Kachina Canine Wellness

08/08/2025

We can’t know when or how our animal friend is to transition.

They may be one day, one week, one month, one year, ten years or twenty before their transition comes.

What we can know is how to create a ceremony just for them for when they transition and how to create cermemony for our grief.

A ceremony for both is required as their transition asks for us to enter sacred ground and space to honour the sacred of our animal friend as they transition and to be fully with the grief that we feel from this.

My first animal friend transitioned in my arms when he was one year old and I was eight.

I was heartbroken and traumatised. Little did I know this would be the start of my initiation with grief, with transition, with making death an ally and becoming great friends with it.

We are ceremonial beings by nature and are called to deep ceremony when deep happenings occur in our life.

They are initiations that blow us open and ask us to enter our soul work.

When our animal friend transitions it is an initiation, a call from spirit, to enter sacred ground and our soul work because, grief work is sacred work - grief work is soul work.

Yet, just like when my first animal friend transitioned, nobody wants to talk about it.

Nobody wants to bring death, grief and transition out from the cold and in to the warmth - we do not want it to sit at our table or share our food.

But we have to as the very transition of our animal friend is asking us to - and we’d do anything for them, right?

Their transition is alchemy.

Their transition invites us to begin an apprenticeship with it.

But we can only do so when we know how.

This is why I not only hold 1-1 offerings and three day grief ritual spaces but why I have created a nine session container called Creating Ceremony and Sacred Space with Your Animal Friend’s Transition.

Imagine being able to receive what your animal friend asks for when they transition and create a ceremony for this!

Imagine being able to hear how your animal friend feels about their transition, which is very different to how we might think.

I wasn’t able to give my first animal friend a ceremony when they transitioned or fully be with my grief from it. But that doesn’t matter because we can still hold a ceremony for them even years after they have transitioned and just how they want it. I can also begin my grief journey years after.

And so I did.

If you are afraid of your animal friend’s transition, would like to explore how to create ceremony for when they do or already have, would like to know how to make grief and death an ally and how to navigate through the very real and raw pain when a transition comes yet what it invites us to enter in to, then my nine session container has been created for you!

I’m no longer afraid of when my animal friend transitions, know how to welcome grief and move through it, create and enter a ceremony with my animal friend to honour the sacred and welcome the apprenticeship they call me on for my soul work their transition is offering me that could only come from their transition.

Their transition needs an honouring and ceremony. So does our grief. When we do so, both pull us in to the sacred ground we are to enter and make contact with our soul. Through doing so we continue contact with our animal friend’s consciousness even after they transitioned!

I know this journey can be rough, tough, confusing and scary but if you feel ready to meet it in a different way then we are here to show and support you.

Will you accept the apprenticeship your animal friend leaves for you through their transition.

07/08/2025

We’ve walked many lives with our animal friends and will do so again - we just may not know when and in what form!

Our animal friends are in our life in this moment to remind us of who we are, to return us to unconditional love and to enter our own healing journey by making soul contact, entering sacred ground and being in our soul work.

To get both of us to this place, we have walked with them before and will probably walk with them again.

We have had many lives with our animal friends in many ways - where they may have been the human and you the dog, where you were humans together, where you were animals together, where you may have transitioned first and they supported and grieved for you, where you witnessed traumas together, where you saved, helped or taught one another, where you were healers, tyrants, starved, affluent, murdered, celebrated and…and…and.

We are in this life as a continuation of soul life, which is infinite. It may even be that our animal friend who is in this life now was another animal friend that was with us earlier in the same life.

This is how it is for Manitou and I.

Crazy isn't isn’t it, but we never know! It’s all part of the unfolding, experiencing and being as we move through iterations of our soul work…and that is what your animal friend is inviting and offering you!

With this, sometimes our animal friend may be carrying something from a life they have had before. I find this fascinating and it can, in some circumstances, influence how your animal friend is in this life. This may include how they respond, an illness, pain or something that is happening to them.

For example, Lelou used to be a cat and is so feline in her canine body. I even had a client whose current dog was their great, great grandfather! Nothing untoward with these and just a bit of fun.

But, sometimes we may need to explore what may be being carried over from the life or lives our animal friend was before, so that it can be cleared, understood, removed or support given in how this may be shaping, influencing and playing a part in how your animal friend is.

This does not have to begin from when your animal friend was born, although it can. Trauma, age, sexual maturity, life experiences, something to “trigger” it or simply it being the “right” time may see something from a life your animal friend was, come in to the life they are now, especially if this is chronic, prolonged, where there is no “reason” for it or where nothing seems to be supporting (and maybe nothing is meant to be - there is also that!).

A dog with a permanent limp may come from an injury they had from a life they were before and this may need clearing. An animal showing fear may come from trauma they experienced in a life they were before and require removal. An animal with a pain that doesn’t appear to be moving or improving may be from an accident, death or murder in a life they were before that needs extraction. An animal in this life may have been a healer, a warrior, a protector and may wish to continue in this role in the body that they are now; they also come to do work that is within them as soul. They may have died early and with a sickness, or been influential in their community and have wisdom to share. They may come to complete what they started when in another life, either with you or for what they come to offer. They may have even been the oppressor or oppressed and come now to clear, clean and receive what they need in order to balance the scales, as it were.

The moment we define a dog (or any animal) is the moment we will never see a dog again because we strip them of all the things that they are beyond what we know and limit them to within our own belief system of what a dog is.

Our animal friends are so much more than we know and certainly think! They are soul in a physical body and sometimes their soul life experiences (with or without us) can be carried through in to their current life and physical body they are in.

The same applies for us too!

The many lives we have with our animal friends is part of the continuation of our soul work, soul contact and how, in this life, they are reminding us of the soul that we and they are and the soul work we are to enter in to.

Curious to know or explore more about the soul life or lives of you and/or your animal friend and how this may be carried through in to a current life?

I’d love to explore this with you so that you can return to living a life of soul with your animal friend! Even when they have transition before you in this life, your life together continues as a continuation of soul, all you have been and all you will be…and so the cycle continues.

06/08/2025

The last time I was called to sit in ceremony with fire and walk it was from this little one here, Lelou.

When she was hit by a car (that mounted the kerb) I couldn't get the sound of her screaming out of my body. Nothing that I tried seemed to fully remove it or just didn't work. As I sat in silence with my body and asked it what it needed to remove the sound of these screams and to soothe it, what my body shared was the call of the fire.

So, I entered a ceremony with fire. As I sat in silence with its flames and spoke of my pain, my experience and called on support from fire, I felt a blanket of warmth envelop me. In that moment I felt a reassurance of calm, of peace, of quiet. I sang with fire and witnessed all its shapes, messages and signs it was gifting me and then I was ready to walk the fire!

The moment I stepped on to its body and felt the fire connection under my feet, I immediately felt a rush and whoosh of fire surge through my body and carry away the sounds held in it of Lelou's screams. In that moment I felt peace, I felt quiet, I felt silence. In that moment the sounds were gone, just like that and they never returned. They left my body willingly with fire and through the power and medicine of fire. In gratitude, in thanks, in praise and in reverence to fire I cried, I sang, I spoke. Then it was done.

This was a real firewalk of my life that the firewalk represented and that I knew I needed to release, be with and overcome.

The fire speaks to us deeply by bypassing the mind and speaking directly to the soul.

The fire is alchemy, alchemising something within us so that we can transform, enter soul contact and be in ceremony with that are the real Firewalks of our life.

We are ceremonial beings by nature but most of us no longer remember or bring ceremony in our life to enter sacred ground and soul work, which is what we need as sacred and as human.

If you’d like to have a taste of being in ceremony again, alchemising what you are carrying that is ready to move through you, feel the medicine and spirit of fire as you enter a conversation with him and receive what it is you need all in an intimate space with singing, dancing, drumming and journeying then I’d love to bring you to the fire on the 9th August for my Conversations with Fire ceremony!

The fire is patiently waiting to welcome you and offer you the medicine it knows you need!

Will you accept his welcome and come join us on 9th August?

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05/08/2025

The last time I was called to sit in ceremony with fire and walk it was from this little one here, Lelou.

When she was hit by a car (that mounted the kerb) I couldn't get the sound of her screaming out of my body. Nothing that I tried seemed to fully remove it or just didn't work. As I sat in silence with my body and asked it what it needed to remove the sound of these screams and to soothe it, what my body shared was the call of the fire.

So, I entered a ceremony with fire. As I sat in silence with its flames and spoke of my pain, my experience and called on support from fire, I felt a blanket of warmth envelop me. In that moment I felt a reassurance of calm, of peace, of quiet. I sang with fire and witnessed all its shapes, messages and signs it was gifting me and then I was ready to walk the fire!

The moment I stepped on to its body and felt the fire connection under my feet, I immediately felt a rush and whoosh of fire surge through my body and carry away the sounds held in it of Lelou's screams. In that moment I felt peace, I felt quiet, I felt silence. In that moment the sounds were gone, just like that and they never returned.

The echos of her screams left my body willingly with fire and through the power and medicine of fire. In gratitude, in thanks, in praise and in reverence to fire I cried, I sang, I spoke. Then it was done.

This was a real firewalk of my life that the firewalk represented and that I knew I needed to release, be with and overcome.

The fire speaks to us deeply by bypassing the mind and speaking directly to the soul.

The fire is alchemy, alchemising something within us so that we can transform, enter soul contact and be in ceremony with that are the real Firewalks of our life.

We are ceremonial beings by nature but most of us no longer remember or bring ceremony in our life to enter sacred ground and soul work, which is what we need as sacred and as human.

If you’d like to have a taste of being in ceremony again, alchemising what you are carrying that is ready to move through you, feel the medicine and spirit of fire as you enter a conversation with him and receive what it is you need all in an intimate space with singing, dancing, drumming and journeying then I’d love to bring you to the fire on the 9th August for my Conversations with Fire ceremony!

The fire is patiently waiting to welcome you and offer you the medicine it knows you need!

Will you accept his welcome and come join us on 9th August?

Comment with 🔥 for more details

04/08/2025

Has your animal friend ever had a soul loss?

Sometimes, when our animal friend has an experience that creates a shock, fright, panic, uncertainty, fear or trauma in their system a part of their soul can fragment. This means a part of them dissociates as a way to protect them from the full impact of the experience.

In modern day psychology it is known as dissociation or fragmented states. In soul contact, it is known as soul loss.

When an animal friend has a soul loss they may require a soul retrieval.

A soul retrieval may not be needed for an animal friend as frequently as they may be for us, because animals do not live from ego, belief systems, attachments or thoughts. They can also have their own ways to allow for a soul retrieval if given the space to do so.

But sometimes an animal friend requires a soul retrieval.

What causes a soul loss is specific and unique to each individual. How they respond and are after a soul loss is also specific and unique to each individual - it takes as long as it takes. Whilst some animals may show obvious changes and differences in how they respond, feel, behave and are after a soul retrieval, others do not, even though a soul retrieval has been given.

My working with you and your animal friend is not about finding a cure, fixing or changing something that we believe should be different or happen. It is about supporting the soul and sacred of you and your animal friend, the higher consciousness of your co-existence and life(s) together and staying curious as to what we may observe and experience from this so that we enter soul contact and sacred ground with our animal friends.

Besides, I’m never going to share “this is the answer for what you and your dog need.” It can certainly help and, in some cases will be the answer, but life and our individual soul journeys are more interwoven than this.

I’ve worked with many animals and humans that have required a soul retrieval, or retrievals.

In some cases there has been almost immediate and very obvious changes observed. In other cases there has not. We are not to determine or know the outcome or how a soul retrieval should go, mean or be. If one is required then it is required and how it is to be, will be.

For example, after Lelou was hit by a car that mounted a kerb she showed clear behaviours and signals of feeling uncomfortable, anxious, panicked and reluctant to walk on her usual daily walk. Whilst she had recovered physically, her emotional responses had changed since this event. Where she would usually appear content and comfortable to walk, she now showed reluctance and panic to do so; understandably so. Of course, if Lelou continued to show reluctance and a desire to avoid this walking route from this experience then that would be heard, honoured and given; we’d find another path or way given it happened near our home.

But, I also wanted to explore if a soul retrieval was needed, given the fright we all got and the shock and fear that Lelou experienced. Lelou did require a soul retrieval and, after it, the very next day she was happy to walk on this route again! This, in part, was because the soul retrieval was able to be offered quickly after the incident so that it wasn’t held and the body impacted for a long period after it. This can make a difference to a soul retrieval, but how the individual animal responds is different.

When Manitou was bit by a dog he also required a soul retrieval, but he continues to choose which dogs he feels welcoming towards, those he is unsure of at first and those he feels scared of and does not want to get close to him.

I’ve done soul retrieval for other people’s animal friends (and the guardian themselves), including animals that have come from rescue, animals that have had to travel long distances, animals that have experienced birthing trauma, animals that were present in a litter where litter mates or mother had transitioned or where another animal friend or human in the home had transitioned, animals where things have happened to them when younger, animals that have been forced or made to do something that they do not enjoy, like or feel comfortable with, animals that have been spooked by something, animals that feel unsafe, are anxious or have a fear, animals that have had an operation or been unwell…the list goes on. I’ve even done a different kind of soul loss/releasing for a few animals where the soul loss was connected to something that happened in their past life and has been carried over in to their current life, which can also happen for humans too (more about this subject on past life for you or your animal friend and how it may be shown in a current life, in another post!)

And, guess what…you can also have one or multiple soul losses from your own experiences in life or where you and your animal friend have experienced a soul loss together and both require a soul retrieval.

Whilst there is no check list as such to know if your animal friend has had a soul loss and requires a soul retrieval, it may be something you are interested in exploring for them if they have changed how they usually are after experiencing something (e.g operation, travel, fright, illness, unusual place etc), if you feel something may have happened to them before they came to you or if you feel they have trauma, fear, anxiety or past life circumstances that do not seem to be soothed in any way not matter what you have tried.

You may even feel that you require a soul retrieval(s) from experiences, happenings, circumstances, losses and feelings in your life - I know I have had to for things happening in my life from childhood, adulthood and even past life(s) that have been related and unrelated to what my animal friend(s) had experienced and also needing a soul retrieval.

If you’re curious to explore this, I’ll happy navigate this space with you and/or your animal friend and how a soul retrieval may bring support, what it can offer you and your animal friend and how it brings you closer to soul contact with them.

❤🐶❤

03/08/2025

A week today I will be speaking at the first The Holistic Pet Care Conference hosted by the Holistic Grooming Academy!

Join me on Sunday 10th August at 3:45pm (UK time) where I will be sharing more about the reciprocal exchange with our animal friends, the soul work and charges they come to teach us and ask us to explore and how our business is not separate from us.

This FREE virtual conference runs August 8-11th 2025, and brings together leading experts in holistic pet care.

This first year the organisers are making the event FREE for ALL!

The Holistic Pet Care Conference is proud to support Save Our Seized Dogs - Putting BSL to Sleep and kindly asks if you could donate something when securing your virtual ticket.

Additionally, you can purchase a raffle ticket where I have donated three prizes!

🐶 One copy of my book Tunkasila's Teachings

🐶 One copy of my book How the Canine People Helped the Humans Return to Ceremony

🐶 One free access pass for my canine wellness online course

Ready to be hit with hard-hitting, thought-provoking, insightful keynote presentations that will have you question all that you think you know about holistic pet care?!

You can learn more and secure your ticket here:

https://www.holisticpetcareconference.com

01/08/2025

31/07/2025

Would you like to receive your animal friend's sacred symbol?!

This is a new offering I have available as an aside to my deeper sacred soul ceremony offerings, which include receiving your animal’s sacred symbol.

We all have a unique symbol that is sacred and special to us - you, your animal friend, each plant, each tree, each stone.

Whether in their body or in spirit, your animal’s sacred symbol is something for you to have and be with forever more.

There is no rule, no instruction, no right or wrong way to be or play with their symbol and it is an invitation to open you up in to your imagination, play, intuition and connection with them and divine consciousness.

There are endless ways you can be with their sacred symbol:

🐶 Whether you want to meditate with it

🐶 Work with it to offer your animal healing

🐶 Have it engraved on their collar

🐶 Place it under their water and/or food bowl

🐶 Use it as a way to connect and communicate with the soul
consciousness of your animal friend

🐶 Make wall art from it

🐶 Have it made as a tattoo (for yourself!)

The ways you can be with your animal’s sacred symbol is infinite - just like you and your animal friend are!

I’ve received sacred symbols for hundreds of animals, each one being different.

The one below is that of Tunkasila’s. As these symbols are sacred and, in some way private, I don’t feel called to share pictures of symbols I have received for other animals unless I have permission to do so from them and their guardian.

There is no need for us to meet for me to receive your animal friend's sacred symbol!

All I need is a photo of your animal friend and I will sit with and connect to the consciousness of your animal friend to receive their sacred symbol, whether they are in body or in spirit.

I’ll draw it out, take a photo of it and send it over to you where you will be free to create, be, move, speak, dance, paint, speak to, dream with or whatever else you would like to do and explore with your animal friend's sacred symbol as a way to enter this way that life speaks to us - in symbols, signs and imagery!

For those who have already received their animal friend's sacred symbol from me, I regularly receive feedback about how much they get from having it, being with it, working with it and being guided by it.

It also makes a great gift idea for someone who loves their animal friend and where you would like to get something that represents this is a different and unique way.

Want to stay connected with your animal friend through their sacred symbol, well now you can!

30/07/2025

I'm so excited to be speaking at the Holistic Pet Care Conference on Sunday 10th August!

There is an amazing line up of speakers, including yours truly, and I will be talking about getting comfortable with the uncomfortable aspects of life with our dear animal friends - from what they present to us, our intuitive abilities to receive from them and what their transition can open up for us.

It's all about how our animal friends are bringing us back and in to our soul work and co-existing with them from soul consciousness, which is what and who are animal friends are.

I love bringing people to this level and state with their animal friend where they can truly know themselves and begin to feel where and how their animal friend lives, responds and exists from and how it is for them; free of belief systems, labels, conditions or control of how things should be! When we connect with our animal friends in this way it is so freeing, so healing, so liberating for both them and us.

22/07/2025

Behind the physical body they are in and the support we give to honour them, there is a soul, a spirit, that shines from them and asks us to shine brightly also from the soul that we are.

Our dogs life and our life are not mutually exclusive or independent. As we explore their needs and how to fulfill them, they too are emitting a signal, a message, about our own needs and how to fulfil them. This is a message to our wisest, most pure and deep soul.

Living with our animal friends is soul work. They do not exist from thought, from belief systems, labels, definitions or limitations. They live from soul and sometimes, what is held and presented by our dogs in their physical body tells a story of their soul and what the physical body has come to process, come to present, come to project with you.

In their life and in their transition, underneath there is a soul transmission for us to receive and enter in to.

It may be for what your dog needs.

It may be for what you need.

It is usually for both.

Entering soul work with your animal friend and co-existing with them from soul is what they ask from us. Here, their deep wisdom can be recognised, valued and heard. Here, we can understand how they live their life. Here, we can understand, recognise and value our own soul wisdom. Here, we can exist as soul.