MooseHeart Coaching

About my business name: MooseHeart Coaching. Let me explain what is behind those words, and you can begin to see how it fits with what I have to offer my clients. The Moose is my power animal. For tens of thousands of years, people have been fascinated with their spirit connections to the animal kingdom. Ancient Egyptians put the heads of animals o... n human bodies to represent their gods. Hindus have done similarly, as, for example, Ganesha (or Ganapati), the elephant-headed deity who is the Remover of Obstacles. And each Hindu deity is associated with an animal, be it a swan for the goddess Saraswati, or the tiger for the god of destruction, Siva, etc Native Americans often were visited by animals in dreams and visions, which they took as a part of the spoken name because there was a connection between them and their totem animal. From an early age I have identified with the moose. When I am lost in the figurative swamp of life, the moose knows the way to get through to high ground. It can walk or swim through deep water as well as tread the ground, and it is, for me, a large and powerful ally to protect against any predator foe. The moose, according to author and shaman Ted Andrews in his book, Animal Speak, is full of apparent contradiction: strange to behold, yet majestic; seemingly awkward, but graceful in movement. The moose is in its element in water, representing feminine energy, as well as on land. It has the ability to dive deep to the bottom of the lake to bring up food. This reflects the mooses ability to reach into the depths to bring up new life and nourishment. And the (male) moose has huge antlers, like antennae, that symbolically represent great sensitivity and intuition. I resonate with that description! The moose, as a power animal for me, lends me a measure of these qualities and abilities that I use in my coaching. You, too, may have one or more power animals that you know of, or are yet to discover as allies on your journey. The heart is the center of your being. When you point to I, you ...Read More