I had been downstairs being amazed by the hummingbirds at the feeder prior to going up to record this episode, and so it was a wonderful thing to have Allison pull the Hummingbird + Tigerlily card for us to explore today.

One of my favorite cards (and birds) Hummingbird is a reminder of the (sometimes difficult) medicine of cultivating conscious joy, and recognizing that happiness/magic/awe are all available to us if we practice them. Along with this concept we explore a bunch of related topics in today’s episode:

The difference between traditional/Shamanic healing and Western medicine in how we approach ‘negative’ symptoms.

The work of feeling the human experience fully, and why other dimensional beings crave this (and what this has to do with ceremony)

The evolutionary basis of why your brain loves negativity, and what you can do about it.

Being the ocean/sky rather than the waves/weather.

The practice of Tonglen and why this is beneficial when working with so-called ‘negative’ emotions.