Month 1 — Opening the Circle
Entering the work Together as a sacred circle
Theme: Establishing the Sacred Container of the Medicine Wheel (for individual and group work)
Focus: Safety, containment, and saying YES to stepping into healing and expansion. Establishing the foundation for the work with daily practice (Medicine Wheel, building relationships with guides and helpers, the earth, sky and divine, and what surrounds us).
Themes
The Medicine Wheel
Calling in the directions and opening 8th chakra
Establishing safety, containment, and intention for the course and clarity (ground rules handout)
Alter, cards, candle, rattle
Experiential Focus
Creating a personal Medicine Wheel practice (physical or symbolic)
Ritual & Ceremony
Commitment vow to the journey
Receiving the Bands of power and protection Rite
Journey to our power animal
Pattern Healing
Quadrant exercise
Putting the roles of ‘teacher’/’good student’ in the fire
Creative Integration
How is your River of Life flowing- draw it out.