Bookwoman
5501 N Lamar Blvd #A-105, Austin, TX 78751
Bookwoman and Dr Valerie Ringland invite you to attend an author event at Book Woman bookshop in Austin TX, on Wednesday 9th October.
Topic: Healing with Indigenous Ancestors
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. Much of our mental busy-ness is understood to be messages from The Old People; some of it wisdom, and some trauma that we can heal. Join Valerie Ringland, PhD (UTAustin School of Social Work, 2017), author of Healing through Indigenous Wisdom to learn new ways of connecting and healing with all of your ancestors.
About the Author:
Valerie is an East Frisian (indigenous German) & Sumerian (Jewish) woman. Her spiritual name Cloud Clearer (Wulkenkloorjer) reflects her gift of clarity of inner wisdom, and her family totem is a swan, a symbol of medicine people throughout Eurasian cultures. She earned a PhD from the UT Austin School of Social Work (2017) studying indigenous trauma healing, and has done apprenticeships in indigenous ceremonial dancing, earthing ceremonies, dreamwork, sweat lodge ceremonies, and sacred circle-keeping. She also has extensive lived experience knowledge.
About the Book:
Learn to walk in two worlds: the Western world and your inner Indigenous cosmos.
Through a 52-week journey of reflections, practical exercises, Indigenous storytelling and knowledge-sharing, this guide will support you to respectfully connect with your own ancestors as well as ancestors of the lands where you live, whether you identify as Indigenous or not.
There are stories to inspire you and help you feel seen, exercises to illuminate blind spots and tools to heal individual and intergenerational wounds. You will learn to divine and work within your own medicine wheel and to enrich your spirit by integrating authentic earth-based rituals and ceremonies into your life.