WW: What is your spirit animal?
Wellbeing Wednesday 22nd May 2019
What is your spirit animal?
Humans have a unique connection with animals- whether it's pets or animals in the wild, connection to life and nature is an important aspect of wellbeing. Animals have traits we can relate to- we can learn a lot from them!
We have seen from recent threads about our dogs and cats, that animals are important to our community.
Today's activity:
1. What animal do you feel best represents who you are? (You can also include a picture of your animal)
2. What qualities of that animal do you identify with?
3. Are there any lessons we can learn from the animal you have chosen?
I'll go first:
I think my spirit animal would be a dolphin.
I like that they travel together, and I feel most calm and connected to land when I am in the water. Dolphins are really intelligent and social creatures, I think we could learn about looking after each other and finding the calm in our lives from dolphins.
Comments
I think my spirit animal would be an owl. I identify with being more active and productive at night and sometimes not being able to sleep at night. Also I think I'm generally a pretty calm and patient person.
For me dog is the perfect animal that gives you loves even more than human
Great activity! I have always felt that my spirit animal is the pig!
In one version of the Chinese zodiac story I've heard, the pig came last in the race to determine the order of the cycle of animals because he had fallen asleep after stopping for a meal. This is something that I do a lot in real life! I used to always come last in races too. I've also heard that pigs are thought of as being honest, which I think fits me because I find it hard to lie to people. I can also be a bit of a ham around people I know well. 
I think a lot of us can learn from the pig because it's easy to stereotype entire groups of people (or species) as being lazy or dirty and dismiss their many positive qualities. For example, pigs are apparently one of the most intelligent species of animal and are very empathetic towards other pigs. Apparently, they also use mud as a sunscreen for their sensitive skin. If only more people would be willing to slip, slop slap!
@Jess1-RO This is a tricky one for me lol. But I think I would be some bird because with birds I associate freedom and openness which sounds very liberating 🙂
I love your response @xXLexi_Lou122Xx!
Birds definitely emulate freedom and openness @DIVYA 
I agree it sounds liberating! I also really admire birds' ability to work as a team and fly in unison- they travel in groups and share responsibility for leadership between them. So much we can learn from birds 
I'm currently resisting the temptation to just spam the thread with my favorite animal pictures 
I'll need to think about this one.. too many potential animals..
hi @Jess1-RO i still couldnt think of any but i dont some research on spirit animals and found that the raven is my 'spirit guide' according to my birth date.
seems to be pretty fitting....
@scared01 I'd just narrowed mine down to two animals and now there's a third possibility... I'd forgotten about ravens..!
I have done a couple of those quizzes, according to one I'm apparently a cold, unfeeling and manipulative snake..?
It was a very judgmental quiz. And I have no idea what this person has against snakes...
I mean, look at this guy:
Look at that smile.
Is he not the cutest? I think he's the cutest. Also his name is Bill now.
Ravens are very cool though. They're said to represent the creation that comes after destruction, and they're ridiculously smart.
the snake is cute though. i havent done any quizzes i just looked up my spirit guide through my birthdate and seemed ok.
1. What animal do you feel best represents who you are? (You can also include a picture of your animal)
A koala!
2. What qualities of that animal do you identify with?
We both enjoy sleeping and eating a lot 😛
3. Are there any lessons we can learn from the animal you have chosen?
The importance of taking care of ourselves. That, and making sure we try to prevent any more eucalypt tree-clearing as doing so destroys koalas' homes!
I know there's a new WW activity up but I couldn't resist not posting on this one first 😛
1. What animal do you feel best represents who you are? (You can also include a picture of your animal)
Clearly I am a fish 😉 (actual pic of me below)
2. What qualities of that animal do you identify with?
Fish have their own unique personalities once you get to know them! They can be shy at first and like to hide behind plants/in caves, but once they feel safe they are the lifeblood of the ocean
3. Are there any lessons we can learn from the animal you have chosen?
Just keep swimming 🐠🐟
@lokifish you posted a pic of yourself without blurring out the face!?!
Also, I love your answer to number three.
@Tiny_leaf Crap! So that I don't get banned, I have re-uploaded the pic here 😛
@gina-RO Owl is one of my favourite characters from Winnie the Pooh! I particularly loved him in the 2011 film - so many good reaction GIFs like the one below 😂
WOW! I can't believe I missed this activity! Although, I may not have been a member when you guys did this one... Anyway, here goes! I think I can relate to a dolphin, wolf, or lion the most. Everybody tells me that I'm a born leader (lion, wolf), but I have the heart of a kind and playful dolphin. I took a couple of animal quizzes, and I got completely different. First, I got a turtle. I don't really know about that one, but okay! Second and third, I got a bear. I'm good with that one. A hibernator, and the leader of the pack/other term. And last, I got an elephant. Weird, but that fine. 🙂 Those are all the animals that I got, but I think that a wolf and lion are the best suited for me. I'm apparently a cat and dog person! 😄 Oh, and here's a pic of me in real life...
I love this activity!!!
Reading everyone's replies has made me laugh - and helped me to get to know each of you a bit more!
I didn't answer it last week, but want to jump in.
I always struggle to answer what my spirit animal is - nothing comes to mind immediately.
After a bit of thinking though - I'm going to go with Owl
A few reasons:
I definitely have more energy at night time
I like to observe things and take them in
Apparently owls as a spirit animal, represent being driven by emotions and being sensitive - so that fits me too!
I also love learning and reading, and am a sucker for a good documentary!
A snake probably does represent me though, in different ways.
How I'm similar to them:
They get energy from the warmth of their environment. Firstly, I literally crave warmth. Warmth is the best; I'd probably have a heat lamp if I could.
But I'm also more active in places that feel "warmer" and more accepting emotionally, and a lot less active in harsher places or situations where I feel judged or dismissed.
Secondly, if I don't want to be noticed, I probably won't be.
I also have a habit of metaphorically biting off more than I can chew, then deciding that I'll be damned if I can't find some weird way of accomplishing it.
What we can learn from them:
Moving on from the past, like when a snake sheds its skin. It shows that sometimes it's healthier to let go of the past and keep moving forwards.
Creativity and thinking outside the box.
I would give more information, but I think the name speaks for itself.
How does it fly (well.. glide)?
By stretching out its ribcage, and using it like a wing.
It's weird, but it still works really well for them.
It shows that sometimes the best solution you can find is the weirdest one, and that there's often a strange, creative way of solving a problem.
Tagging a few members who may like this activity @Bananatime04 @lokifish @N1ghtW1ng @Esperanza67 @I_am_not_Groot @WheresMySquishy @scared01 @DIVYA @dncinginthedirt
