ANIM (Animal Imagery) - The Personal Totem Pole Process

The Course of a Chakra-animal Journey

At the beginning of a journey to the inner images there is a guided meditation that leads you into a deep relaxation state. Through that your imagery guide allows you to come to the present moment with all your emotions, thoughts and mental states. Then you focus your attention to the chakra which animal you want to get to know and ask inside using your inner voice if the animal would like to show up.

'If I tell somebody, 'Ask your heart animal to come to you,' what I really say is: 'concentrate on this deepest dimension and look if it wants to communicate with you through an animal, namely through your heart.'

Steve Gallegos

Sometimes it takes a while until something shows up - an animal, a plant or another being. A core principal of this method is that everything that happens in the journey is right and allowed to be. Whatever it is that gets into contact with you - say hello to it! Just as you would do with an old friend who came to visit you. It is important to be with the inner beings respectfully and attentively. Through this you start to deal with yourself in a more attentive way.

You honestly share everything you experience, feel and think with the inner being. If you encounter difficulties while you are with the being it is the duty of your imagery guide to help you stay in contact with your animal and to support you to continue following your inner process. The 'healers' or 'coaches' are always your very own personal animals. They guide you through your journey and know best which way to go. Your experiences will never be analyzed or interpreted.

'The animals come from the wholeness and step by step lead you back into it in your own pace.'

Steve Gallegos

Important for the work with the Personal Totem Pole Process is the preparedness to get into the process totally and to communicate with the inner images no matter how they develop. In this work you laugh, cry, heal and reconcile, you say goodbye and begin again - but most of all you are alive.