Medicine Women

Every color of people have their ancient ways of healing.  Most had Medicine Women.  I have sooo missed being able to be involved since I lost my soulmate and I had to give away and put away the things that were gifted to me.  I have had my four years and I am waiting for the signal that I am to begin again.  I long for it. I miss the Medicine Women I have had the honor of meeting and who influenced my life.

A Medicine woman can be a psychologist, a dentist, a psychiatrist, a counselor, and many things that is asked of her to be, and, sometimes, not asked.  Medicine Women quietly attempt to keep harmony within family, friends (sometimes strangers), band, tribe, and globally.  She has a mothering nature, a nurturing nature, and there is always that something extra that draws you to her.  There never is payment, but gifts and honor and respect were often given to her.  If you are ever asked for payment, she is not authentic.  It is not a job, it is a dedication to things of spirit, of soul, and beyond ken, most times.  

You will still find authentic Medicine Women up in the North where they still retain their traditions in the old way.  There are still Medicine Women in the East and South and West.  They can be young or old, dressed in traditional clothing or in loose skirts.  They seldom wear jewelry but do wear totems.  They have hands on knowledge of traditional uses of herbs, and things of the earth, things of things of the sky, things of the spirit.  Things of fire, air, earth and water, that are medicine, are known to her.  She works with the spirit of all things she has given gifts to use.  She is serious, she is full of laughter, and she knows her place in harmony with things, people and places that she is connected to.  She is gracious and gentle and you can feel her aura at a distance.  There are many stories and legends about her.  Her life has not, typically, been an easy journey.  She knows the travails of being human and spirit.  She has her own ceremonies and ways of healing.

She has rattles, she has drums, she has containers of water, she has an altar, she has songs, she has certain movements she has had prescribed to her by dreams and teachings.  She has a medicine bundle.  She has a pipe.  She has spiritual energy.  Her focus is on spiritual healing to help with illness, trauma, and effects of toil.  She has herbs that she, herself, has gathered according to her traditional knowledge and offerings she gives for such. 

She has an old soul that connects to her spiritual energy.  She is inquisitive.  She has what some may call dreams.  She is energy sensitive.  She is an empath.  She is intuitive.  She thinks at a different level than many others. She is a peacemaker.  She is very aware of interconnectedness of all things.   She is more than a survivor;  she is an overcomer and thriver.  She is her own medicine and has moved further into healing and knows what to do to help others.  Service and compassion is her driving force.  You will notice something different about her, cannot quite put your finger on it, but you are aware there is something 'otherly' about her. She does not share it with just anyone, because it is too sacred to share.  But, I have known some and I am blessed by it.