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The Medicine Wheel Is a Springboard of Power that Will Allow You to Link Up with All the Energies of the Universe.
Sun Bear

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.

Praise for Sun Bear and His Teachings

I sincerely believe that if more people would come into the circle of Sun Bears vision it would be the saving of the world. I give him, his vision, and his books my fullest support.

Tom Brown, Jr., Director, The Tracker School, author of The Tracker , The Search , and The Field Guide to Wilderness Survival

Sun Bear is a proud example for the generations to come.

Dr. Elisabeth Kbler-Ross, author of On Death and Dying

During these times of great change, Sun Bears vision seems particularly appropriate.

Page Bryant, author of The Earth Changes Survival Handbook

SUN BEAR, a sacred teacher of Chippewa descent who founded the Bear Tribe, is a lecturer, teacher, and author of several books. The Bear Tribe, which welcomes natives and non-natives, is located just outside Spokane, Washington. WABUN WIND is Sun Bears medicine helper, a ceremonialist, an author, and holds an M.S. from the Columbia School of Journalism. CRYSALIS MULLIGAN is a ceremonialist, writer, lecturer, producer, and leader/sponsor of wilderness/personal growth seminars.

Cover design by John Rodal
Cover painting copyright 1991 by Prudence See

A Touchstone Book
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Other Books by the Authors

Black Dawn, Bright Day
by Sun Bear with Wabun Wind

Woman of the Dawn
by Wabun Wind

Walk in Balance
by Sun Bear, Crysalis Mulligan, Peter Nufer, and Wabun

The Bear Tribes Self-Reliance Book
by Sun Bear, Wabun, and Nimimosha

The Path of Power
by Sun Bear, Wabun, and Barry Weinstock

The Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology
by Sun Bear and Wabun

Lightseeds: A Compendium of Ancient and
Contemporary Crystal Knowledge
by Wabun Wind and Anderson Reed

Buffalo Hearts
by Sun Bear

At Home in the Wilderness
by Sun Bear

The Peoples Lawyers
by Marlise James, a k a Wabun

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Sun Bear (Chippewa Indian)
Dancing with the wheel: the medicine wheel workbook / Sun Bear.
Wabun Wind, Crysalis Mulligan.
p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
1. Indians of North AmericaReligion and mythology.
2. Astrology. I. Wind, Wabun. II. Mulligan, Crysalis.
III. Title.
E98.R3S924 1991
299. 7dc20

ISBN-13: 978-1-43914-754-2 (eBook)

ISBN: 0-671-76732-10;

91-8169
CIP

To Kyla Anna Eve Wind, Yarrow Goding, Winona LaDuke Kapasheit, Waseyabin, Aajuawak, Autumn Garryour next generationand to all generations to come.

Acknowledgments

The vision of the Medicine Wheel is an unfolding vision. Although it originally came to me, many people have added to it over the years. Wabun, my medicine helper and coauthor, has been instrumental in bringing this vision to the people. She has helped each step of the way, both by writing about my vision and by organizing the original Medicine Wheel Gatherings. Nimimosha and Thunderbird Woman did the art for the original Medicine Wheel circle and Medicine Wheel Book, and in that way added their artistic interpretations to the vision. All the people who have helped organize Medicine Wheel Gatherings and all those who have participated in them have also added their essential part to the sacred whole that is the Medicine Wheel. I would like to particularly acknowledge Wabun, Shawnodese, Glenn Schiffman, Donna Singing Pipe Woman, Jaya Bear, Randy North Star Ducharme, Jude Davis, Casey DuPree, Lou and Mary Kay DeSabla, Dawn Songfeather and all the individual Medicine Wheel Gathering organizers for their parts in arranging the first gatherings and in helping them to continue over the years. I also want to thank all the teachers and participants at the gatherings.

Shawnodese and Wabun, Elisabeth Turtle Heart, Nimimosha, Sandra Path-weaver, and all the Medicine Wheel consultants have helped the vision to grow by finding ways to help people locate their current positions on the wheel through Medicine Wheel consultations. With the help of Jaya Bear, Page Bryant, Scott Guynup, Nimimosha, Wabun, and Shawnodese we have developed the Earthstones, which are another way to allow people to understand themselves better by working with the Medicine Wheel. Elisabeth Turtle Heart is head of the Earthstone Institute, the organization that arranges for Medicine Wheel consultations for people who wish to know where they currently stand on the Medicine Wheel of their own life.

Wabun brings her knowledge of Medicine Wheel consultations, the Earth-stones, and the Medicine Wheel Gatherings to this book, and thus makes it a much richer work because it is based on the true life experience of the many people with whom shes worked. Wabun thanks all those who have taken the Medicine Wheel consultation course and thus helped her in defining how the Medicine Wheel affects people in their daily lives.

Crysalis, our coauthor, has danced with the wheel in other ways. Through her love for the mineral and color kingdoms, she has found ways of building wheels that can help people heal on all levels of being. Through her understanding of the sensory and artistic aspect of life, she has devised ceremonies, to help people experience the wheel in a more complete manner, and ceremonial medicine tools, to allow them to bring their understanding into the physical realm. Crysalis brings her expertise in these areas to Dancing with the Wheel.