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Tim has presented workshops at Spiritual Directors International on the inipi ceremony as a means to understanding the Native cosmology and understanding of healing, purification, and community. He has presented many lectures on various aspects of Native spirituality.
Spiritual direction is not psychotherapy, and Tim is not a licensed mental health professional. It is an ancient healing method, and means for spiritual growth and development.
For more information about spiritual direction in general, go to www.sdi.org, and for native spirituality go www.nativeauthors.com.For information about native art and wisdom, go to www.firstpeople.us. The latter is a child friendly site about American and Canadian First Nations peoples.
Canku Wakan (pronounced Chonku wah-kahn) means “Sacred Road” in the Lakota language. Canku Wakan spiritual direction is a means for individuals from any walk of life to grow spiritually using understandings drawn from the Native American tradition. Canku Wakan spiritual direction is usually conducted in the office setting. The initial visit helps travelers clarify their starting point and their intended destination. As the traveler’s journey progresses, between-session experiences, song, and other means of walking the Sacred Road will help illuminate the travelers path, and enrich the spiritual journey.
Spiritual direction is provided on a fee-for-service basis. Fees range from $70 to $90 an hour, on a sliding scale basis. In keeping with the Old Way, there is no charge for traditional Native ceremonies which may be part of the journey for some travelers as they progress down their road.
For videos which Tim has selected as being authentic and respectful of Native spirituality and traditions, go to our "cedarfjord" channel on YouTube and click on "playlists, below."
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Spiritual direction is an ancient tradition made new in recent times. It is practiced across many religious traditions. For more information about spiritual direction in general, go to Spiritual Directors International, at www.sdi.org.
Many who are seeking pathways outside organized religion have found in Native spirituality a direct path to the experience of Creator in everyday life. Spiritual direction can help deepen and grow that experience, as informed by the traditional Native practice. This daily experience of the divine may be glimpsed in the Native expression, “In a sacred manner I live.”
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