Building a Medicine Wheel

At first, I really complicated this simple procedure. So my advice is to know that to make and activate a simple Medicine Wheel all you have to do is place five rocks, crystals or anything you wish to use from nature in a circle while calling in each of the Spirit Keeper Power Animals. Start in the East, place a stone and visualise Golden Eagle, in the South is Coyote and the West is for Grizzly Bear. The North is for White Buffalo and then place the last stone in the Centre to represent Creator - this can be any animal you wish. That really is all there is to it, anyone can build and use a simple Medicine Wheel!

A Medicine Wheel can be an access point to communicate with the wisdom of the Soul (your Souls Inner Intelligence). A place to connect to your Power Animals, the mountains, oceans, trees, plants, herbs and crystals. If you really want your life back on track, spend the time to make a full 36 stone Medicine Wheel using the following order and the graphic as a guide: Golden Eagle, Coyote, Grizzly Bear, White Buffalo, Creator, Snow Goose, Otter, Cougar, Red Hawk, Beaver, Deer, Woodpecker, Sturgeon, Brown Bear, Raven, Snake, Elk, Tortoise, Lizard, Loon, Turtle, Frog, Thunderbird, Butterfly, Hummingbird, Owl, Firefly, Rabbit, Salmon, Wolf, Whale, Mouse, Ant, Racoon, Earthworm, Dolphin. Speak to every part of your soul, all 36 Power Animals, introduce yourself to all of them - Great healing will occur. Work either in your imagination or you can physically construct a Medicine Wheel in your home or garden. Remember to gather the stones in a sacred manner, asking permission before taking any, make sure that any disturbance of plant and animal life, including insect life, is avoided as far as possible. The creation of the sacred Medicine Wheel is a conscious process.

Find a clear area to build your Medicine Wheel. Light some White Sage or Sweet Grass, any Incense is fine, to purify and to bless the area and the stones you will be using. Ask the Spirit of Sage to bless the Medicine Wheel and stones. If you have no sage, just use your imagination to see the Medicine Wheel items and space being purified with lots of sage smoke. Make a small offering to the Medicine Wheel. It can any food you like, a strand of your hair or Sea Salt, traditionally cornmeal or tobacco would be used. Just place the offering on the Creator position. You may place an offering on a single stone or on every stone. Once built, always enter your medicine wheel from the South, the one and only rule of the Medicine wheel. Sit anywhere inside and speak out your declaration. The sacred space you create is your guarantee to be able to heal the entire journey of the soul, to use magic and love again, to find True Love and create a Life Worth Living.

When you build a permanent Medicine Wheel in your home or garden, it becomes a very peaceful healing place to sit in or by. Anyone can sit in your Medicine Wheel. It is a statement of honour to Planet Earth and All Her Relations, which also means you. It automatically sends healing to rebalance everything in this Universe.

A small Medicine Wheel is just as powerful. Think about making a Medicine Wheel for every household member. It may serve as a ‘time out’ space for children. Ask them to go and talk to their Power Animals to receive healing and peace – much nicer for your children than the famous naughty step policy "Sit there for seven minutes because you’re seven!" What is that all about? If you want your children to behave, correct your own behavior!

Making this conscious effort and spending quiet time meditating can really empower you.

Helping strengthen boundary issues, visualizing your dreams and goals and seeing yourself healthy and happy. Honor yourself the time to have your soul rejuvenated. You can make it a stress free zone. Sit in it and ask yourself and all of nature to heal you through dreams and life experience.

This system is very child friendly and appeals to our inner child and this very powerful healing technique makes people bypass their preconditioned stress patterns. It will help you learn about your strengths and weakness, which we recognize and address in the sacred space of your Medicine Wheel.

My book - True Love, A Shamanic Healing for the Soul contains a wealth of information and examples of working with your Medicine Wheel and communicating with Power Animals, It is an excellent way to begin your shamanic journey or gain more information about this powerful shamanic healing technique.

• Using a Medicine Wheel