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What the old ones knew, written down before the fire goes out.

The forgotten Native teachings to understand the signs in your life, from the animals who choose you to the nights you wake before dawn, and finally live in peace. 24 teachings. 4 parts. 110 pages.

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The Forgotten Native Teachings
Before the
Fire Goes Out
To understand the signs in your life and finally live in peace
Takoda
A letter from the fire

Most of what I know was never written down.

I was raised close to my grandmother, and to the old ones of my family. They read the sky, the animals and the people the way you read a newspaper. They knew why a dog lies down at the feet of one stranger and not another. Why some of us wake at the same hour every night. Why the hardest winters of a life come when they do.

I was given the task of carrying what they knew. For many years I have shared pieces of it by the fire, and with you, in the videos. But a video holds one teaching. A life holds many.

I will not be at this fire forever. So I sat down, night after night, and wrote it all down. Slowly, the way I speak.

This book is for the ones who feel their life is full of signs no one ever explained. And for the ones who are quietly afraid of the time that is left.

From my fire to yours, — Takoda
Is this book for you?

If you have ever felt any of this, these teachings were written for you.

An animal chose you, and you never knew why.
You wake before dawn, and the night feels heavy.
You lost someone, and something came to you after.
You were told you feel too much.
The house has grown quiet, and so have you.
Your children do not understand you yet.
You wonder if the best years are behind you.
You want to leave nothing unsaid.
Inside the book

Four fires. Twenty-four teachings.

Each teaching opens with a memory, gives you the custom the old ones kept, and ends with a small practice for tonight or this week. Read one chapter a night, with low light and a pencil.

Part One

Those Who Walk Beside You

You were never as alone as you believed. The animals, the doors and the people that walk beside you, and which ones to keep.

  • 1Why Animals Choose Certain People
  • 2The Old Promise Between You and Your Animal
  • 3When an Animal Comes to You After a Loss
  • 4What Comes Through Your Door
  • 5The People Who Dim Your Fire
  • 6What Must Never Be Spoken
Part Two

What the Body and the Night Are Telling You

Your body has been keeping a record, and the night has been trying to speak. Learn to read them without fear.

  • 7Your Body Is a Winter Count
  • 8When the Soul Is Tired and the Body Is Not
  • 9The Gift You Were Told Was a Flaw
  • 10Why You Wake Before the Dawn
  • 11The Dreams That Keep Returning
  • 12When You Hear Your Name in an Empty Room
Part Three

The Seasons of Your Life

No one told you how hard some winters would be, or how good the next season could still become.

  • 13Why the Hardest Winters Come Between 65 and 75
  • 14When the House Grows Quiet
  • 15The Best Years Are Not Behind You
  • 16Why Your Generation Was Sent
  • 17What Only You Can Teach
  • 18You Survived Everything for a Reason
Part Four

The Bonds That Remain

With your children, with those you hurt, with the Creator, and with the ones who crossed over. Leave nothing unsaid.

  • 19When Your Children Do Not Understand Yet
  • 20The Words That Clear the Eyes
  • 21What Is Worth Leaving Behind
  • 22How to Pray Without a Church
  • 23How the Ones We Lost Stay Near
  • 24Before the Fire Goes Out
The promise of the book

By the last page, you will understand the signs that have been following you.

Without fear

Of the nights, of the body's changes, of the time that is left.

Without loneliness

Knowing who walks beside you, seen and unseen.

Without regret

With the words said and the bonds made right.

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What to do when you wake in the night
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What to do when you wake in the night.

For everyone who falls asleep tired and finds themselves awake hours later, in the dark, with a fear that has no name. Seven small steps you can learn in one afternoon and use for the rest of your life.

  • Why the old ones saw the hours before dawn as a gift, not a problem.
  • The seven steps to walk through a night waking, in order.
  • What to do when the night does not obey.
  • A short version to keep by your bed, and a page for your dreams.
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The Animal Companion Guide
Reading, honoring and saying goodbye
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The Animal Companion Guide

For the animals who walk with you.

A guide for the ordinary mornings, when the dog is at the door and the cat is on the sill, and for the hardest day of all. For whoever shares your house: a dog, a cat, a bird by the window, a horse in the field.

  • Reading your animal: what its gaze and its habits may be telling you.
  • The old promise between you and your animal, and how to keep it.
  • How to honor them when they grow old.
  • When they cross over: how to say goodbye, and what comes after.
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Read it by the fire. If it does not speak to you, you pay nothing.

Take seven days. Read one teaching a night, slowly, the way I ask. If these pages do not change how you see at least one sign in your life, reply to your receipt email and every dollar comes back to you. No questions. You keep the book. The risk is mine.

Common questions

Before you sit down at the fire.

I am not Native American. Is this book for me?

Yes. This is not a book about being Native. It is a book of teachings that the old ones of many peoples kept, about animals, signs, the night, the seasons of life and the bonds that remain. The signs are the same for all of us. Only the names change.

Is this just the videos written down?

No. A video holds one teaching. The book holds twenty-four, at full depth, with stories I never told on camera, the customs behind each teaching, and a practice at the end of every chapter. The two companion guides are only in the book.

Is this religious?

There is no doctrine and no church. There is a chapter on how to pray without one. Readers of every faith, and of no faith, can sit at this fire.

Does this replace my doctor or therapist?

No. Some teachings speak of the body, of sleep and of grief. They walk beside medicine, never in front of it. If something in your body or your mind worries you, please talk to your doctor.

What format do I get? Can I read it on my phone?

You receive the book and both guides as PDFs, sent to your email right after purchase. They read cleanly on any phone, tablet, Kindle or computer, and you can print them. No app, no subscription.

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What if it is not for me?

Reply to your receipt email within seven days and you get a full refund. No questions, and you keep the book.

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The old ones did not need a book. They had the fire, and someone to listen.

Most of what they knew was never written down, and every year, a little more of it is lost. This book is what I could save. Sit with it. Let it keep you company on the long nights.

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