Spirit Animal:Dolphin

Dolphins are beautiful, playful animals. They live in water but are actually mammals that need to breath air through a single nostril also known as a blowhole located on top of their head. Normally dolphins surface approximately every two minutes for air, but are capable of holding their breath for several minutes when making rapid deep dives.

Dolphin comes when we need to break emotional barriers and communicate truth. Dolphin will then guide us to find harmony by moving forward with our life.

If you want to make a deeper connection with your Animal Totem, fill your environment with images of the animal to let the animal know it is welcome in your space.

Dolphin teaches us:
Harmony of mind, body and spirit
Balanced emotional and mental self
To be open to living in more than one environment
Harmony within duality
Help and protection
To enjoy our sexuality
The value of touch as a means of support and healing
Communication through telepathy and sound
The value of play
To flow with life

How to Apply Dolphin's Teachings to Your Life
Ask yourself 'What am I communicating?' Is it of benefit to myself or others? Communication happens on all levels. You do not have to verbalize it. People may be sensing your thoughts and feelings. Perhaps it is time to resolve them.

Do you have a circle of support? Dolphins swim in pods always protecting each other and expressing love through the sounds they make and touch. Now may be a time when you need to form a circle of support or call on one already created.

What brings you joy? Do it! Dolphins play. They do not struggle. Enjoy yourself and flow with life.

Bring more sound into your life. Do you have a musical instrument hidden in the cupboard? Use sound as a means to nurture, celebrate or just have fun with it. Dolphins use sound regularly.

Dolphins are creatures of the water and water is about emotion. Are there emotional issues bothering you? Do you feel blocked in some way. Is it time to release them. You could do this by holding it in your mind and in visioning its release as you rhythmically breathe in and out. On the out breath see it floating away perhaps out with the tide. You you also envision water washing through you as a cleansing.

How to Harness the Energy of Dolphin
Read about Dolphins
Take a trip to the ocean and swim like a Dolphin
Swim with Dolphins
Take Dolphin essence
Use the breath to release emotional blockages
Wear Dolphin jewelry

Have you desired to swim with dolphins? This may be their way of communicating with you. Dolphin may be an important totem animal to you.
Dolphins communicate through sound and touch
Often communicate to children in their dreams
Many children coming into the world today are known as dolphin children and have dolphin like qualities. Communicating with these children will bring you closer to the essence of dolphin energy and their spirit of harmonious play

Myths and Legends
Greek people believed Dolphins were friends of humans and to kill one was immoral.
River Dolphins in the Amazon are also considered sacred
Many cultures around the world have a story of creation that involves Dolphin like creatures. No one is certain if they were Dolphins or not. Generally these cultures including the Dogon tribe of Africa tells of flying saucers coming from the sky and landing in water. Dolphin like creatures jumped from the ship into the water. The Dogans say that Dolphin like creatures came from the water and told them about Sirus. They have diagrams of Sirus in their caves dating back 700 years ago.
Dolphins are obviously related to our developing consciousness