Tag: healing

• A Great Mystery

  I’ve been contemplating the mystery of life, and how very lucky we are to experience it. This is a good thing to do as winter wanes and spring has yet to bloom across the landscape. We do not know how frequently life develops; we know only that planets like our own seem to be quite…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 6, 2016

  Healing, native american, Shamanism, Stories

  healing, mystery, Shamanism, spring, universe

• Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

  

  A few days ago, I found myself in a conversation with a young visionary. Somehow the subject of what a shaman might be came up, as it so often does, and I found myself reminiscing about some of the things my teachers taught me about the tasks of the shaman. Listening to my own stories,…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 3, 2016

  Arts, Shamanism, Stories

  Fred Rogers, healing, Shamanism

• Dreaming an Alternative to Blame

  It is a lovely, chilly day, one of those almost perfect late winter days filled with sun and cloud, a day when one can see a long way. I’ve been having conversations with folks recently about responsibility and blame. Mostly these discussions happen around the painful moments in people’s lives. In our culture, the prevailing…

  Michael Watson PhD

  February 18, 2016

  First Nations, Healing, Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Stories

  blame, healing, Native American, Shamanism, stories

• Who The Spirits Choose

  

  Yesterday we offered a brief workshop on utilizing shamanic techniques and ideas with people who have experienced major trauma. This is a workshop that teaches very useful skills, and we offer it by donation so no one is turned away. As far as I am concerned, anyone who attends, participates actively, and focuses on the…

  Michael Watson PhD

  February 14, 2016

  native american, Shamanism, Teaching

  healing, Native American, Shamanism, spirits