Original Medicine 4-Part Series - October 16, 2021
Description
Original Medicine (OM) is a psycho-spiritual, cross-cultural, mindfulness approach that weaves Indigenous Wisdom, Buddha-Dharma, and Earth-based practices. In OM, we will work with each Season as a teacher, so that we might unify ourselves with the Natural world and her cycles. In Indigenous societies, there are long-standing practices of honoring the sacred, cultivating stillness, embracing silences, and forming a relationship to deep listening. These practices guide us back to the Wisdom of our precious hearts, opening us to the phases and mysteries of Life. We invite you to explore and harvest the possibilities that lay within each season, allowing authenticity as we move through the seasons, to emerge as our Original Medicine.
Prior participation in previous OM Sessions not required.
Wisdom Bearers: Carol Cano (Founder/Lead Teacher) https://www.braidedwisdom.org and Dona Tumacder-Esteban (Assistant Teacher) https://sites.google.com/view/
Special Guest: Verlinda Montoya also known by her given Indian name, Mato Ta Pejuta Wakan Nawjin, (Mato Winyan), is an elder, medicine woman and spiritual leader from the Picuris pueblo of New Mexico. Her tribe is Northern Tiwa/Hopi and she comes from a maternal bloodline of Medicine People. Adopted by the Lakota-Sioux tribe, she has been facilitating Native American ceremony (Lakota and Hopi) for over 20 years, conducting traditional Lakota ceremonies under the guidance of Lakota medicine people. With a Master's Degree in Health Education and Health Service Administration, Mato Winyan founded Heart of Humanity, the first agency in Marin to practice integrative medicine, and has received numerous awards for her work, serving as president for non-profit organizations and other boards, committees and diversity panels, as well as two appointed terms as Commissioner for the Marin Women's Commission for the Novato District. She has also produced and hosted 20 TV productions and served as keynote speaker for over 40 organizations.
This event registration is for the third part of the series on Saturday, October 16 from 4:00 - 6:30pm (Pacific Time). Registration is required and will be closed on Oct 15 midnight.
A Zoom Link will be sent a couple days prior to the event.
New event registrations will be sent out closer to the date for the remaining sessions - please save the remaining dates!
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