Category Archives: Spiritual Skills

Reindigenise now

July 8, 2026Decolonising, Healing, Indigenous Science, Spiritual Skillsallyship, ancestral healing, belonging, cosmology, decolonising, earth, Earth Ethos, first nations, grounding, healing, identity, indigenous, intergenerational trauma, reciprocity, reindigenise, second nations, shame, sovereignty, traumaValerie Ringland

Blog by Valerie

Whether you’re a First Nations migrant who became Second Nations in a new land like me, or have deeper colonial roots with settler ancestors who stole land …

Graceful Leadership

January 10, 2026Culture, decolonising, Spiritual Skills, valueschaos, culture, darkness, exercise, grace, leadership, philosophy, power, shadow, truth, WetikoValerie Ringland

Blog by Lukas

There are many different ways to reflect upon the tumult of world right now. Indeed, the very sense that things are particularly tumultuous is in some ways …

Honouring our Rage

August 10, 2025decolonising, healing, Indigenous science, Relationships, Spiritual Skills, valuesanger, death, decay, emotion, flow, hate, hatred, healing, identity, indigenous, love, mental-health, passion, power, rage, rebirth, relationships, responsibility, spirit, spiritualityValerie Ringland

Blog by Valerie

Rage matters. It’s a passionate, spirited emotion. Spirit keeps our inner fires burning and helps us feel alive. We need healthy spirits! I remember spiritual teacher Tom

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New Dialogue & Vlog Update

January 24, 2025decolonising, healing, Indigenous science, Relationships, Spiritual Skills, valuesancestral healing, cosmology, culture, dialogue, elders, healing, identity, indigenous, philosophy, relationships, spirituality, vlogValerie Ringland

If you value this content, please engage in reciprocity by living, sharing and giving.…

Transitions

January 11, 2025Culture, Decolonising, Healing, Relationships, Spiritual Skills, valueschange, culture, cycles, exercise, habit, identity, pattern, personal-development, personal-growth, relationships, transitionValerie Ringland

Blog by Valerie

Years ago when I was practicing restorative justice/discipline in schools, what consistently came up as the toughest aspect of change were periods of transition. Teachers said, when …

Material Wealth

December 2, 2024Culture, Decolonising, healing, Indigenous Science, Spiritual Skills, valuesbelief, books, Earth Ethos, existential wounds, gratitude, identity, jewish, judgment, life, materialism, mental-health, money, relationships, wealth, Wetiko, worldview, writingValerie Ringland

La antigua Biblos: El bibliomotocarro de Antonio La Cava Blog by Valerie

When I was growing up, I watched my father hoard food, books, even household cleaning items. I remember the pain I felt when he told me the …

Navigating Existential Judgment

January 15, 2024Decolonising, Healing, Indigenous Science, Spiritual Skills, Valuesancestral healing, conflict, cosmology, Earth Ethos, exercise, existential wounds, healing, identity, indigenous, judgement, judgment, mental-health, peace, philosophy, rejection, spirituality, trauma, warValerie Ringland

Blog by Valerie

Lately some protracted conflicts have come to the surface in my life at a macro level in the world, and at a micro level in my daily …

Unconscious Sorcery

January 14, 2023Healing, Indigenous Science, Spiritual Skillscurse, healing, identity, shamanism, sorcery, spiritual, WetikoValerie Ringland

Blog by Valerie

Often the term ‘sorcery’ is used negatively, but any manifestation of a spirited, emotive thought or prayer can be considered sorcery. As Shaman Chiron Armand says:

“[T]he …

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 …

Forgiveness

April 6, 2022Healing, Relationships, Spiritual Skills, Valuesacceptance, culture, exercise, forgiveness, healing, indigenous, relationshipsValerie Ringland

Here is another chapter from the book I am writing. I hope you enjoy! Blog by Valerie

Ho'oponopono Blog en Español de Mabel Katz Archives ... Some years ago while working with practicing Jews and Christians, I realised the …