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The Medicine Wheel Meditation
Sit/lie comfortably. Drumming or flutes are helpful. Close your eyes and
slow your breathing.
You are walking across and open plain. The prairie grass is waist high,
swishing softly as you walk through. It is a bright summer day; you can
smell the grass parching. The sky is clear. You can hear prairie birds.
As you walk, you come to a circle of cottonwood trees. Step into the
circle. Turn toward the north.
There is an old Indian man standing
there. He is older than old, dressed in buckskin with obsidian beads
around his neck and black feathers in his hair. Two long plaits of
silver hair fall across his chest.
"I am He Who Watches in the North," he says. "I come to bring stability
and knowledge." Look into his eyes for a moment. Turn to the east.
There is a young Indian woman there. She is dressed in white buckskin,
with turquoise beads on her dress and around her neck, blue feathers in
her hair. Her hair falls down her back in one long braid.
"I am She Who Watches in the East," she says. "I come to bring insight
and inspiration." Look into her eyes for a moment. Turn to the South.
There is a warrior standing there. His chest is bare, streaked with red
and yellow paint. A string of red jasper beads hangs around his neck.
There are red feathers in his hair, which falls on his chest in two
black braids.
"I am He Who Watches in the South," he says. "I come to bring strength
and courage." Look into his eyes for a moment. Turn to the West.
There is an old woman standing there, in buckskin dyed violet. Seashells
hang about her neck. There are purple flowers in her hair which hangs
down her back in one long braid.
"I am She Who Watches in the West," she says. "I come to bring healing."
Look into her eyes. Look around the circle.
Go the direction that you feel you are most drawn to, that can give you
what you need in your life at the time. Spend time there, listen to
what the Watcher says. Stay as long as you need, learn what
you can. Then return to the center of the circle.
"We are the Medicine Wheel, Those Who Watch. Go forth with your new
knowledge, and return to us in times of need," the Watchers say
together.
Turn to the North. The Watcher turns into an immense black wolf, and
disappears across the prairie.
Turn to the East. The Watcher turns into an eagle, and disappears into
the sky.
Turn to the South. The Watcher turns into a golden mountain lion, and
disappears across the prairie.
Turn to the West. The Watcher turns into a gull, and disappears into the
sky.
It is done.
Author Unknown
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