Category: Other Subjects

• Ceremony to Heal Trauma

  A group of close family and friends sits with a woman. The women in the group have spent several hours bathing and dressing her. Tonight she will step out of her old self and into a new life. Other friends sit or stand in groups around the room. They have come to listen as the…

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 22, 2010

  Other Subjects

  ceremony, healing, ritual, trauma

• Notable Blogs: 9/21/09:

  I’ve been busy getting ready to travel to India. Hopefully, I’ll get a blog post in by the weekend. In the meanwhile, the Blogosphere has been a positive place this week. Here are several excelent posts. I invite you to visit the blogs that interest you, and, while you are there, leave a note for…

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 21, 2010

  First Nations, Healing, Notable Blogs

  butterflies, Canada, ceremony, elders, healers, healing, homelessness, Native American, Shamanism, stories, Street Soccer

• Notable Blogs: 9/14/10

  Shira Shaiman has cancer. Her mother died of cancer. She is also a mom with young children. This week she wrote about the Days of Awe, her illness, and a miracle. I hope she will forgive me for including a lengthy snippet. I hope you will visit her blog and read the post in its…

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 14, 2010

  First Nations, native american, Notable Blogs, Shamanism

  land disputes, land seizures, Native American, Shamanism, survival

• Notable Blogs: 8/31/10

  Although we are in something of a heatwave, the seasons are changing. There is color amongst the green leaves, there are asters in the fields, and nights are noticeably cooler. Indeed we have been needing blankets! Celtic Shaman noted her tipsy response to the immanent change: To stand on the brink of a new season,…

  Michael Watson PhD

  August 31, 2010

  First Nations, Healing, Notable Blogs, Shamanism

  autumn, healers, healing, Native American, seasons, Shamanism