Medicine Wheel

Objectives:

To deepen understanding of Medicine Wheel and natural cycles. To reflect on own life and present situation.

To understand how to use it for orientation in life and how it connects with rituals and rites of passage.

Description:

Medicine Wheels represent the alignment and continuous interaction of the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual realities. The Medicine Wheel is interpreted uniquely by each culture. The order of the colours is not the same in each culture, nor are the attributes. The circle shape represents the interconnection between:

1. Space and directions,

2. Time and cycles,

3. Qualities of human nature.

You can use the Medicine Wheel in your seminar by planning 4 days according to the different directions with its respective qualities and adapt the sessions according to them. Do several exercises to let participants find their own position in the Medicine Wheel (e.g. according to a preferred mood, element, season, animal,...) based on the current moment in their lives. Invite for a sharing. Make space for integration of the experiences in the end of the seminar (e.g. together with Nature Mandala).

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