PATH OF THE ANCESTORS
I follow the Medicine Wheel teachings and Traditional Indigenous ways as taught to me by Indigenous Dreamers: Lisa Foss Tardiff (Okwaho Lablanc) and Gerard Peyrot (Natza). *To see their webpage click on here > idreamer.ca
The term MEDICINE WHEEL was coined by Early Europeans who saw our Indigenous Ancestors building Circles of Stones. I have reverted to the original name "SACRED CIRCLES" of life to honour the original term.
The SACRED CIRCLE is very much a part of everything I do and I am always still learning. I use Dreaming, Living Experiences and Stories to teach and learn. I share the Ancient teachings of the Wheel that were once thought lost. These teachings are adaptable to any time period, geographical location, any culture or race. It is not a religion, it is a way of life, a philosophy. Our Ancestors believed that the Wheel was given to us by the Star People.
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My Story
I was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta and have lived in Red Deer, Alberta; Vancouver, Victoria and Nelson, British Columbia; as well as Montreal, Quebec - going where Spirit led me for my growth and learning. I have been a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother and care-giver to my parents, an artist, a therapist, a teacher and a Natural Health Consultant. And most of all, I strive to be a Follower of the Dreaming and Sacred Circle ways.
Even as a child I was connected with Nature and Spirit. I experienced the presence of my Spirit Guide and the Dreaming from a young age. But something huge was missing in my life, until I found my Traditional Indigenous Teachers, who are Dreamers. Then my life began to make sense and I joined their Shamanic Community.
In the Western world, I have a Masters in Fine Arts at Concordia University, Montreal. I trained at the Institute for Natural Health Consultants, also in Montreal, and did a post-graduate degree at the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute in Nelson, BC. But my real studies began when I stepped onto the Red Road and found my Path and Purpose in life. Since then I have been teaching and learning the traditional Sacred Circle ways.
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Things I've done...
- Workshops and ongoing Medicine Wheel Circles, Drumnming and Dreaming Circles, House and Land Blessings as well as Moonlodges (for women) across Canada and the U.S.
- Medicine Wheel workshops at the Winnipeg National Mental Health Conference for three years in a row.
- I volunteered in elementary schools, drumming and Indigenous storytelling with the children
- I was a Native Fancy Dancer
- I volunteered with a group of Native Women Drummers in Montreal and visited Native men in prison.
- I was an activist for Native rights and Mother Earth in my younger years.
- I owned a Native Arts and Craft Boutique called Indignous Designs
... The list goes on... I go where I am called to go.
As of 2015 I live in Ottawa, Ontario and working on my memoirs and a collective book on Totems with my Teacher and some community members.
I am retired as of 2019, but will do Circles or workshops upon request for groups, schools, community centres, social services, and other such events.
Holding a workshop in your space helps to purify it and brings up the stories of the land and the people in the circle. It magnifies the energies and accelarates healing and growth.
The Moon teachings are extremely valuable for teachers, counsellors and parents, anyone who work with children.
The Medicine Wheel is a tool for self-development. It involves learning about your personal Medicine - Your Clan, Sacred Roles and Totems and Ancestral Fragments.
Aho!
MaryRose Lessoway
I follow the Medicine Wheel teachings and Traditional Indigenous ways as taught to me by Indigenous Dreamers: Lisa Foss Tardiff (Okwaho Lablanc) and Gerard Peyrot (Natza). *To see their webpage click on here > idreamer.ca
The term MEDICINE WHEEL was coined by Early Europeans who saw our Indigenous Ancestors building Circles of Stones. I have reverted to the original name "SACRED CIRCLES" of life to honour the original term.
The SACRED CIRCLE is very much a part of everything I do and I am always still learning. I use Dreaming, Living Experiences and Stories to teach and learn. I share the Ancient teachings of the Wheel that were once thought lost. These teachings are adaptable to any time period, geographical location, any culture or race. It is not a religion, it is a way of life, a philosophy. Our Ancestors believed that the Wheel was given to us by the Star People.
************
My Story
I was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta and have lived in Red Deer, Alberta; Vancouver, Victoria and Nelson, British Columbia; as well as Montreal, Quebec - going where Spirit led me for my growth and learning. I have been a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother and care-giver to my parents, an artist, a therapist, a teacher and a Natural Health Consultant. And most of all, I strive to be a Follower of the Dreaming and Sacred Circle ways.
Even as a child I was connected with Nature and Spirit. I experienced the presence of my Spirit Guide and the Dreaming from a young age. But something huge was missing in my life, until I found my Traditional Indigenous Teachers, who are Dreamers. Then my life began to make sense and I joined their Shamanic Community.
In the Western world, I have a Masters in Fine Arts at Concordia University, Montreal. I trained at the Institute for Natural Health Consultants, also in Montreal, and did a post-graduate degree at the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute in Nelson, BC. But my real studies began when I stepped onto the Red Road and found my Path and Purpose in life. Since then I have been teaching and learning the traditional Sacred Circle ways.
***
Things I've done...
- Workshops and ongoing Medicine Wheel Circles, Drumnming and Dreaming Circles, House and Land Blessings as well as Moonlodges (for women) across Canada and the U.S.
- Medicine Wheel workshops at the Winnipeg National Mental Health Conference for three years in a row.
- I volunteered in elementary schools, drumming and Indigenous storytelling with the children
- I was a Native Fancy Dancer
- I volunteered with a group of Native Women Drummers in Montreal and visited Native men in prison.
- I was an activist for Native rights and Mother Earth in my younger years.
- I owned a Native Arts and Craft Boutique called Indignous Designs
... The list goes on... I go where I am called to go.
As of 2015 I live in Ottawa, Ontario and working on my memoirs and a collective book on Totems with my Teacher and some community members.
I am retired as of 2019, but will do Circles or workshops upon request for groups, schools, community centres, social services, and other such events.
Holding a workshop in your space helps to purify it and brings up the stories of the land and the people in the circle. It magnifies the energies and accelarates healing and growth.
The Moon teachings are extremely valuable for teachers, counsellors and parents, anyone who work with children.
The Medicine Wheel is a tool for self-development. It involves learning about your personal Medicine - Your Clan, Sacred Roles and Totems and Ancestral Fragments.
Aho!
MaryRose Lessoway
