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"Dancing with the Wheel" teaches how to apply the Native American Medicine Wheel philosophy to daily life with exercises and ceremonies that harmonize humans and the earth.

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The Native American philosophy behind the vision of the Medicine Wheel is that all things and beings on the earth are related and, therefore, must be in harmony for the earth to be balanced.

Dancing with the Wheel teaches you how to apply this philosophy to your daily life through many practical exercises and ceremonies. These exercises will help you gain energy from the spirits, which can heal both humans and the earth.

Through Dancing with the Wheel, the second book specifically devoted to the Medicine Wheel, those familiar with this vision will gain an increased understanding of the wheel and its developments over the last ten years. Those new to the Medicine Wheel will be ushered into the teachings and technique of what has come to be a source of comfort and direction for thousands of people around the world. Whether you are in the middle of the wilderness or the middle of a city, this book and its exercises will help you center yourself and establish peace with the earth and other beings.

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Sun Bear, a sacred teacher of Chippewa descent, is the founder and medicine chief of the Bear Tribe, a multiracial educational society. He is a world-renowned lecturer and teacher and the author or coauthor of eight books. He is publisher of the magazine Wildfire and founder of the World Earth Fund.

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Contents

List of Visualizations, Exercises, and Ceremonies

Preface: Create the World You Like

Part I

The Steps to the Dance

1. The Dance Begins

2. Ceremonies and Respect

3. The Center Circle and Spirit Keeper Stones

4. The Moon and Spirit Path Stones

5. Building Medicine Wheels

6. Traveling the Wheel

7. The Thirteenth Moon

8. Creating Medicine Wheel Tools

9. Healing with the Wheel

Part II

The Wheels

10. The Mineral Wheel

11. The Plant Wheel

12. The Animal Wheel

13. The Color Wheel

14. Finding Help from the Medicine Wheel

Bibliography

Index

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