Totem: Cheetah

Cheetahs are felines famous for their speed and have the fastest land speed of any living animal living today. Cheetahs are known to typically hunt alone and after the smaller mammals, but are also known to hunt wildebeests and zebras in groups.

The cheetah teaches to have a flexible body as a method to keep the body healthy. This totem shall teach how to gain a flexible body or how to become even more flexible. Health is indeed important and flexibility is how the cheetah gains it.

When hunting cheetahs do not have the best time catching prey, their success rate in capturing prey is low and the cheetah knows very well to keep on trying to be able to succeed. The cheetah teaches to work hard and to keep trying to gain success.

During a time of high stress and/or effort rest should be taken as a method of making certain that one does not become worn out. The cheetah teaches to keep an eye on personal stress and effort to make sure too much stress or effort doesn’t occur.