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Teaching Cleansing |
There are all kinds of energy and dealing
with mostly negative or positive. When a person
goes throughout the day, they encounter many
kinds of energy from people they encounter.
Many times, people do not stop or think why they
started out having a good day and by the end of
the day, they feel sluggish, drained, and end up
carrying that type of energy home to their own
family. We teach the importance of cleansing,
how to cleanse and what it can do for us.
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Length of Session: 1hr. to 1 ½ hr.
session in sharing teachings. |
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Reason for Spiritual Communication |
To learn to begin our day with reverence.
Always give thanksgiving as well as asking for
guidance. We share the importance of
establishing this type of communication,
practice and however one chose to be spiritual
or religious, we honor all spiritual ways and
communication. A personal development.
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Length of Session: 1hr. to 4hr
session in sharing teachings. |
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Ceremonies |
There are many kinds of ceremonies for
various specific issues and healing. We teach
the importance of ceremonies and give various
examples of ceremonies to broaden understanding.
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Length of Session: 2hr. to 4hr
session in sharing teachings. |
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Re-Define our Cultural Values, Beliefs &
Traditions |
We define each topic through this
presentation to bring it down to earth and
culturally. Define our own values, beliefs, &
traditions in-group. Learning the differences
with respect to continue to grow, learn and
respect one another. As we learn to be
culturally diverse. By re-defining and realizing
the importance of practicing our own values,
beliefs and traditions in a healthier sense,
contributes to our being.
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Length of Training: Depends on size
of group, what the issues or concerns
are and how much time we have to go in depth to
cover each aspect. We can
conduct either ½ day, 1 day or 1 ½ day sessions
depending on need. |
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Historical Trauma of Native Indian
People |
This is a unique approach, because it shows
participates a native historical chart of
events, which are incorporated with the MRT
(moral recognition therapy) Freedom Ladder
approach. This unique approach is unlike any
other work done on the historical trauma of
native people. A refreshing view and
understanding of why healing for native people
goes much deeper than just alcohol/drug abuse,
it is our way of life and being.
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Length of Training: Depends on size of
group, what the issues or concerns
are and we can conduct either ½ day, 1 day, 1 ½
, or 2 day session or 2 ½ day session depending
on need. |
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Restoring Our Humanity
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Down to earth teachings, stemming from our
ancestors values, beliefs and traditions, which
we can keep alive within ourselves, our children
and grandchildren and with one another as
relatives and tribal people. Important review
on why it is important to restore our humanity.
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Length of Training: Depends on size of
group, what the issues or concerns
are and we can conduct either ½ day, 1 day, 1 ½
, or 2 day session or 2 ½ day
session depending on need. |
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Circles of Life
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Circles of Life
consist of numerous colorful circles, which
begin with the medicine wheel, which leads into
another circle of life. The circles take on
their own power and have an effect on those who
view them. The circles tell a story in the
process of our human development. They focus on
the heart, mind, body and spirit of our being.
Universal teachings are involved regarding our
human development process. The circles are
simple to follow and easy to understand they
have proven to be very effective among our
youth, elders, and adults of all age groups as
well as for professionals.
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Length of Training: Depends on size of
group, what the issues or concerns
are and we can conduct either ½ day, 1 day, 1 ½
, or 2 day session or 2 ½ day
session depending on need. |
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Circle of Ceremonies |
A large painting
of ceremonies displayed. Our young teen
consultant will share her circles of ceremonies
from birth to her present age. She will voice
how each of these ceremonies contributed to her
foundation, growth, and guidance of teachings to
where she is now in her walk of life. She will
end her presentation with a medicine lodge
prayer song as her blessing to the group. Skye
has been co- facilitating with Medicine Fox
since she was 8 years old.
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Length of Session: 2hr. to 4hr
session in sharing teachings. (Can negotiated
depending on interest or specific need with
Medicine Fox) |
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Painting of Ceremonial Healing from
Abusive Relationships |
Consultants’
personal life is reflected in her painting. The
painting reflects how our native ceremonies have
helped heal her heart, mind, body and spirit
through her own struggles with domestic
violence, and cheating from her companion, to
other related issues she had to contend with and
overcome in order to find her own healing and
strength.
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Length of Session: 1hr. to 2 hr.
session for group. |
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Learning from the Heart |
The consequences of disregarding one’s own
feelings or numbing out for so long are harder
to reach. Learning to come from the heart
through a spiritual approach.
There are several ways we can help work with an
individual or group.
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Length of Training: Depends on size of
group, what the issues or concerns are and we
can conduct either ½ day 1 day, 1 ½ , or 2 day
session or 2 ½ day
session depending on need. |
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Healing from Grief within the Workplace |
Learning
to deal with our own feelings and learning to let go and let
the Creator guide us to better things in life. Healing
from the workplace is essential to move forward, onward and not allow a situation to
rule our life. We learn to fail “upward” ~ meaning we learn to let go of tribal
politics and to learn not to give our power away to others. This session gives
those who participate the opportunity to channel out and learn from one
another with support.
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Length of Training: Depends on size of group,
what the issues or concerns are and we can
conduct either ½ day 1 day, 1 ½ , or 2 day
session or 2 ½ day session depending on need. |
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Our walk of Life as Mothers & Daughters |
A
mother’s point of view on Self-Respect, Self-Care, and
Character qualities of grooming your daughter/s are all
important aspects in order to teach at a young age, with
guidance in becoming a young lady. How the ceremonial ways,
compassionate ways, to living our cultural values are
instilled within us and our daughters, throughout eternity.
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Length of Session:
2hr. to 4 hr. depending how in-depth the group wants as a
session in sharing teachings. (Can be negotiated with Medicine
Fox) |
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Honoring our Daughters into Womanhood through
Ceremony |
As our daughters enter their
teen years, they develop into young ladies. Conducting a woman’s ceremony in honoring of our
daughter/s. Upon request Medicine Fox will conduct a woman’s ceremony.
This must be approached in A sacred manner of wanting this ceremony. For
further details you may contact Medicine Fox.
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Length of Training: Depends on size of group,
what the issues or concerns are and we can
conduct either ½ day 1 day, 1 ½ , or 2 day
session or 2 ½ day session depending on need. |
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Women’s
Sweat Lodge Ceremony |
Depending on specific issues; whether it be
abuse, neglect, domestic violence, to Addictions
or rehabilitation, or for those who are seeking
a spiritual path of wanting to learn cultural
spiritual ways. Medicine Fox believes in
empowering others through healing. The sweat
lodge is therapeutic, a safe place to release
deeper issues such as grief, shame issues,
abortion issues, sexual issues, domestic issues,
and neglect from parents or caregivers. It is a
place of healing and a safe environment.
Medicine Fox are helpers and guides through the
process. It is also important to educate those
who have never been in a sweat before, to
nurture them through understanding and given a
choice of whether they are ready to participate
or not which is respected.
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Length of Training:
Depends on size of group, what the issues or concerns are and we can conduct either ½ day 1 day, 1 ½ , or 2
day session or 2 ½ day session depending on need and type of
ceremony needed. |
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Native Story Telling |
Native Story telling regarding creation, the animals,
legends, and spirit helpers are all part of our culture with
teachings.
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Length of Session: 2hr. to 4 hr. depending how
in-depth the group wants as a session in sharing
teachings (Can be negotiated with Medicine Fox)
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Cradle Board & Birth of a child |
Story of how the Cradleboard came about and
demonstration of the cradleboard will be
displayed and modeled. Also should a group want
to learn how to make Cradleboards, the
instructor is willing to do a hand on training
session.
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Length of Training: Depends on size of group, we
can conduct either ½ day 1 day, 1 ½ , or 2 day
session or 2 ½ day session depending on need and
time needed to complete project. Or if you only
want to hear the story and demonstration, which
can be a 2 hr. session. |
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Healing Our Hearts |
Domestic Violence against native women. Medicine
Fox Consultants offers a Spiritual approach to
address issues related to domestic violence.
Group work and participation will be
incorporated. A healing ceremony for those who
Have been beaten down at heart, mind, body and
spirit.
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Length of Training: Depends on size of group,
what the issues or concerns Are, we can conduct
either ½ day 1 day, 1 ½, or 2 day session or 2 ½
day session depending on need and type of
ceremony needed. |
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Healing from the Negativity & Negative Messages |
Empowering others by recognizing when and how we give our
power away and allowing others to hurt us. Learning ways we
can heal our minds from the negativity.
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Length of Training: Depends on size of group,
what the issues or concerns Are, or interest, we
can conduct either ½ day 1 day, 1 ½, or 2 day
session or 2-½ day session depending on need and
type of ceremony needed. |
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Being Hard
on our own Self |
We
are our own worst enemy; therefore, we are the hardest on
our own self. Growing up, we were never taught to forgive
ourselves, though we may have been taught to forgive others.
In growing up, trust may not have been in our vocabulary, as
a result of this there are many of our relatives who don’t
trust, much less trust in a higher power. Medicine Fox
offers a variety of views on these subjects culturally
related as well as ways we can assist individuals through a
process of learning to heal, nurture ourselves and learn to
love our own soul.
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Length of Training: Depends on size of group,
what the issues or concerns Are, or interest, we
can conduct either ½ day 1 day, 1 ½, or 2 day
session or 2-½ day session depending on need and
type of ceremony needed. |
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Inter-Tribal
Prejudice |
Many tribal people have issues regarding inter-tribal
marriages, inter-tribal relationships, and other natives or
non-natives working for their tribe who are non-tribal
members. Sometimes joking and negative comments cause
hurtful feelings and barriers. Medicine Fox Consultants
will share universal teachings that apply to all tribal
people and non-tribal people. To bring awareness and break
down these prejudice issues and concerns by implementing a
Spiritual approach. We believe if people can learn to begin
to see beyond their own prejudice no matter what it may be,
we can then learn to see one another as spiritual beings,
more importantly learning to be true to our own spirit.
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Length of Training: Depends on size of group,
what the issues or concerns Are, or interest, we
can conduct either ½ day 1 day, 1 ½, or 2 day
session or 2-½ day session depending on need and
type of ceremony needed. |
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Coping with Death & Loss & Grief |
Many people have different traditions and ways of handling
death, loss and grief. Medicine Fox consultants respects
the ways of other tribes and traditions. What we
offer are the spiritual teachings; in honoring, respecting,
and remembering. Most of all we offer coping skills the
native way.
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Length of Training: Depends on size of group or
interest, we can conduct either ½ day 1 day, 1
½, or 2 day session or 2 ½ day session depending
on need and type of ceremony needed. Medicine
Fox can gear the training to specific interest
or need under this topic. |
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Paying attention to the Medicine
Signs in and around us |
These teaches were taught by our elders through
the medicine lodges and ceremonies. For us to
pay attention to creation, the animals, people,
the elements, and mother earth. Not only people
communicate with us; there is a higher level of
order, the grandfather and grandmothers, spirit
guides and helpers who also communicate daily in
their medicine ways and signs. Medicine Fox will
share how to pay attention and how
we acknowledge and recognize these teachings as
well as listening to our own spirit.
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Length of Training: 2hr or
4 hr. session. |
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Native Cultural Ways are becoming foreign to our
own Native People |
Many of our own tribal people have never paid
attention or taken the time to learn about their
own cultural ways, traditions, ceremonies,
spiritual and native beliefs and customs.
Therefore, they are unable to teach their own
children. Medicine Fox understands the
hardships, regrets, void, and the need to feel
connected, and for those who are willing to
learn, even at an older age we are willing to
share the teachings. Especially for the urban
areas, many native people have lost touch with
their own tribal teachings for years. Medicine
Fox can offer basic teachings as well as
beneficial ways that can help them continue to
learn, grow and practice these things in their
own lives.
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Length of Training Session.
4 hr. session, 1 Day or 1 ½ Day session. Medicine Fox
can gear the training to specific interest or need under
this topic and design a proposal and agenda to give those
interested what we can offer and do for your programs, tribe
and organizations. |
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Nurturing
our own Being |
The importance of self care is hard for those
who have come accustom to being a care taker of
others than meeting their own needs first. For
some of us, this is the hardest part is to
nurture ourselves. Medicine Fox will share home
techniques for self-care and practice nurturing
ones own being in a spiritual way.
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Length of Training Session. Depending on size of
group, 4 hr. session, 1 Day or 1 ½ Day session.
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Ways to Balance our Home Life and Work Life |
Understanding it’s not healthy to carry your
work problems to your family Through Medicine
Fox Consultants, we can offer clarity through
various ways and recognize the type of energy
that follows and the affects. As a
result; indirect anger is placed upon a spouse,
elderly parents, children or others when this
happens. Medicine Fox will address ways we can
learn to balance this and practice spiritual
ways of taking care of self and family.
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Length of Training: 2hr., 4hr., Full Day, 1 ½
Day. Depending on the interest and how much
nurturing is needed. |
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Healing
From Four Factors that Destroys Relationships |
Our grandfather once told us, “There are 4
things that people will never agree upon and
that is 1) Politics 2) Land 3) Greed and 4)
Religion.” “These 4 things drive people crazy,
they get mad, don’t speak to one another, and
everyone’s own ego is telling them they are
right and everyone else is wrong.” “It destroys
families, relationships and lost of respect for
one another.” “It is because of these things
that people cannot bring themselves to forgive,
forget, let it go and treasure what is more
important in life.” This session may become
intense and in-depth with issues, which is part
of the healing process. The goal is getting
beyond our situations and looking at spiritual
approaches in dealing with our situations.
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Length of Training: 1 ½ Day, 2 ½ or 3 Days.
Depending on the interest and how much nurturing
is needed. |
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Hostility within the Workplace is Not How we treat
one another |
Recovery and healing goes deep for Native
people, whether we realize it or not. It is
recovery from a way of life and being. Which
applies to all people because of the historical
trauma and disruption of a way of life that we
have become accustomed to today. We are still
hostile, negative, angry, hurt, and transfer
prejudice acts upon one another, cut down, or
strip one another of our humanity. It is crucial
for us to recognize, identify behaviors, and
work toward zero tolerance. Medicine Fox will
role play various scenarios that others can
relate to and share this important message for
us to heal our own hearts, mind and spirit.
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Length of Training:
4 hr. 1 day. 1 ½ day, 2 day, 2 ½ day sessions. Depending
upon the interest and we can cover to meet your needs.
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Good Character |
This session will leave
participates with the knowledge of knowing themselves. We
operate mostly from other people’s dysfunctional behaviors
such as; judgments, and influences, then we chose to take on
their issues and views. We become inferior and feed into
gossip about another, which causes hurt and harm. Medicine
Fox work will Role-play related incidents and reflect this
type of behavior and do group. Our goal is to offer good
character skills.
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Length of Training:
4 hr., 1 day or 1 ½ day training |
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Meeting
our Children’s Needs |
Spiritual Parenting is absolutely a necessary
part of teaching our children to stand in their
own strength and honoring their own being.
Empowering our own children. Do our actions
match our words? This is just one of the
importance components in sharing cultural
teachings with our children. As well as
including children in our healing ceremonies so
they know they fit into the circle and have a
place.
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Length of Training:
4 hr. 1 day, 1 ½, 2 day session. |
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Our Cultural Mind-Sets |
The mind sets we hold are always
influenced by the cultures we live in. Every culture or
group has its own mind sets, whether the group is a nation,
work team, school or family. Cultural mind sets are the
spoken and unspoken beliefs and assumptions held by specific
groups of people within a society. There are many stereo
type beliefs toward the native cultural as well.
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Length of Training: 4 hr. 1day
or 1- ½ day session. |
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Native Crisis Prevention through Ceremonies |
Medicine Fox will assist in
providing preventive measures through ceremonial ways to
address issues. Whether it be with the sweat lodge, or
other ceremonial ways we use to handle various unique
situations. Dealing with them appropriately services can be
geared toward specific needs and issues. Medicine Fox will
design a proposal toward a specific need or interest.
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Training Session:
1 day, 1 ½ day, 2 day or 3 day session |
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Caring for our Diabetes is Caring for Ourselves and
People |
This session will cover how we
have been taught to care for others more so than ourselves.
The difficulties we face are learning to take care of
ourselves. Native teachings and scenarios will be shared
through this process. Why native people can tolerate a high
level of sugar and still be walking around? We will share
how some of the medicine ways can help bring sugar down and
importance of maintaining our health and diabetes in
healthier ways.
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Length of Training:
2hr., 4hr., 1 day, or 1 ½ day Session or length of
training can be negotiated as necessary. |
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What is Relapse? |
In reality we relapse daily (20
times to 100 times) because of our thoughts and feelings
when we think negatively. It is our thoughts and feelings
basically about our self, life situation and whatever is
happening in our life. This training will cover the
misconceptions about relapse such as being a failure,
relapse is a part of recovery and rehabilitation we need to
learn to deal with. Another view is even though someone may
never take a drink, they relapse daily in their own thoughts
and feelings, this is part of the process of replase. Our
native approach toward addressing issues related to relapse
is culturally based.
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Length of Training:
2hr., 4hr., 1 day, or 1 ½ day Session or length of
training can be negotiated as necessary. |
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Pow Wow Gatherings &
Parents Responsibility of Children |
Many powwow celebrations, there are always
announcers asking parents to watch their
children. Children running around, getting lost,
hanging onto car bumpers, getting into mischief,
getting hurt or violated in some manner. In
motel settings, children are unattended, left in
the rooms, running up and down stairs, hallways
and breaking things. Parents and Caretakers have
responsibilities in parenting. Medicine Fox will
role-play to re-define our responsibilities and
reflect to the groups as well as address the
responsibilities and recommendations.
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Length of Training: 4
hr., 1 day or 1 ½ day training session. |
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Why Native People always do things in a Circle |
This session will cover various aspects to the
sacred circle. Identify various ways of how
things come together. Utilizing the Medicine
Wheel in the teaching process.
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Length of Training:
2hr, 4 hr., 1 day training session. |
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Women’s Retreat |
In this session, Medicine Fox provides nurturing
necessary for the heart, mind, body and spirit
of our well being. We offer the following;
therapeutic techniques, with Mother Earth and
grounding ourselves to her, we also provide
basic physical massages for the head, neck,
shoulders, hands and feet. Sharing teachings and
Spiritual teachings on self-care and nurturing.
Singing prayer songs with the drum and other
activities will be provided. Each participate
will also share in creating their own medicine
way to honor there own medicine bundle within.
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Training Session:
1 day, 1 ½ day, 2 day or 5 day retreat, depending on the
interest and group need. |
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How we fulfill the Spiritual Hunger & Emptiness
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This session is for those who are
just beginning or have chosen to walk a spiritual journey,
and for those who have a spiritual appetite, who feel
emptiness or void inside of themselves. Medicine Fox will
help those reach an understanding of how to go about
fulfilling that void, and assist in addressing these issues
and Spiritual ways.
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Training Session: 1 day, 1 ½ day, 2 day or 5 day
retreat, depending on the interest and group
need. |
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Grandma’s
of Mandaree Skit |
Medicine Fox Consultants dress up as old
grandma’s with moccasins, long dresses, wearing
scarves and shawls and the works! We utilize
humor as healing and all in fun! This skit can
be geared toward any theme, or topic such as
diabetes, wellness, behaviors, etc…and design a
skit to meet your interest. A unique approach of
including the grandma’s who always tell it like
it is and not afraid to be who they are!
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Length of Session: Due to wearing old lady
masks, we keep this skit to at least 15 to 30
minutes. |
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Women
Camp Outs Retreats with Cultural Activities
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Medicine Fox Consultants can
design a Retreat for women who are workers, professionals,
mothers and grandmothers. Taking time out for self and
enjoy the benefits of personal nurturing, sweat lodge, and
laughter. Story telling and sharing our experiences as
women, mothers and warriors.
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Length of Session: 1 day, 2 day
or 3 day event. |
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Who
moved my Commodity Cheese? |
Based on the book “Who moved my
Cheese” by Dr. Spencer Johnson,MD Medicine Fox Consultants
gives a native version using Commodity Cheese on “choices”
and our perceptions of how we can excel or limit our own
selves. This can be geared toward a presentation on the
topic or we can do a short Grandma Skit on the topic.
Depending on the interest, idea or need.
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Presentation Session 2 hr. or 4
hr. session or Skit 30 minutes. |
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Sphere of
Conflicts |
There are several sphere of conflicts that go on
within the workplace. To give you an idea of
what we will address within this training ~
· Data Conflict (lack of information,
misinformation, different interpretations)
· Relationship Conflict (misperception or stereotyping, poor or
miscommunication, repetitive negative behavior,
political appointees)
· Value Conflict (Differing ways of life, belief systems that clash,
differences with goals)
· Internal Conflict (where a person stands at times of challenge and
controversy, recognize how we may bring our own
personal conflicts within the work place)
· Inner Office Conflict (which goes on within
departments, gossip, judgments, criticizing,
disunity and no teamwork)
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Length of session: ½ day training
to 1 day training or 2 day training. Depending on what an
organization would like us to do and with more time we can
provide more in-depth training and understanding. |
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Healing from Grief the Native Way |
We use our native Spiritual ways to touch on
grief. Listening is a Spiritual courtesy to
others, once we understand the depth of grief,
what issues participates are struggling with,
then we can gear our spiritual approach to
helping and assisting in dealing with grief.
Utilizing a lot of heart and compassion through
the process and therapeutic ceremonies to assist
in the process. Wiping of the tears ceremony
will be utilized in the process. Water of life
will be explained and used in the process.
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Length of Training: Depends on size of group,
what the issues or concerns are and we can
conduct either ½ day 1 day, 1 ½ , or 2 day
session or 2 ½ day session depending on need
and type of ceremony needed. |
