How the Circle Works:
While Dr. Lewis himself holds Pipe Ceremonies in the Native American tradition, the Saturday Morning Healing Circle is designed to be more eclectic so as to appeal to a wider audience. The basic elements include: an inspirational reading, attendees’ personal reflections, and a shared experience such as a meditation or visualization. Attendees are encouraged to contribute ideas, readings and requests to the Circle design, keeping it fresh and relevant. Elements to date have drawn heavily from Native American mythology, Creative Visualization practices, Eastern meditation philosophy, chakra-based theories of energy and stress-reduction research.
The “shared experiences” have included “smudgings,” relaxation meditation, learning to ‘ground’ and ‘center’ our aura’s, Zen meditation, using music for contemplation, using ceremony to release unwanted energy or issues, and guided visualizations to rediscover lost parts of ourselves and gain personal power. Weekly Topics include: Feng Shui, Nutrition, Breathwork, Self-Hypnosis, Reflexology, Dreams, Power Animals and much more!
Why a Healing Circle:
In August of 2001, Ms. Buss attended a workshop in Santa Fe, New Mexico featuring Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona, a physician and Navajo Shaman. He described the use of ritual by traditional Navajo healers, obtaining results where traditional medicine failed. He challenged attendees to return home and start their own Healing Circles, offering that it would change their lives, and those of community members who attended. Ms. Buss and Ms. Young.
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