This traditional rite-of-passage incorporates medicine wheel teachings, safety in the wilderness, solo fasting, working with intention, using the way of council as a traditional group process, and mirroring. Incorporation of these earth-based methods into personal and professional life will be emphasized.
Mayan Medicine Wheel – 2 credit hours or 20 CEC contact hours
This course teaches students the Mayan Medicine Wheel and how contemporary psychological issues can be viewed and treated from the medicine wheel perspective. Various earth based healing methods based on the Mayan wheel will be presented and experienced.
To enroll, students must have completed the Vision Quest and must have permission of the Certificate Program Director.
This course provides students with an opportunity to learn all aspects of the Vision Quest by providing assistance to the vision quest facilitators. Learning will include: medicine wheel teachings, safety and logistics, working with intention, the way of council as a group process, and integration of these methods in personal and professional life.
The Medicine of Eagle and Condor – 2 credits or 20 CEC contact hours
This course teaches several earth-based methods of healing and transformation from North and South American indigenous cultures, including ceremonial ways to connect with Mother Earth for healing; medicine walking for life guidance; earth-based techniques for healing and releasing old trauma and patterns; and earth-based meditations.
Introduction to Vision Quest (distance) 2 credit hours or 20 CEC contact hours
This course provides introductory opportunities for students to become familiar with the traditional rite-of-passage vision quest through readings and experiences in nature. Students design their own one-day solo in a safe location in a natural setting and debrief their learning with the instructor, with emphasis on integrating this healing method into their personal and professional lives.
Earth Based Healing Methods (distance) 2 credit hours or 20 CEC contact hours
This course provides students with opportunities through reading and direct experience to incorporate earth based methods into personal life and modern mental health practice. Self designed experiences include: building a medicine wheel in a natural area; utilizing the medicine wheel as a basis for creating healing experiences; practicing earth based meditations as a way to support healing.
Andean Healing Ways Part 1 (distance) 2 credit hours or 20 CEC contact hours
This course provides students with introductory readings and experiences in the Andean Spiritual Cosmology. Earth based methods from this tradition include: energy healing; meditation; establishing reciprocity with Mother Earth; ceremonies of gratitude and transformation.
Andean Healing Ways Part 2 (distance) 2 credit hours or 20 CEC contact hours
This course provides students with advanced readings and experiences in the Andean Spiritual Cosmology. Advanced techniques include: Earth based methods of establishing “yanantin” (balance); fire ceremonies as a method of cleansing trauma patterns; water ceremonies as initiation rites; pilgrimage as a method of supporting life transitions.