Category: native american

• Spring, Gratitude, and The Medicine Wheel

  Alicia Daniel, my friend and colleague, and a field naturalist at UVM, was the guest presenter in my class this week. Her theme was “Spring and the Medicine Wheel”. Although it had been snowing and raining for over 24 hours, Alicia gamely took the class to a nearby natural area to look for signs of…

  Michael Watson PhD

  April 10, 2011

  native american, Nature, Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  Medicine Wheel, Shamanism, spring

• Equinox Ceremony

    Last Sunday, we, JourneyWorks, hosted an Equinox gathering. The afternoon included prayers and blessings for the Earth, Japan, and the Middle East, and gratitude for the new harvest. Many participants brought gifts of appreciation to Pachamama. Our friends Richard, a Six Nations elder, and Dee, an Abenaki elder and medicine woman,  spoke about their…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 25, 2011

  First Nations, native american, Shamanism

  ceremony, equinox, Prayer Flags, Prayers

• This Sunday: Equinox Ceremony and Prayers and Blessings for Japan and the Middle East

  This Sunday marks the Spring Equinox, traditionally a time to remember, and return, to balance. This year, the Equinox arrives during a period of great suffering and imbalance in the world. All are invited to join us, at JourneyWorks, for a time of storytelling and ceremony. Together, we will acknowledge our debt to, and appreciation…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 17, 2011

  First Nations, Healing, native american, Shamanism

  Equnox. Japan, Middle East

• Notable Blogs: 3/07/2011

  We are living in a time when the rights of first nations people around the world are, once again, increasingly under siege. Also threatened are basic supports for persons with disabilities, those on low incomes, and families. This includes many Indigenous people. Yet, there is also light.

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 7, 2011

  First Nations, native american, Notable Blogs

  Nukak, Sami, Wichi