterparts, they are wont to come and go as they please. 

When one — for whatever reason — leaves the company of a person, another power animal usually appears to take its place. However, if that does not happen, the person may experience a loss of personal power which might manifest as low energy, a sense of not belonging, chronic misfortune, lack of purpose...

The shamanic practitioner addresses this loss of power by journeying into the spirit world to find a power animal that has left, and beseech it to return. If the animal agrees, it will be escorted back to its human friend. In some cases, another animal presents itself with new empowering gifts. 

After such a retrieval the person may experience a resurgence of power, self confidence or effectiveness.  Retrieving a power animal is a fundamental way to retrieve a person's innate, instinctual energies, of re-spiriting a person, re-integrating their core energies and bringing them a true ally for healing, for life-guiding and for relationship.