Greetings and welcome to the little musing spot for the instructors and guest post authors of Sacred Spiral Academy! Thank you for taking the time to join us along this journey as we strive to provide you, our students, alumni, and sister/brother birth workers and holistic health practitioners!
It is the mission of SSA to provide you with what we would describe as, "old wisdom for the new age". In other words, we are breathing life back into knowledge and skills that has been paved over by "modern medicine" and westernized health care systems. Yet, there are still those teachers that diligently work to preserve the wisdom and beauty of the old ways and are determined to spread the wisdom and pass on the skills and teachings of our ancestors, of the wise women, the Shaman, the temple priests and priestesses...those of us that still heed the call of Mother Earth...who still bask in the sacred energy that is gifted to us by the Earth, Air, Water, and Fire.
If you are here...you have heard that calling too. Perhaps you are "holistic addicts" like we are! Or, maybe you are new to your journey and are feeling a little overwhelmed with all that is available, and maybe even feel a little conflicted about blending this old wisdom with the new or fear it may breech the relationship you have with your own system of faith. We hear you. We acknowledge you. We are here to lead you. SSA is here to help you define this wisdom as it pertains to you and your personal and professional goals. Perhaps you would love to become a doula for expectant mothers. Or, maybe you would like to learn the ancient healing art of Usui Reiki. Yet, maybe you are looking for answers to mind/body/spirit related dis-ease that do more than simply prescribe you a pill or tablet to (temporarily) ease your pain, only to find you need another for the side effects. Maybe, just maybe, there is an older, more "connected' wisdom that knows there is more to health than not being sick. Are you ready to bridge the gap between your mind, body, and spirit?
If you could "feel well" (I'm mean *really* well; not just "lack of feeling ill"), what would that look like? What would "pure health" look like for you? Feel like? Sound like? Smell like? Taste like? How would your life be different if you could step back, look at your life, and say, "Wow, I am really, really full of joy!"
Now, what if you could take that joy, that new found mind, body, spirit wellness wisdom and pass it on to another in need. Imagine helping a laboring woman avoid medical interventions and cry with her as you see her newborn baby open their eyes to the world for the first time. Or, visualize connecting with that same woman and her child, a few weeks after birth, to help ensure that nursing is going well, and to provide her with a ancient belly binding that gives not only physical support to her changing body as it eases itself back to its pre-pregnancy state, but also serves as a way to honor her for her labor, her wisdom, her work and art of being a creator of life.
Imagine retreats, set among the trees or along the shore. These are places to connect with kindred spirits, to share in the wisdom of our ancestors, to heal the wounds of our past, and to empower yourself as a holistic caregiver so that you can bring about and be the change you want to see in the world.
Welcome to Sacred Spiral Academy...old wisdom for a new age. Come, take a seat at our fire. Welcome to our family.
Namaste,
The Founding Sisterhood of Sacred Spiral Academy
Allison, Heather, Kristen, Lauren, and Heather Ann
