FINDING SANCTUARY IN NATURE: Simple Ceremonies In The Native American Tradition For Healing Yourself & Others

This is a guide for journeying inward and outward in search of sacred spaces and for teaching simple ceremonies for healing and wholeness that can be conducted anywhere and at any time. The world we inhabit is filled with turmoil and peace, happiness and sorrow. But we are not mere puppets of the forces around us, subject to energies beyond our control, as the author shows. We can create spaces in nature that operate in profound and lasting ways, promoting serenity, healing, wholeness - sanctuary. Nature, from this vantage point, is not some fixed image of a 'wild place' but rather as diverse as the varying landscapes that form our world. It includes mountains, prairies, lakes, streams, hills, jungles, and thickets, even odd lots in neighborhoods, backyards and cityscapes. It comes in all sizes and shapes, forming the basis of life, as we know it, from a rocky stream flowing down a mountainside to a leaf that falls outside a window. And not only do we live with nature, we are nature, which explains why we can help shape our world.