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Harnessing your inner growl

Writer's picture: Dave FDave F

Back in the olden days. No, the really olden days, before man invented the padlock for his timber palisade, wild creatures barked, howled and growled outside. The apex predators, raggedy bears and forever hungry wolves, prowled the dark forests. I don’t mean the small, semi domesticated species. I mean the big, bitey buggers that snarl and hunt in packs. You know - foot outside camp, foot gone. Those ones. Beautiful creatures for sure but demanding of ours and our ancestor’s utmost respect.


They say everyone has a spirit animal - a familiar that walks beside you and influences your unique characteristics. Mine’s a woodlouse. I know. A bit off the wall. Social anxiety - roll up into a ball. A psychologist’s dream. Alternatively, suppose that you had two spirit animals diametrically opposed. Say a woodlouse - doing anything for a quiet life, and the lion just out to bite someone’s head clean off. Is that balanced? Or how about a pair of pre-pubescent pine martens, forever pulling and pushing. Could you really take on some, or all, of the characteristics of your spirit animal? Could you then use them for the positive greater good? Back to the wolf….


Let’s run through a hypothetical situation. As your spirit animal, you’re out for a walk. A gentle post-lunch pad around the forest, perhaps on the casual lookout for a mate. Perhaps scenting down a bison’s leg. Your senses are suddenly alerted to trouble ahead. They’re in the trees. Hunters. Like the fight or flight conundrum, this is your ideal moment to choose whether to adopt an outer growl or an inner growl. In this instance you decide on an outer growl. This proves both satisfying and cathartic, but catharsis couldn’t stop a hunter with a spear nearly remodelling your muzzle. So outer growling alerts potential enemies as to your whereabouts. It can form part of a healthy response and leaves people in no doubt that you are far from happy with the immediate situation. Try it at work today and see how many people back off. A little drool always helps, along with some good old teeth-baring. Outer growling purges the body of negativity but can lead to an overdose of adrenaline. And a sudden taste for marinated bison.


Your second option after alert is your inner growl. What we scientists enigmatically refer to as IG. Well practised, this can be an equally effective course of action. Like elephants, it can take the form of subsonic rumblings which silently connect you to your pack. Inner growling supports and promotes personal growth. It's a lot like turning away from your pig of a boss and cursing behind his back - but without the immediate dismissal which will follow. Inner, or stealth growling, has many positive benefits. Like meditation or chanting, the inner growl frequencies can be adjusted to aid energy healing. It allows breathing space to internally process information until a suitable course of action has been determined. If there’s time for a little meditation before you pan someone’s face in, so much the better. Your enemy will then know to shut up and back off the next time. Congratulations, your inner growl has led to great personal growth, diverted a threat and has resulted in tolerance, resilience and Zen conditioning.


Inner or outer growl. It must always be a question of balance depending upon the situation. Like a river flow, things go on. Just look at wolf spelled backwards. If that’s not balanced, I don’t know what is.


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