Category Archives: Culture

Birth as Ceremony

July 2, 2023Culture, Healing, Indigenous Sciencebaby, birth, ceremony, indigenous, mother, sacredValerie Ringland

Blog by Valerie, following recent presentations with breastfeeding and pregnancy groups

We do ceremonies at important moments in our lives, such as weddings, graduations, and funerals. Ceremonies support us to …

What is Indigenous spirituality?

November 24, 2022Culture, Indigenous Science, Relationshipsanimism, attachment, ceremony, culture, earth, identity, indigenous, land, relationships, spiritualValerie Ringland

Blog by Valerie

A friend brought this question to me, and I thought it a good one to take on. For some, being ‘spiritual’ is like the U.S. Supreme Court …

Initiation

August 17, 2022Culture, Healing, Indigenous Science, Spiritual Skillsceremony, cosmology, indigenous, initiation, myth, rite of passage, ritual, sacred, spiritual, story, tradition, transition, traumaValerie Ringland

Blog by Valerie – hope you enjoy another book chapter!

Initiations are rites of passage ceremonies marking existential life transitions. An important one across Indigenous and Western cultures is the …

Identity politics

November 22, 2021Culture, Decolonising, Indigenous Scienceancestral healing, culture, exercise, healing, identity, Indigenous Science, politics, relationships, traumaValerie Ringland

At the heart of the Earth Ethos Indigenous Science Dialogues earlier this year was the issue of identity politics. dialogues.5.2021-1 The dialogue of that name was with my friend Shannon Field…

The power of communal dreaming

October 11, 2021Culture, Decolonisingcollective, culture, philosophy, society, space/timeValerie Ringland

Blog by Lukas

Valerie recently asked me why space exploration so captivated me as a child and still evokes strong emotion for me today. I’ve realised it’s got something to …

Befriending our fear

July 17, 2021Culture, Decolonising, Spiritual Skills, ValuesEarth Ethos, fear, healingValerie Ringland

Blog by Valerie

“You can never conquer fear, it’s always going to be there…Walking in beauty involves encountering fears, physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually, and getting beyond them, so we

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Lived Experience Knowledge

April 26, 2021Culture, Decolonising, Healing, Indigenous Scienceancestral healing, Earth Ethos, healing, journey, lived experience, medicine wheelValerie Ringland

Blog by Valerie

There is immense power in embodying healing through lived experience. As I work in facilitating & healing spaces, I feel it is important to be open about …

Central Myths

March 5, 2021Culture, Healing, Spiritual Skillsculture, healing, myth, traumaValerie Ringland

Blog by Valerie

The human mind is a story-creating meaning-making machine, and as we get to know our minds better, we uncover beliefs, values, and stories underlying our thoughts and …

Jews’ Indigenous Roots

January 5, 2021Culture, Decolonising, Healingarchetype, bible, goddess, indigenous, Indigenous Science, medicine wheel, myth, nature, spiritual, survivalValerie Ringland

Blog by Valerie

Lately I have been working to ground some of my Jewish wounds through relating biblical stories to Indigenous cultural stories of that part of the world; my …

Cry of the White fella

December 13, 2020Culture, Decolonising, Healing, Spiritual SkillsEarth Ethos, healing, indigenous, whitenessValerie Ringland

A poem by Lukas

Our position of dominance hides our shame and pain.

I see those white fellas who show up with their engrained sense of superiority manifesting as ignorance, …