by Michael Stocker | Mar 16, 2021 | Ceremony
Rena White Star, first nation teacher of many, provider for her extended family, and beloved servant of the medicine needs your help. If you have been around the ceremonial fires in the Bay Are and Santa Cruz, you have undoubtedly heard her name spoken with love and...
by Michael Stocker | Mar 26, 2018 | Ceremony
Pipe Ceremony Susan Branum [from newsletter 2] The first time I attended a Pipe Ceremony, I had an experience of community and spiritual connection that I knew right away felt missing in my daily, self-occupied life. It is an experience so removed from our daily life;...
by Michael Stocker | Mar 26, 2018 | Ceremony
Ellen Faruna [from newsletter 2] Moontime refers to the time a woman bleeds during her menstrual cycle. Through this cycle, women feel the effects of the moon, like we see the Earth affected by the ocean tides. There is some controversy and confusion about...
by Michael Stocker | Mar 26, 2018 | Ceremony
David Lemon [from newsletter 11] For me, ceremony is all about prayer. The structure of the ceremony, and the sacrifices many ceremonies include, help me focus my prayer. They remind me why I’m here, and point me toward a good way to pray. It seems to me that...
by Michael Stocker | Mar 26, 2018 | Ceremony
Fred Wahpepah [from newsletter 11] There is nothing better than to be in ceremony. That’s when you feel you’re doing something right, and that feels good. You are closer to the Creator and you are carried away with Spirit embracing you. Whatever the...
by Michael Stocker | Mar 26, 2018 | Ceremony
Thank You for Being There! Jennifer Walls [from newsletter 11] Our Elders and Children can teach us so much about ceremony. If we make ourselves fully available we can sit with them, listen to them, and watch them as they are—playing, learning, helping, and creating...
by Michael Stocker | Mar 26, 2018 | Ceremony
Four Parts of Ceremony David Lemon [from newsletter 9] All the things I’ve read about traditional wisdom never made much difference in how I lived until I began to participate in ceremony. Ceremony gives me an intensified experience of where I am in the cycle of...
by Michael Stocker | Aug 16, 2017 | Ceremony
Michael Stocker In my family, my Father supplied the food and shelter and my Mother tended the home and prepared the food. The agreement they had regarding their family roles instilled in me the understanding that men are providers and women are nurturers. Due to my...
by Michael Stocker | Aug 16, 2017 | Ceremony
Which came first, our Red Road, or Life? I once read a Native American Spirituality book that spoke about the seven rites of passage; it spoke about Praying with The Chanupa, The Sweat Lodge, The Hambleche Vision Quest, and The Sundance. Why do we feel like we have...
by Michael Stocker | Aug 16, 2017 | Ceremony
The first time I met this old man I was bankrupt in every area of my life. But this is not about me, it is about probably the kindest old man I ever met, Martin High Bear – Ivan Hokshiela the Rock Boy. The old man was in Coos Bay, Oregon helping some folks out putting...
