Dolphin speaks to us of the breath of life, the only thing that humans cannot go without for more than a few minutes. We can live without water and food for days, but oxygen is the source of our sustenance. Within the breath we encounter the rhythm of energy that all life emits. In changing the rate or rhythmic texture of our breath, we can tap into any other life-form or creature. This is a very easy way to connect with divine energy coming from the Great Spirit, as well as with your own personal rhythms.
Dolphin is the keeper of the sacred breath of life and teaches us how to release emotions through Dolphin’s breath. Dolphin creates rhythm, swimming through the water and breathing before submerging, then holding its breath for the duration of underwater travel. As Dolphin comes above water again, it blows its breath out in a manner resembling the popping of a cork.
We can use this same technique to pull the stopper on our tensions and create total relaxation. This is a good exercise to use before entering the silence.
Manna is a life force. Manna is present in every atom and is the Great Spirit’s essence. Dolphin teaches us how to use life-manna through our breath. It revitalizes each cell and organ and breaks the limits and dimensions of physical reality so that we may enter the Dreamtime.
*Information above extracted from Jamie Sams Book (Medicine Cards)
Let’s go on a journey…
If possible, take yourself to the water’s edge… if not go to a familiar place in your mind’s eye.
Bring a gift of sacred tobacco, blue or yellow cornmeal, or what your heart speaks to you. Even if you are taking this journey from home. You can place a gift outside for those in nature.
Perform a Smudging Ceremony. Ground yourself!
Wear comfortable fitting clothing (light colors) Clothing is also optional.
If you are doing this in your home. A seashell in your pocket or in your hand/s is a good suggestion.
A few years ago, I was gifted with petrified dolphin & whale ear bones. They are remarkable to work with. I am working on an ethereal alternative to having a physical one but if you can find them. You will be very pleased.
Today, leave your shoes behind and walk out on the beach…. feel the sand caressing your toes with each step.
There is something very healing just in touching another part of the Earth Mothers back, (I walk barefoot most of the time when I go for walks.. just ask that Spirit to protect your feet).. Walk slowly along the shoreline, looking down and stopping to pick up a special seashell, feather or piece of small driftwood brought in by the waves.
Feel the coolness of the water as it laps around your ankles. Ahhhh. Does it not feel so wonderful. Enjoy it for a few moments… be stilled. Stand and smell the salty air. The wind is gently blowing your hair and gently touching your cheek.. Take in a deep breath, allowing it to completely fill your lung spaces and allowing it slowly to leave the lungs emptied. Take in another.. Enjoy it… feel it… release it and begin to remember…
Moving further out, now the water touches the knees and then the thighs… you are becoming more adjusted to the water by now, it’s not quite so cool… it actually feeling warm at this point, it feels so calming and relaxing.
Take a few minutes to again experience this space… allowing you to just be in the moment. Take in another deep breath….. and remember……. something is beginning… not quite there but its starting to feel familiar……
Continue moving out further and further into the water… feeling it at waist level and then touching just above the breast line.
Feeling perfectly safe, Take in a deep breath… allow yourself to become submerged into the waters…don’t be afraid.
Just hold your breath as long as it feels comfortable and come up again for another deep breath…now begin to swim going down into the water and up again… allow yourself to feel perfectly safe… and remember…….
You have just noticed that someone/something has joined you, it’s now moving up beside you and nudges you like a familiar friend or family member… then there are two, then three… and then more…. they are the gray ones.
The dolphin pod has joined you in your swim. There is now a large group of them that has completely surrounded you, from each side, in front of you, and behind you. They nudge you gently and you reach over and touch the one
on the right and then the one on the left… the touch is smooth and warm, it feels familiar… Do you remember?
They are exchanging sounds and each taking turns entering the water and coming up with a burst of air being expelled from the blowhole. They are bidding you come and play with them.
Follow them and know that you are perfectly safe. You need not fear them; they are here to teach you about the breath and family…. and to remember…
You begin to swim with them, trying very hard to keep up but cannot.. they slow and allow you to catch up.
Now, you are feeling completely safe. You begin to feel yourself changing… changing… and now realize that instead of arms and legs, you now have flippers enabling you to swim faster, keeping up with the pod.
You notice that your entire body is becoming sleek and gray. You have become one with the dolphins.. you are a dolphin. In excitement, you swim faster and faster.
Leaping up in the air, flipping/turning then submerging deeply into the water and looking around at the beauty that is a part of this world.. and when the breath is at its fullest… you move upward and blowing with force expel the breath that has grown within you.
You are part of the Sacred Breath.
Manna… Life/death/rebirth….
Stay with your new family for a while and soon its time to return to your place on land but know that within the dream lodge. You can return again and again.
Remember the message of the dolphin… the importance of the breath.. and the importance of sharing your space/life with those that walk this planet with you. Do not judge one that is different because, beneath the skin, we are all the same, be it color, scales, fur, or feathers.. .. We are all related and a part of Great Spirits eternal love.
Remember…………. Remember………… Remember
Oh, Great Spirit. You are inside and all around me