OM Yoga UK - August 2017

Your circle

is sacred

om family

Concious Parenting

From shamanism to successful

parenting, Siri Arti finds a healing space

for the benefit of all the family

F

or the past year, I have been

studying a type of shamanism

that explores the lineage of the

Twisted Hairs of Turtle Island.

Within these teachings, there

are many sacred medicine wheels: tools

to help us heal Grandmother Earth and

re-establish connection and balance. These

medicine wheels can be studied on their

own or overlaid into other systems. Some

are simple, like the Elements and others are

extensive, like the various mystery schools

of the Eight Great Powers. After studying

them for a while, I started to dream about

the hoops, circles, and wheels and the many

aspects of sacred life and knowledge that

they hold.

However overwhelmed I get by all the

hoops and their information, ideas and

powers, the clearest message I have received

is: stay in your circle.

Into the circle

While diving into this new school of

teachings, I was floundering as a parent.

The last 18 months have taken me to the

highest pain threshold I have ever reached

as a parent. There were times where I felt I

was drowning in pain, and had nowhere else

to go, and nothing to say. I started seeking

something to help me survive, something to

give me strength, and I found it in the circle.

As the medicine wheels weaved their magic

through my being, I made a commitment

to heal, so I joined the weekly Red Owl

Sisterhood teaching circle. Some weeks, I

sat in the circle with tears trickling down my

cheeks, but I was there, and I was present.

Laurel, the facilitator, encouraged us not to

save each other and I deeply appreciated

this. I didn’t need to be saved, stroked or

soothed. Instead, I sat in the circle, and

trusted the strength of the sisterhood. I sat

and watched the courage it took others to

be there too. I sat there and listened to the