Medicine Animals/ Spirit Guides: The Bear

Bear Medicine:

Maqua the Bear (Ojibwa) is the symbol of strength, goodness and knowledge of self.
Bear digs in the ground to find the roots of healing plants, the roots of problems and in hibernation the roots for solutions to problems.
Grizzly Bear (Mato, Lakota)His/ her Medicine is the power to heal with herbs.
If you are marked by a Bear = touched, scratched, you are marked to become a healer.
There are many legends about women being married to a Bear.
Nanook, the Polar Bear is a shape shifter and can change into any animal, human or into a rock. He often changes into an Angakuuk, a shaman and so heals - or tricks people.
Bear is also a powerful Clan Symbol for the Celts. --> Artemis, Arthos are people of the Bear. The gaelic word Baby= Briarn comes from Bear also "bearing" children, "bearing" down....
The ancient Bear Goddess was the protector of women in childbirth and during nursing and in a cave, known to be the place where bears hibernate , that is where women Elders in early summer initiated the young girls into the mysteries of womanhood. When they emerged out of the cave they "knew" and were ready to choose a partner......
In Siberia we hold a feast in honour of "Sucks His Toes" every spring, because when He emerges he brings renewal and new strength for Umai' , the Earth!

Bear Teachings:
Exercises:
Bear Medicine = Strength, Goodness and Knowledge of Self!
Usually I get to hear” oh, that's easy! done that already!”

Well, here are a few of the easy questions of Bear, pertaining to Knowledge of Self:
Seize the Power of Belonging!
It is characterized by the presence of basic trust and caring in relationships to others:
Where do you belong??
Where do you NOT “belong”????
Where do you feel excluded????
Basic trust: is it there???
Where has your basic trust been tempered with??? violated, injured,????
How does that shadow your sense of Belonging??
How does it put a shadow over your relationships?????

Now Bear has come out of hibernation with new insights and new DREAMINGS/ Visions!!!
What would your “inner Bear” answer to these questions????

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