Dreaming the World

The Good Road

This way of Balance and Beauty requires much of those who would walk it. Yet it offers many rewards, and the possibility of profound healing for self, other, and Earth. It is a Good road.

Michael Watson PhD

November 25, 2011

Psychotherapy, Shamanism

darkness, healing, light, trauma

Water Is Rising:Dreaming the Renewal of the Sacred Hoop

The cast radiated caring, openheartedness, and sincerity. Through the instrument of the show, they offered us, the audience, a glimpse into their lives and culture, lives centered on the sea, singing, and dancing. They also offered a dream of a healed, caring, humane world. They cast no stones, demonstrated no animosity, occupied only the stage…

Michael Watson PhD

November 20, 2011

Arts, First Nations, Sacred Lands, Social issues

healing, Sacred Hoop, Water Is Rising

Skywatch Friday

A late Autumn afternoon.

Michael Watson PhD

November 18, 2011

Skywatch Friday

Decolonizing Self and Nature: Part One

We live in a time when we are offered endless opportunities to abandon Self, and to feel diminished in doing so. Yet, Nature is always close by, inviting us to turn to her, to find renewal and healing in her presence. We are after all Nature, unimaginably wild, and profoundly complex.

Michael Watson PhD

November 15, 2011

First Nations, Psychotherapy, Shamanism

decolonizing, Narrative Therapy, Native American, nature, Shamanism