~ Medicine Workshops ~
| Prayer Tools | Rhythm & Voice | Storytelling | Face Painting | Fasting |
One hour session
1. Plant introductions
2. Understanding the use
3. Cleansing ceremony
Medicine intent, tools, and ceremony are combined to assist the participants in realizing their own ceremony. Abalone shells will be distributed for decoration and use in this activity. A purification ceremony will highlight this session
One hour session
1. Welcoming
2. Familiarization of traditional instruments
3. Participatory group interaction with drumming, chanting, and rattles
4. Breathing
5. Closing
Each participant will be matched with a drum and instructions on proper carriage. The focus will be a complete ceremonial experience.
A traditional circle and earth touch format will be observed while the oratory emphasizes the sacredness of the traditional sounds. The first two drummings will follow movements, progression limited only by the desires of the participants. A breathing exercise will breakup the two sessions.
Bringing to life the mystic world of Native American people. Uqualla recounts the traditional stories by which his own ancestors passed down through history.
One hour session
1. History of face painting
2. Indian Earth, white and black
3. Preparing the face paint
4. Face painting
As a preparation for storytelling, participants visualize the spiritual aspects they wish to manifest, and create that image through traditional face painting, using the natural colors found in earth.
One hour session
1. Spiritual ascension
2. Spiritual responsibilities
3. Spiritual communication
A talk on the sacredness of fasting and its place in spiritual work - how it clears the mind, cleanses the body, and develops great strength of purpose.