Gisela Wendling's Blog

The Sundance Ceremony of the North American Great Plains People (which includes territories of the Cree people in Canada) is a pra...

* How can a person immersed in western society recover an indigenous worldview? What are the ways that indigenous and non-indige...

Rites of Passage and Wisdom Emerging

A couple of months ago I participated in the Wisdom Emerging retreat at IONS with Alan Briskin, Lauren Artress and Angeles Arrie

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Altered States or Altered Realities

When I first became introduced into indigenous spiritual healing traditions, I began to experience things that were out of the o

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Ceremony As A Collective Healing Response

A few posts ago I shared my perception that ceremonies are a collective healing response to the existential experiences of being h...

Women’s Business, Women’s Ceremony – One

Ceremonies are a collective healing response to the elemental and existential experiences of being human. As we dance, pray, cha...

Rites of Passage: Pivoting at the Edge with Spirit

Please feel free to download Understanding Rites of Passages. for a more conceptual overview, its traditional use and applicatio...

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