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When: Sunday, July 13,[masked]:00 AM

Where: 1480 Royal Palm Beach Blvd Suite C
Royal Palm Beach
33411

 Native American Lifeways & Spirituality

Sunday July 13th   10:00am to 12:00pm   $25   with Grandfather Rick McBride

Many people are surprised to learn that Native Americans do not practice an organized religion: their Lifeways, or way of Life, are holistic in that they incorporate and associate everything they do with the "Great Mystery" (God) as a matter of mundane, everyday Life. Among the benefits of attending today's workshop is learning how the Native American ways create and support inner peace for the individual.

Grandfather Rick will introduce us to some of these ways, including the Medicine Wheel, (a personal Life Guide), Inipi (sweat lodge), Medicine Shield, the Relationship exercise (to help you understand we are all related) and prayer as commitment. We will end with a question and answer session. This class is an excellent introduction to Native American spirituality.

Rick McBride is mixedblood Tsalagi (Cherokee) who has walked the Red Road for over 30 years. He was named Cante Lute (Schan-tay Lou-tuh) by the spirits through his sundance chief, which means Red Heart. He is a sundancer and has been traditionally trained and authorized to lead ceremonies, such as inipi (purification lodge), prayer with the Canunpah (Pipe), drum healing and so forth. He has been publicly teaching these ways for some ten years now. Workshops and lectures are one way to learn from the wisdom of Indian Country. Ceremony brings this knowledge to life. Combined, teaching and ceremony render practical guidance to everyday living. And so, Rick sees his role as that of "translator" of indigenous ways so that mainstream-educated people get the full benefit of these ways. It has taken him years of dedicated interaction with many Elders, as well as his activities as ceremonial leader to get to this place in his life. For further information, visit his website: www.mixedblood.info