$15 + gift economy offering for Valerie

Most of us have ancestors from multiple lands and lineages, and many of us have been born and lived our entire lives off of our traditional lands. Whether we are First or Second Nations peoples, we can all connect respectfully with the lands and peoples where we live and practice decolonisation through the spirit of Indigenous science.

In an Indigenous worldview, ancestry is understood in three ways: our lineages and kinship, ancestors of lands where we have lived, and ancestors we feel a spiritual connection with, human and non-human. Much of our mental busy-ness and the ‘voices in our heads’ are understood to be messages from The Old People; some of it wisdom, and some of it trauma that we can learn to heal.

Join East Frisian (Indigenous to northern Germany) and Jewish-Sumerian medicine woman Valerie Ringland, PhD, author of Healing through Indigenous Wisdom for a workshop to: (1) learn about an Indigenous science perspective on communicating with ancestors, (2) be guided to connect and create boundaries with an ancestral spokesperson, and (3) begin a grounded ancestral altar practice.

Alisa will be joining and supporting Valerie and participants.

All participants will receive a copy of Valerie’s recently published book Healing through Indigenous Wisdom (Rockpool, 2024).

Live music by Randy Langford following Workshop. BYOB and snacks.

International Peace Circle lead by Valerie and Lukas Ringland at 7pm