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Shamanic Nature Art Therapy
 
Dreamcatchers - Totems - Medicine Shields - Prayer Pots

 

 

  • First, a skilful creative state of mind is developed:
    By means of attunement exercises & sharing of current personal issues, problems, goals, directions or dreams.

  • Artistic creativity is facilitated by a guided meditation or drumming a Shamanic Journey
    In order to access unconscious inner resources to guide the art therapy

  • A personal lone journey is then made into nature to connect intuitively to the materials to be used.
    Certain materials and directions of walking will attract us. Healing Skills Training for Healers - Cambridge UK Course 2007 Copyright www.sunflower-health.com Cambridge UK healing skills development course for healer training

  • Making a Personal Medicine Shield, Talking stick, or Totem
    An opportunity to make a shield, dream-weaver, totem pole, Shaman's rattle, Healer's staff, aura duster, fetish pot (a "fetish" is an object with magical power to protect or aid), prayer stick or other symbolic, self-expressive, self-protective or self-healing construction out of natural materials such as twigs, leaves, vines, feathers, bones, leather, cotton, fur, wool or animal skin. Making symbolic items like these provides an excellent opportunity to express personal core values, qualities or aspirations.

     

    Shamanic Nature Art Therapy - Totems - Medicine Shields - Prayer Pots - examples of Therapeutic Nature Art taken from Shamanism using twigs leaves vines feathers bones leather cotton fur wool or animal skin
    Naturecraft items: Journey staff (above)
    Below (L to R):
    Prayer Sticks (2), Fetish Pots with Prayer Sticks (2), Feathered Aura Dusters (2)
    These pictures come from the Shaman's manual "Animal Speak"

    Shaman's Prayer Stick Shamanic Prayer Sticks Shamanic Fetish Pots Shamanic Healing - Feathered Aura Dusters

    A medicine shield or dreamweaver is traditionally made out of material stretched over a wooden hoop with other items hung around the edges. were attached feathers, fringes, and sometimes other dangling objects. May have personal emblems, symbols or power animals painted on it. The colours used may also symbolise particular energies, qualities or have colour-healing properties.

  • Beautiful shamanic art film: "Animal Spirit Totems"...
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    Altar with Eagle feather outside Native American Sweatlodge Shaman nature-healer with feathered staff decorated with symbolic carved designs -  studying symbol for Mercury
    Shamans and their Symbols - prayer altar outside sweat lodge (L), Mercury totem in stones (R)

     

    Very technical shamanic medicine shields may reflect aspects of the Native American medicine wheel

    Shaman's Nature Arts & Spiritual Tradition - Manual: Shamanic Experience - Kenneth Meadows

     

    Painting the Dream - The Shamanic Life and Art of David Chethlahe PaladinStone Fires - Liquid Clouds - The Shamanic Art of Derek Hyatt

    Shamanic Art - Natural Therapy

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