Kripalu April-May, 2010

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Kripalu April-May, 2010

APRIL 30-MAY  2, 2010

Coyote Healing: The Power of Native American Spirituality

Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine and trained in family medicine, psychiatry, and clinical psychology. He has been on the faculties of several medical schools, most recently with the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Hawaii.

Explore Native American spirituality and healing practices along with the power of traditional stories to hold and transmit wisdom. Story provides a code that we decipher for our personal lives as we discover its hidden messages and gifts. Native American healers invoke a richness of dialogue—with Nature, spirits, other people, and the body. This dialogue occurs through ceremony and ritual, imagery, and conversation. We will discover how to enrich these dialogues and tell stories about where the conversations took us.

The weekend will include

The valuable insights of Native American healing practices
Native views of Anglo-American culture
Stories that inspire and heal
Talking circles to facilitate dialogue and thoughtful listening
A fire ceremony (weather permitting)
Imagery as a means for dialogue with spirits, body, and realms that defy words.

 

MAY 2-7, 2010

CHEROKEE BODYWORK

Almost all indigenous cultures had direct, hands-on methods of healing, and the Cherokee were no exception. Learn the Cherokee art of healing touch, a form of bodywork that is rarely encountered today. The workshop will include

  • Supervised practice of Cherokee bodywork
  • Cherokee breathwork techniques, as a means of restoring spirit to all parts of the body
  • The incorporation of imagery and dialogue into bodywork
  • The importance of ceremony, ritual, and intent in bodywork
  • Osteopathic or “manipulative” medicine as a means of dialogue with the body
  • Cherokee use of acupressure, energy meridians, crystals, and energy medicine
  • A fire ceremony (weather permitting).

Completing our time together with a prayer ritual, we will ask for a blessing on the healing work we have done and the continuing journey that lies before us.

Note Lewis invites massage therapists and bodyworkers as well as those without prior bodywork experience to this program, saying “some will want to practice giving more and some receiving more. It’s definitely a more indigenous way of teaching but it works.” This program can accommodate people with serious illness.

CE Credits
This program is eligible for :
  • 23.5 credits for massage and body workers (NCBTMB), $20 additional charge

 

 

Others

For information about both programs, contact Kripalu.  Come to these workshops in the beautiful Berkshires!

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