SFR is proud to Welcome Back our Coyote Family in CHEROKEE
BODYWORK INTENSIVEWITH DR. LEWIS MEHL-MADRONA & BARBARA MAINGUY The
Weekend of Sat. April 27th & Sun. April 28th 10 am - 5 pm We've
been learning more and more about the indigenous forms of hands-on
healing that exist in North America. We have traced the origins of
American Osteopathy to Andrew Taylor Still's interactions with Native
people in Missouri, including the Pawnee, Shawnee, and CHEROKEE.
These tribes influenced each other with their healing practices and
Still was fluent in the Shawnee language, their form of
hands-on-healing being very similar to that of the CHEROKEE. We will
see how Native American forms of BODYWORK AND HANDS-on-healing have
been passed through Still into contemporary American osteopathy and
discover its indigenous origins. Traditional CHEROKEE PEOPLE CALLED
THEIR TECHNIQUES OF HANDS-on healing “reading the body,” and in
this workshop, we will demonstrate these indigenous techniques,
comparing them to American osteopathy and traditional Chinese
medicine. We will explore how these indigenous people used various
strategies for touching the body, including deep pressure, rocking,
shaking, running energy meridians, mobilization, and breath work as a
means to restore spirit to all parts of the body, We'll guide you
through supervised practice with the methods of CHEROKEE BODYWORK AND
OFFER EXAMPLES OF INCORPORATING IMAGERY AND DIALOGUE; the importance
of ceremony, ritual, and intent; manipulative medicine as a means of
dialogue with the body; CHEROKEE ACUPUNCTURE AND KNOWLEDGE OF ENERGY
MERIDIANS AND ENERGY MEDICINE; understanding how this form of healing
as mind-body-spirit integration takes place in community; and
more. 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 includes 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 closing ceremony As we complete our time together
with a prayer ritual, we 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 To Register
email shamanicfirereiki@gmail.comC Cost weekend $300 or for one day
$150. BARBARA AND LEWIS ARE BOTH AFFILIATED WITH THE COYOTE
INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES OF CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION. LEWIS IS ITS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND BARB IS THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION. Coyote is
based in Augusta, Maine. LEWIS ALSO WORKS WITH THE MAINE-Dartmouth
Family Medicine Residency. To contact LEWIS OR BARBARA,
email info@coyoteinstitute.us or call us at 808-772-1099. About Dr.
Lewis Mehl-Madrona Lewis, MD, PhD, is the author of the "Coyote"
Trilogy. His work discusses healing practices from Lakota, Cherokee
and Cree traditions, and how they intersect with conventional medicine
via a social constructionist model. He has been writing about the use
of imagery and narrative in healing since the 1980s and is is
certified in psychiatry, geriatrics, and family medicine. His research
collaborations include work on various psychological conditions,
issues of psychology during birthing, nutritional approaches to autism
and diabetes, and the use of healing circles to improve overall health
outcomes.About Barbara MainguyBarbara, MFA, MA, is involved in
creative arts psychotherapy and group medical care, especially in
relation to geriatrics and people with psychosis. She is a filmmaker
and a visual artist and is currently editing a film on how society
decides whom to call "mad". Her M.A. is in Creative Arts Therapies
from Concordia University (Montreal) with an emphasis on Drama
Therapy. She is the author of scholarly papers on embodied narratives
and drama therapy with autism and schizophrenia. Together, she and
Lewis have written Remapping the Mind, which will appear in 2015.
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