Rooted In Balance

05/02/2024

For our non-indigenous friends,
Please feel free to message us with any questions or concerns! Again, we are extremely grateful for the outpour of attention we have received these past few months.

09/17/2022

There's always so many things happening all at once this time of year. It can get to be overwhelming. Commit some time to yourself, schedule an appointment with me. I'm here for you, when you're ready.

07/16/2022

David Lesondak’s personal need to understand why things work, and why sometimes they don’t, drives his continuing search for the latest scientific knowledge and innovative approaches. In this episode, David talks about why presenting his new book, Fascia, Function, and Medical Applications, to a...

05/01/2022

{Crystal Magick}

Coming to the Spring Art Show + Open Studios

Friday, May 6th
6p - 10p

Saturday, May 7th
10a - 3p

04/23/2022

Very grateful to say I attended a seminar at the Courtyard by Marriott in North Canton on the emerging field of Psycho-Neuro Immunology hosted by Dr. Marie Cross Ph. D for the Institute for Brain Potential. The seminar went over the Mind body connection and the effects of stress and trauma on our immune system and inflammatory response.

During the 7 hour continued education course we were able to understand the connection of our immune system and shifting mental states.
We addressed physiological stress, mood, sleep, physical activity and diet snd how they relate to chronic inflammation and chronic disorders.

Most importantly as a Holistic Healthcare professional, we discussed developing care plans and interventions to counteracting and overcoming stressors.

We focused on cultivating healthier coping mechanisms in order to indirectly and directly lead us onto a path of a more anti-inflammatory lifestyle.

04/15/2022

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A statement from the Lake Erie Native American Council on Opening Day 2022:

01/24/2022

It's a perfect time to prioritize some self care for you today.

11/25/2021

Quoted from original post -

" When one recites the Thanksgiving Address the Natural World is thanked, and in thanking each life-sustaining force, one becomes spiritually tied to each of the forces of the Natural and Spiritual World. The Thanksgiving Address teaches mutual respect, conservation, love, generosity, and the responsibility to understand that what is done to one part of the Web of Life, we do to ourselves."
—To read the entire Thanksgiving Address (Prayer) go to http://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/

Happy Thanksgiving! — with gratitude to Mother Earth, Water, the Ancestors, the Original Peoples of this land, and all of creation.

Art: Three Sisters by Sharifah Matsden."

Food as Medicine and Ceremony of Thanks Giving
(Words Before All Else: Greetings to the Natural World)

“The Haudenosaunee have a beautiful tradition of expressing gratitude: a prayer that is offered every day and at special gatherings. The Thanks giving Address/Prayer "is an ancient message of peace and appreciation of Mother Earth and her inhabitants. The children learn that, according to Native American tradition, people everywhere are embraced as family. Our diversity, like all wonders of Nature, is truly a gift for which we are thankful.

When one recites the Thanks giving Address [prayer] the Natural World is thanked, and in thanking each life-sustaining force, one becomes spiritually tied to each of the forces of the Natural and Spiritual World. The Thanks giving Address teaches mutual respect, conservation, love, generosity, and the responsibility to understand that what is done to one part of the Web of Life, we do to ourselves."
—To read the entire Thanks giving Address (Prayer) go to http://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/

About The Three Sisters: "Corn, beans and squash were among the first important crops domesticated by ancient Mesoamerican societies. Corn was the primary crop, providing more calories or energy per acre than any other. According to Three Sisters legends corn must grow in community with other crops rather than on its own - it needs the beneficial company and aide of its companions.... According to Haudenosaunee legend, corn, beans, and squash are three inseparable sisters who only grow and thrive together."
—http://www.reneesgarden.com/articles/3sisters.html

"Despite knowing this history [of the true origins of Thanksgiving], I still celebrate the holiday and many other Native people do, too. It’s an obviously welcome excuse to visit and celebrate life with loved ones. And yes, eat well. But, for me, it is an intensely personal holiday, not one meant to reenact the nascent racism and superiority complex of the Pilgrim navel-gazing story. It is the opportunity to practice the ancient invocation of both Algonquian and Iroquois people, the Thanksgiving Prayer, and autumnal harvest celebratory feast of our beloved and sacred indigenous foods.”
—from www.freepresshouston.com/thanksgiving-herstory/

A Wampanoag retelling of Thanksgiving,
https://indiancountrytoday.com/newscasts/steven-peters-11-04-2021

6 Things Every Non-Native Should Do On Thanksgiving,
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ally-to-native-americans-on-thanksgiving_l_5ddc4237e4b00149f7223b30

Happy Thanksgiving! — with gratitude to Mother Earth, Water, the Ancestors, the Original Peoples of this land, and all of creation.

Art: Three Sisters by Sharifah Matsden.