Hello and welcome to The Shaman Podcast. I am Mark Ashford. I am a Registered Usui Tibetan Reiki Master Teacher, a Shaman and author of books and online courses on Reiki and Shamanism.Weekly, I post a video on YouTube and a podcast for the Shamanic Energy of the coming week. The reading is general; please take what resonates with you.On YouTube, please take a moment to hit the Subscribe button and Ring the Bell. If you are listening on a podcast, please subscribe. This way you will receive notifications of new podcasts and videos.For legal reasons: all videos and podcasts and other materials are strictly for entertainment. Viewers and listeners have free will and are entirely responsible for any interpretation they place on the readings. I take no responsibility for individual viewers or listeners’ interpretation or actions. These show notes contain information on the card decks used in the readings and where to get more information on my website, books, and courses. Please check out the links below.Mystical Shaman Oracle Cards used in reading. Amazon link.—https://amzn.to/3fRG5Ow (https://amzn.to/3fRG5Ow)Queen of the Moon Oracle Cards used in reading by Stacey Demarco https://shrtm.nu/uj5f (https://shrtm.nu/uj5f)Sacred Destiny Oracle cards by Denise Linn—https://shrtm.nu/58hG (https://shrtm.nu/58hG)Gateway Oracle Cards by Denise Linn—https://shrtm.nu/DHkr (https://shrtm.nu/DHkr)Shaman Wisdom cards by Leita Richesson—https://bit.ly/3is9djB (https://bit.ly/3is9djB)Shamanic Medicine Oracle Cards—Barbara Meiklejohn-Free, Yuri Leitch, Flavia Kate Peters—https://bit.ly/3is9djB (https://bit.ly/3is9djB)Shaman Tarot Deck—Lo Scarabeo—https://amzn.to/3FbcKwp (https://amzn.to/3FbcKwp)The Shaman’s Dream Oracle Card Deck—https://amzn.to/394PCEM (https://amzn.to/394PCEM)Music from Epidemic sound: Through the Blaze—Rasmus FaberReferral Link: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/x4pe9m/ (https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/x4pe9m/)Please take a moment to click the link in these show notes to find out more about my books, Online Courses, and social media. Visit my website and sign up for newsletters and our Private Facebook Page for more content. Click here—https://linktr.ee/markaashford (https://linktr.ee/markaashford)Thank you.Birds—FreedomThis card came to you last week. When a card repeats in consecutive weeks. This is a message of reinforcement, and, encouragement.We are only in the fourth month of the year but if this year has already been tiring and exhausting look at April as the start of spring and shedding of the winter months. All is new in spring, plants grow, animals join and mate, there is optimism all around you.Take a moment to get outside, especially if you have a park or open space near you. Look up, you see the birds and hope passionately that your hopes will soar like them. If you are near water, you can watch them swooping and enjoying the breezes moving from water to land, and back again.This is a time to believe in dreams and hopes manifesting and moving forward.Your soul is like a caged bird. The stress of living the way you are is the cage denying you freedom. If you are to welcome new experiences,