Si.Si.Wiss Medicine Ways

Red Cedar Circle– Second Sunday of the month–11:30am to 3:30pm

Special House Concert with Paul Wagner (Che oke ten) following the Red Cedar Circle on May 12
Che oke ten will also join the Red Cedar Circle that day and share Si.Si.Wiss teachings. Read more about Cheoketen and the House Concert by clicking here.

Facilitated by Lesley Collins, with Therese and Tere

Sacred Groves is honored to host monthly Red Cedar Circles and occasional Healing Ceremonies where Si.Si.Wiss medicine ways are shared and honored. Si.Si.Wiss means sacred life, sacred breath and its ways honor Creator and creation respectfully. Si.Si.Wiss traditions are ancient spiritual practices from the Pacific NorthWest Coast native people. This ceremony includes songs, prayers, simple dances, sharing food. Simple and powerful, this ceremony will leave you feeling refreshed and renewed. The circle includes traditional medicine songs and dances for each season, prayers, teachings, sometimes a “healing ceremony. ” We always share food (potluck).

Lesley Collins who lives in Kitsap County is the local leader of the Groves monthly Red Cedar Circles. Lesley mentored with Jill Fanning for over 10 years. Jill Fanning (Kwah leh tah tin) is the elder and mentor for the Red Cedar Circle hosted at Sacred Groves. Jill was intensively trained for 10 years by Johnny Moses and several elders from Puget Sound and Vancouver Island. She has been teaching for 23 years in many places from New York to Australia and New Zealand. She now lives in Whitefish Montana.

There is not a specific ‘suggested donation’ for these teachings. Donation baskets for Lesley/RCC and the Groves will be out to receive your generous contribution, whatever it may be.

For more information about indigenous Native American teachings, click here for First Peoples Voices and click here for Four Directions Teachings..

Si.Si.Wiss medicine ways have been kept alive thanks to Johnny Moses (photo below), Taqseblu (Vi Hilbert) and all the teachers who have shared for thousands of years the wisdom of the earth with those of open heart and open mind.
Click here to read more about Johnny Moses.