I like how the Discworld novels handled this sort of thing. Many witches are able to “borrow” another animal’s mind for a short time. Snag a passing owl and fly around for example.

But it was considered wildly dangerous as you could very quickly forget who you really were and get lost forever. Only Granny Weatherwax was powerful enough to make an evening of it.

“I Ate’nt Dead”

If you know, you know. :)

I should add: I didn’t start Discworld until a few months back, at 52-yo. My god, to think I’d been missing all that for decades. Plowed all 41 novels in just a couple of months. It’s that good.