Totemic Puma

Power Awakening

I am Puma. I awaken within you the vigorous energy, fierce power and ability to act without hesitation when the moment is right. My patience and strategy, my preparation and precision, my fearlessness and decisiveness are now your own. Allow my sacred medicine to fill your soul and bring courage to your heart. You have come into your power.

In A Reading

You’ve got this. Don’t let fear or hesitation hold you back. Apply yourself fully to the task. Let go of old ways of viewing yourself as incapable, scattered or wasteful of energy. You have the ability to focus intently, to generate clear intention, and to achieve your ambitions through methodical steps and an applied will. You have the internal resources you need for successful completion. Even if no one else recognizes your potential and believes in your future success, in due course they will understand differently. By then, you will already be moving on to your next task. Trust your sense of timing. Have patience. When you know it is the time to leap, do it without hesitation.

Spiritual Guidance

Puma moves through your soul as guardian and guide. When Puma appears, it is a significant sign that you have come into your power. Puma moves with stealth and silence. Observing, being patient as she narrows her focus, she cultivates energy so that the correct amount of inner power for the outer action is there when needed. When she strikes, it is with precision and effectiveness. She doesn’t waster energy. She chooses her opportunities. Hesitation is not n her nature. There is no time or energy for doubt and uncertainty when one is fully engaged in conscious participation in the moment.

You may wonder if this sounds much like you. You may consider yourself to be – at least sometimes – more of a doubter than one prone to fearlessness and certainty. Yet the soul medicine of Puma builds within us silently. We may not even realize that her power is there, until all of a sudden, when it is needed, we act with unerring focus and unwavering commitment. We literally ‘didn’t know we had it in us’ until the time came and an attitude of swift, unfailing responsiveness somehow rose up from within.

Puma moves with stealth until the right moment to act is upon her. Then she leaves her cover behind and, with unwavering focus, she strikes. You are guided by her to keep your motives, plans and preparation out of public view. Attend to your work. Become ready to be it, rather than talking about it.

Part of this medicine is strategy. Planning. Visualizing the end result. This requires simplicity and clarity. Even if the destiny you are seeking to manifest is bold and big, there will still be simple steps along the way. Puma is the huntress with singular focus. She goes after what is required in that moment, one step at a time, and thereby attains her goals. She strikes successfully because she works precisely. Take time to formulate your goals, and go after them one by one, with a sense of patience and calculated timing. Take charge of the situation by your willingness to be patient, to bide your time, to cultivate energy and courage – and trust your intuition to leap when you know the right moment is upon you.

Puma might bring us the power we need to step up into a new role, seize control of a failing project, cut off a toxic situation in our lives or cease unhelpful negative self-talk in our own mind. She indicates that a changing relationship with power is available to you now. If you have been repelled by negative uses of power by others, or even yourself, recognize this and let it go. Forgive. Give yourself the chance to open up to using your power in a safe and wise way. Know that you are smart enough to learn from what didn’t honor your soul in the past. When you ask for Great Spirit to guide you from within your heart, your movements in the world shall benefit more than only yourself. This right use of power – surrendered and in service to the great power of the Divine – will help you overcome your reluctance and lay claim to your will. You need your will to transform inspiration into action. The world truly needs this from you. Whatever it is that you dream of attaining or desire to do in this world, Puma arrives with this message – you have the power.

Healing Process

Find a comfortable place to relax.

Say aloud: Puma, spirit of the sun, fore of the earth, you are fierceness and intelligent use of power, embodied in sacred feminine form. Your presence awakens the power within my soul, and I leave doubt and fear behind. I am patient. I am determined. I shall not be swayed from my purpose. Procrastination and hesitation are no longer part of my way. I embrace your gifts for the greatest good. With your certainty, I find my own conviction renewed. It is not a question of if, but a question of when. My spiritual attainment is inevitable. So be it.

Read through this simple visualization slowly, as you feel the energy in the description:

Golden fur shimmering copper in the sunlight. Heat pulsing beneath the skin, as waves of contained energy are ready to be channeled in clean action at the right moment. Lean and powerful muscle. Watchful steady gaze, no thought or distraction, just pure focus. The power rises within, and the moment to leap is here. Action! Aliveness! This medicine wisdom of bold aliveness without hesitation is within my won soul, and I claim it.

Now either close your eyes and relax, or get up and mover your body in whatever way feels best, for as long as feels good for you.

You have completed your healing process.