For the past several years, a lone snowy egret appears mid-morning on the beach in front of the condo in Mazatlan, Mexico. This year, while walking on a more remote section of the beach, I came around a rocky point and there she was fishing, let me come within a few feet, caught and swallow a sardine and kept on fishing as I walked by.

Totem: Heron-egret

Aggressive Self-Determination
Self-Reliance

A Heron and Egret totem teaches balance;
the ability to progress and evolve --
to walk into deeper waters without fear.

It is important for someone with a Heron and Egret
totem to learn to stand on their own two feet,
to become independent and self-reliant.


Heron and Egret has a strong connection to the element of Earth
and you must also be aware and cultivate this connection.
The Mother Earth is a source of strength
and will help you stand strong and firm.

Heron medicine allows you to perform many tasks at the same time,
keeping all in balance.
If one way doesn't work, then another way will.
Heron and Egret people seem to instinctively know this.