Sacred Wisdom Circles

Sacred Wisdom Circle will assist individuals to:

• Honor all Ceremonies & Circles as Sacred Time and Space.
• Create a Safe Learning Environment for Self-Discovery.
• Instill: Great Spirit’s Values of Compassion & Truth; the Wisdom of the Ancestors; the Needs of Those yet Born.
• Empower Individuals to Remember & Embrace Their Authentic Self.
• Improve Economic Standing in the World by “Co-Creation”.
• Express Gratitude and Heartfelt Appreciation for the Blessings and Teachings of Life.
• Make Room for Silence to enter.
• Listen from the Heart, and Serve as a Compassionate Witness for others in the Circle.
• Learn the Power of Intention.
• Recognize the Incredible Beauty & Oneness in All Things.

Participants in these Circles learn to honor the Earth and its inhabitants with its intricate ecology, of which humans are an integral part.  ONAC’s desire is for each individual to effectively leave the workshop with a personal intention and Healing plan that grounds the individuals to a commitment to a new way of life.

Anyone can join ONAC and all members of ONAC are welcome to participate in any of our ceremonies.

Sacred Wisdom Circle is specifically for those who want an immersive transformational healing experience as well as those who are following the calling to become medicine people.

CLICK HERE to find out when and where our next Sacred Wisdom Circle ceremony will be held and to secure your spot as we can only accept 24 participants each month.

For those wishing to learn more about our distance learning program, learn more about THE THIRTEENTH MOON.

In order to assure you don’t miss any of our upcoming programs, please subscribe to our newsletter here (The SWCI newsletter is separate from the ONAC newsletter).

Sacred Wisdom Ceremonies are unlike other Teachings because they anchor healing into all six senses, including:

• Physical cleansing
• Emotional clearing
• Spiritual fortitude
• Mental clarity
• Social bonding
• Intuitive knowing
• Ceremony is held in the Tipi & Sacred Natural Space

Every Ceremony:

• Daily Sacrament (Tipi) Ceremony – including sacred medicine sacrament.
• Daily Inipi (Sweat Lodge) Ceremony – including drumming, traditional songs and water & fire teachings.
• Daily Chanunpa (Sacred Pipe) Ceremony – including blessing ceremony and four directions.
• Breath-work/ Meditation, Movement and Body-work – including grounding, centering, sound & vibration.
• Sacred Talking Circle
• Other Teachings – including journaling, intentions,  power animal, earth-based knowledge (including teachings of the directions (will be covered more specifically each season)), masks, storytelling, communal songs and dance, understanding projection/reflection, Akashic Records, etc.        *Note that some seasonal ceremonies may overlap as needed.

Other Ceremonies and Teachings will occur seasonally with specific Ceremonies and Teachings occurring in the Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall.

What are Akashic Records you ask? Listen for a description.

Ceremonies of the North :

• Staff of Power, shield, bundles
• Blessing sacred objects
• Claiming personal story
• Potlach Ceremony

Ceremonies of the East :

• Hanbleceya (Vision Quest) Ceremony – including prayer ties, spirit guide and centering.
• Fire-walk, bonding fire & fire-keeping
• Seeds, soil and plant-keeping

Ceremonies of the South:

• Creating a Hollow Bone within ourselves (similar to eagle bone whistle used in Sun Dance Ceremony).
• Honing Chakras
• Sacred Site
• Commune with nature

Ceremonies of the West:

•  Harvesting
• Medicine Wheel
• Transformation & changing patterns
• Releasing old dysfunctional beliefs  
• Death
• Moon Ceremony
• Dream Spirit & Spirit Animal

The Sacred Wisdom Circle setting with its structure and symbolism focused on sacred circles, councils, and communion, is conducive to simple edification and elicits participant cooperation.  Self-examination and self-refection are encouraged via the ceremonies and experiences taught on-site and coupled with the elder knowledge will provide the skills necessary for true transformation. These skills are powerful gifts and support each individual, allowing you to look inward for the answers which are fundamental to a balanced and harmonious life.

As Human Beings we yearn for a safe place, both within and outside of ourselves that is authentic, trusting, caring, and open to change/exchange. We at ONAC want to continue and strengthen the way of our Holy and wise Medicine Elders. We want to create a hollow bone (symbolic representation of the eagle bone whistle) for the Higher Powers to work in and through us. We believe that we worship the same God whether we sit on a pew in a chapel or synagogue or on a mountain top.  In the wilderness or in sacred circle we have nothing that distracts us from our connection with Wakan-Tanka (creator). As humans, we want to take measure of our lives, to magnify our minds and natural talents, and to pray into manifested being our mission/purpose in life.

We are all searching for a way of life that empowers us through wisdom, compassion and grace:

• By wisdom we mean deep insight into the interdependence of all phenomena, into the ways in which we are all connected, and with an understanding of how the strength, talents, and life mission of each of us individually is vital to the whole.
• By compassion we mean the deep feeling that comes when we recognize our soul’s reflection in another person, by owning the projection when we witness the other person’s pain or joy and it becomes my own.
• By grace we mean having an open heart and open mind with a direct connection (being a hollow bone – similar to a Sun Dance eagle bone whistle) and being receptive and thankful for the teachings from the Universal Wakan Tanka

Human beings want and need many of the same basic things in order to survive and thrive:

• We need to meet our physical and financial (resource) needs so that we feel physically and mentally safe, healthy, loved, energetic and complete.
• We need to feel as if we belong and that we have thriving, loving, and healthy relationships which allow us to enjoy life with all our relations (human and non-human).
• We need to know that we are “making a contribution” and living our purpose every day so that we feel we have worth and are part of something bigger than ourselves.

Through ancient and sacred Ceremonies/Teachings participants learn techniques for stress reduction, empathy for self and others, goal setting, and economic life skills.  You will, with guidance, set your own intention and establish your own individual life vision/plan, including career development, by utilizing a full battery of interest/talent identification tools.  ONAC looks at and takes on the whole person.  The ceremonies used are transformational and experiential as opposed to strictly didactic.  The Participant gains on all levels of existence.

Sacred Wisdom Circle is designed to free people from labels that may trap them in a false identity, calling for shifts in consciousness and action. Sacred Wisdom Circle empowers individuals to be responsible and take accountability, thus laying the foundation for emergence of a newly revived planetary consciousness.

Human beings want to live a life full of joyful abundance (aside from physical resources) , yet despite our best intentions and desires, many of us feel (or have felt) limited, stuck and struggling in many of these aspects of our lives. We have seen that many people today feel incomplete and unhappy in one or more of these aspects of their live. Whether feeling unhappy in their relationships, frustrated and unsatisfied at their jobs, or struggling financially, many today are not living the life they want.

If you are ready to escape from any of the constraints that have been holding you back, this Sacred Wisdom Circle has been designed to put you on the Red Road toward Wisdom, Compassion and Grace that is required to live a life filled with Joy, Success and Gratitude.

Many don’t realize that calling an American Indian “Brave”, “Chief”, “Squaw” or “Maiden” is highly disrespectful. That being said, seeing ourselves as a brave warrior (Brave) or warrioress (Maiden) is essential to overcoming dis-beliefs and negative or dysfunctional beliefs which are roadblocks to our health & happiness, and prevent us from finding fulfillment and abundance in our lives. Overcoming these roadblocks sounds similar to this:

• I am enough
• I am lovable
• I can attain it
• I deserve it
• I am worthy
• I am adaptable
• I see the reward beyond the risk
• I take care of my body
• I can do it
• I do more than I have done before
• I motivate myself
• I welcome a challenge
• I face my fears and move past them

These false beliefs contribute to the standard that you live by. They limit all of life’s outcomes. Left unchallenged, your limited belief system will produce shame, guilt, depression, fear, anger, frustration, chronic health issues, and a lack of everything you desire.

The only hope for achieving your dreams is to “retrain” your mind, heart and spirit. We must learn to have our minds work for us rather than against us in order to live the life we want.

As well as Sacred Wisdom Circle Teachings, SWCI facilitates Weekend healing events, including a single night of plant Medicine ceremony, a weekend of ceremonies or multiple day workshop-style healing events. These events can include:

• Any Sacred Plant Medicine Ceremony • Sweat Lodge and Firewalk
• Healing processes and teachings

• Mentoring & counseling