EDUCATION AND SEMINARY
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Individual Classes, Courses, and Training Programs for Believers, Healers, and Practitioners of the Sahaptan Healing Way.
Our Medicine Wheel Instructors are currently: *Scroll down for the official Syllabus.
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Medicine Wheel Courses
Whether it is in nutrition, herbology, professional practice, or even as a general enthusiast of healthy lifestyles or indigenous spirituality, the devotee of the Sahaptan Healing Way utilizes a distinctly unique Medicine Wheel system to guide and enhance their intrinsic critical decision making skills and abilities, reinforcing and strengthening their ability to address and solve every-day spiritual and health problems.
Through ritual use of, and regular meditation on the sacred principles within each point of the Sahaptan Medicine Wheel, we Nemenhah train our minds and bodies to see and recognize the sacred patterns of the natural world both around and within us all. When a sufferer comes to us with their physical or spiritual health related concerns, we help them construct the Medicine Wheel pertaining to their individual situation, illuminating point by point where there may be strengths, weaknesses, and sometimes even complete breaks within the sacred patterns with which the individual lives his or her life that may be the cause of, or impeding recovery from, suffering both emotionally and physically. This sacred cultural orientation, known formally as the New Uniform Curriculum for Nemenhah Ministry (Nu-UCNM), is obligatory for all individuals seeking Spiritual Adoption into the Nemenhah and any associated bona-fide Nemenhah Ministry within the Sacred Order of Lehb (Nemenhah Church).
Yuhwihkihn (Shamanic “Way-Walker”) Medicine
To the Sahaptan practitioner, the “soul” is incorruptible and eternal, but the mind not so much. We believe the mind, with all its myriad emotions, is a phenomenal construct comprised of both the intrinsically spiritual divine aspects with which we have all been endowed by the Creators as well as the very physical neurological structure and function of the brain and its chemical processes. Pull all these elements together and we have cognition and personality in all its wondrous diversity. The Sahaptan practitioner studies the divine aspects of the human mind as explored within the Sahaptan Medicine Wheel, with special emphasis on addressing those areas of one’s behavior that may impede effective critical decision making or obstruct the sufferer’s ability to solve everyday problems. Through the study of these sacred principles, and much meditation, the Sahaptan practitioner reminds him/herself daily of the nature and wonder of his/her “true self.”
Essential to the deeper wisdom and ancient practices of the Nemenhah, is the belief that wisdom and the spiritual guidance of all those who came before us transcends both time and space, accessible to the shamanic practitioner through access to what our Ancestors referred to as “the Way.” We believe The Way is a special place provided for us by the Creators that is not only set apart from the natural passage of time within creation itself but is set at the crossroads wherein all space and time intersect. We believe that such a place is accessible by the shamanic practice of Yuhwihkihn (“Way-Walking”), which utilizes the sacred faculties of the body and the mind, working together in tandem, to light the spark of Wyaykihn (revelation, deep insight) and ultimately open the gates to that deeper connection with his/her Ancestors. It is upon this sacred spiritual plane, The Way, that the Pehli may commune with and share in the experiences of his or her kindred dead, whose unique insights, personal experiences, and individual perspectives on life’s challenges both clarify and assist today’s Sahaptan practitioner.
Through a series of ritual meditations conjoined with physical exercises designed to induce a fully conscious state of deep muscle relaxation, we walk the sacred path laid out by the Medicine Wheel, thereby acquiring the mental discipline and sacred language by which the Pehli navigates the shamanic path of the Ancients and walks upon The Way.
SYLLABUS
Center – Sky Father
Yuhwihkihn (Shamanic, “Way-Walker”) Medicine
Center – Earth Mother
Yuhwihkihn (Shamanic, “Way-Walker”) Medicine
Center – Sacred Self
Yuhwihkihn (Shamanic, “Way-Walker”) Medicine
West Point – Seeks Council
Yuhwihkihn (Shamanic, “Way-Walker”) Medicine
North Point – Seeks Spirit
Yuhwihkihn (Shamanic, “Way-Walker”) Medicine
East Point – Sees Far
Yuhwihkihn (Shamanic, “Way-Walker”) Medicine
South Point – Looks Within
Yuhwihkihn (Shamanic, “Way-Walker”) Medicine
The Hoop – All Relations!
Yuhwihkihn (Shamanic, “Way-Walker”) Medicine
Seminary Awards:
Technological Requirements:
Skype, Zoom, or Google Meetings Video Call capability, including stable internet connection, web-capable camera, web-capable microphone. Upon completing your purchase of a Medicine Wheel Training Session, you will be contacted by your Pehli for session scheduling.
Information:
Access to Skype, Zoom, or Telephone is required for remote classes. Once placed, your order of any of the Medicine Wheel training sessions listed above is refundable within 48 hours - completed transactions are non-refundable after 48 hours (email [email protected] to request a refund.) Upon completion of your order, you will be contacted within 24 hours by a Pehli Mentor to schedule your first class.
Whether it is in nutrition, herbology, professional practice, or even as a general enthusiast of healthy lifestyles or indigenous spirituality, the devotee of the Sahaptan Healing Way utilizes a distinctly unique Medicine Wheel system to guide and enhance their intrinsic critical decision making skills and abilities, reinforcing and strengthening their ability to address and solve every-day spiritual and health problems.
Through ritual use of, and regular meditation on the sacred principles within each point of the Sahaptan Medicine Wheel, we Nemenhah train our minds and bodies to see and recognize the sacred patterns of the natural world both around and within us all. When a sufferer comes to us with their physical or spiritual health related concerns, we help them construct the Medicine Wheel pertaining to their individual situation, illuminating point by point where there may be strengths, weaknesses, and sometimes even complete breaks within the sacred patterns with which the individual lives his or her life that may be the cause of, or impeding recovery from, suffering both emotionally and physically. This sacred cultural orientation, known formally as the New Uniform Curriculum for Nemenhah Ministry (Nu-UCNM), is obligatory for all individuals seeking Spiritual Adoption into the Nemenhah and any associated bona-fide Nemenhah Ministry within the Sacred Order of Lehb (Nemenhah Church).
Yuhwihkihn (Shamanic “Way-Walker”) Medicine
To the Sahaptan practitioner, the “soul” is incorruptible and eternal, but the mind not so much. We believe the mind, with all its myriad emotions, is a phenomenal construct comprised of both the intrinsically spiritual divine aspects with which we have all been endowed by the Creators as well as the very physical neurological structure and function of the brain and its chemical processes. Pull all these elements together and we have cognition and personality in all its wondrous diversity. The Sahaptan practitioner studies the divine aspects of the human mind as explored within the Sahaptan Medicine Wheel, with special emphasis on addressing those areas of one’s behavior that may impede effective critical decision making or obstruct the sufferer’s ability to solve everyday problems. Through the study of these sacred principles, and much meditation, the Sahaptan practitioner reminds him/herself daily of the nature and wonder of his/her “true self.”
Essential to the deeper wisdom and ancient practices of the Nemenhah, is the belief that wisdom and the spiritual guidance of all those who came before us transcends both time and space, accessible to the shamanic practitioner through access to what our Ancestors referred to as “the Way.” We believe The Way is a special place provided for us by the Creators that is not only set apart from the natural passage of time within creation itself but is set at the crossroads wherein all space and time intersect. We believe that such a place is accessible by the shamanic practice of Yuhwihkihn (“Way-Walking”), which utilizes the sacred faculties of the body and the mind, working together in tandem, to light the spark of Wyaykihn (revelation, deep insight) and ultimately open the gates to that deeper connection with his/her Ancestors. It is upon this sacred spiritual plane, The Way, that the Pehli may commune with and share in the experiences of his or her kindred dead, whose unique insights, personal experiences, and individual perspectives on life’s challenges both clarify and assist today’s Sahaptan practitioner.
Through a series of ritual meditations conjoined with physical exercises designed to induce a fully conscious state of deep muscle relaxation, we walk the sacred path laid out by the Medicine Wheel, thereby acquiring the mental discipline and sacred language by which the Pehli navigates the shamanic path of the Ancients and walks upon The Way.
SYLLABUS
Center – Sky Father
Yuhwihkihn (Shamanic, “Way-Walker”) Medicine
- Tsi-Aylohway (Sky Father): Divine Aspects – Provision and Gathering of Materials/Resources, Defense of Self, and Protection/Defense of Loved Ones.
- Physical Exercise: Deep Muscle Relaxation.
- Spiritual Exercise: exploration of the Sensation of Tension and Relaxation through visualization and guided meditation.
Center – Earth Mother
Yuhwihkihn (Shamanic, “Way-Walker”) Medicine
- Pah-Aylohway (Earth Mother): Divine Aspects – Managing use of Materials/Resources, Nurturing/Compassionate Traits, and Care for Family and Community.
- Physical Exercise: Deep Muscle Relaxation.
- Spiritual Exercise: Awakening and Expanding the “Tsi” (Lifeforce, Energy of Creation) within Oneself through visualization and guided meditation.
Center – Sacred Self
Yuhwihkihn (Shamanic, “Way-Walker”) Medicine
- Ayahtsuhway Sahnhehmpeht (Sacred Ego/Self, the “Peacemaker”): Divine Aspects - True Self, Core Motivation, and Self-Actualization.
- Physical Exercise: Deep Muscle Relaxation.
- Spiritual Exercise: Awakening and Expanding the “Tsi” (Lifeforce, Energy of Creation) beyond Oneself through visualization and guided meditation.
West Point – Seeks Council
Yuhwihkihn (Shamanic, “Way-Walker”) Medicine
- Ohuhgohuh: Divine Aspects – Student, Scholar, Gatherer of Wisdom, Knowledge, and Logic. The Pillar of Knowledge.
- Cultural Study: The Legend of Mohr-Hohnahyah.
- Physical Exercise: Deep Muscle Relaxation.
- Spiritual Exercise: exploration of objective structure and space through visualization and guided meditation.
North Point – Seeks Spirit
Yuhwihkihn (Shamanic, “Way-Walker”) Medicine
- Nehmehnhah Haymehnay: Divine Aspects – Guide, Teacher, Mentor, Healer, Heavenly Beings (benevolent Spirits). The Pillar of Sacrifice.
- Cultural Study: Haymehnay and His/Their Spiritual Significance to the Nemenhah.
- Physical Exercise: Deep Muscle Relaxation.
- Spiritual Exercise: exploration of function, design, and interrelations through visualization and guided meditation.
East Point – Sees Far
Yuhwihkihn (Shamanic, “Way-Walker”) Medicine
- Maynihtstaynah: Divine Aspects – Essential Virtue, Action, Spiritual Gifts, and the fundamental establishment of personal and professional Ethics. The Pillar of Virtue.
- Cultural Study: A sharing of the Mentor’s personal experiences with the practical application of Yuhwihkihn in problem solving and critical decision making.
- Physical Exercise: Deep Muscle Relaxation.
- Spiritual Exercise: exploration of movement through space, task-oriented activity, and spiritual gifts and abilities through visualization and guided meditation.
South Point – Looks Within
Yuhwihkihn (Shamanic, “Way-Walker”) Medicine
- Sohlihtstaynah: Divine Aspects – Introspection, Self-Awareness, Evaluation, Assessment. The Pillar of Consecration.
- Physical Exercise: Deep Muscle Relaxation.
- Spiritual Exercise: exploration and evaluation of one’s journey thus far upon the Path of the Pehli through visualization and guided meditation.
The Hoop – All Relations!
Yuhwihkihn (Shamanic, “Way-Walker”) Medicine
- Oh! Wahtahkwayahsay: Divine Aspects – Community, Interrelations, and Interconnections between all things past, present, and future.
- Physical Exercise: Deep Muscle Relaxation.
- Spiritual Exercise: instruction regarding a dedicated, unguided meditation and prayerful journey upon The Way to seek the “face(s)” of the divine spiritual forces and/or person(s) who continue to influence one’s sacred path through life.
Seminary Awards:
- Certificate of Completion: Nemenhah Medicine Wheel Spirituality.
Technological Requirements:
Skype, Zoom, or Google Meetings Video Call capability, including stable internet connection, web-capable camera, web-capable microphone. Upon completing your purchase of a Medicine Wheel Training Session, you will be contacted by your Pehli for session scheduling.
Information:
Access to Skype, Zoom, or Telephone is required for remote classes. Once placed, your order of any of the Medicine Wheel training sessions listed above is refundable within 48 hours - completed transactions are non-refundable after 48 hours (email [email protected] to request a refund.) Upon completion of your order, you will be contacted within 24 hours by a Pehli Mentor to schedule your first class.
