JOSE ATID LEIIA STEVENS 187ample, if you are a woman but you determine yourself to
have 75 percent dynamic orientation and only a 25 percent
magnetic orientation, then you need to focus on raising that
25 percent magnetic aspect of yourself. Likewise, if you are a
highly feminine woman you need to bring your masculine
side out more. Similar focusing for men with much higher
percentages on one side or the other of balance is also true.Exercise #5: Discovering Your Dynamic and Magnetic
Balance
Close your eyes and relax. Shamanically envision a large
mandala or medicine wheel about three feet in front of you.
Imagine that there is a line down the middle of it. Label one
side dynamic and the other side magnetic as you see fit.
Imagine that each side is shaded with a different color. This
represents the absolute balance of 50 percent yang and 50
percent yin energy. Now ask your power animal to shift that
line over one way or another to reflect your actual balance of
the two. See one side grow as the other side shrinks. Which
side is larger, the magnetic or the dynamic? Assign percent-
ages to this new ratio. This tells you which side needs more
focus and attention.Exercise #5: The Steps
- Close your eyes and relax.
- Invision a mandala or medicine wheel.
- Divide it in the middle.
- Label the two sides dynamic and magnetic, each
with a different color. - Ask your power animal to shift the line to reflect
actual ratio. - Assign percentages to your sides.
Most likely, if you are a man in western culture, you have
been taught to suppress your magnetic side and become
more "macho." This is unhealthy in shamanic terms because
it causes you to suppress some of the most powerful sha-
manic tools you have: creativity; imagination; intuition;
emotion; and flexibility. In order to develop these tools, you
will need to drop the overly dynamic posturing and open up
that feminine side. This does not mean that you become like
a spineless jellyfish, which is probably your greatest fear.