Tag: healing

• Lessons from the Sweat Lodge

  That shamans and healers struggle with their own learnings is news to many people. Yet, my best teachers have freely shared their own struggles and learnings with me. Their willingness to be “just another human being” has felt like a great gift. Their persistence in overcoming life’s challenges has been, and continues to be, both…

  Michael Watson PhD

  July 5, 2011

  Healing, Shamanism

  attachment, healing, Shamanism, sweat lodge

• Thoughts Concerning the Fourth of July

  The Fourth of July! This is one of those holidays, along with Columbus Day and Thanksgiving, I struggle with. My father struggled with it as well, although, the truth be known, he seemed to love Thanksgiving. Indeed, many Native people have very complex, often humorous and contradictory, experiences of the holiday.

  Michael Watson PhD

  July 3, 2011

  First Nations, Healing, native american, Shamanism

  forgetting, Fourth of July, healing, Native American, Shamanism

• Animals, Heart, and Self: Part Two, Windigo

  Psychotherapy, at it’s best, offers the warmth of compassion and experiences of Self. Shamanism, and other forms of traditional healing, offer these, along with connection to souls, spirits, and all that is. Both provide refuge from Windigo, and the possibility of life lived with passion, mystery, and companionship. Supporting patience, they open doors to the…

  Michael Watson PhD

  June 28, 2011

  Other Subjects

  healing, Shamanism, Windigo

• Attachments, Symbiosis and Healing

  It is crucial that any symbiosis involving entities alien’s Self to the client be ended when the client wishes for this to be so. The question is how best to achieve that end. Given that each person, place, and attachment is unique, there is much to be said for taking the time to understand the…

  Michael Watson PhD

  June 12, 2011

  Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  attachments, Family Therapy, healing, Shamanism