Length
1 hour 39 minutes
Class Description
In accordance with the Traditional approaches for the Medicine Wheel teachings, we consist of four individual entities, spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical. Traditional approaches to healing the spirit, using personal smudging, and plant based remedies we can journey through life’s adversity and restore our personal balance. Balance at times is very difficult to attain, “Returning to the Cave of the Grandmothers,” will assist with restoring positive connections to self, reclaiming self-direction and revitalizing our role as healers, counselors, storytellers, and Spiritualists. Storytelling and guided meditation will assist the individual to searching out self-awareness to understanding their role as teacher, mother, grandmother, and healer. “Returning to the Grandmother’s Cave,” will create a personal awareness of who we are with instructions to understanding the importance of our journey.
About the Teacher
Esstin McLeod (Niganobe) is a member of the Mississaugi First Nations in Mid-Northern Ontario Canada. She is a practitioner of Anishinaabe Healing Methods, her work stems from a spiritual energetic perspective influenced by ceremonial practices and Elder Teachers. Through her 30 years of study and experiential learning she has designed and facilitated “Anishinaabe Wisdom Healing” a series of workshops promoting the healing benefits of Spiritual Development and Spiritual Plant Therapy. Through her development of facilitating and promoting Anishinaabe Women’s retreat, her goal is to instruct women on how to achieve a balanced spiritual life, by initiating women’s sweat lodge teachings, women’s roles when conducting spiritual ceremonies and the use of plant-based remedies for blessings and prayers for Creation. Her research is based on the Anishinaabe Medicine Wheel teachings identified as a Wholistic Approach to health and healing.