Day 2!
Team White Earth finally made our trek to White Earth! But before we made it to our home for the week, we spent a glorious morning in Minneapolis with the other 13 members of the IHST group at Angie Erdrich’s home. The morning started off with a meditation and mindfulness class with Tommy Woon. Building off the introductory work on psychosomatic reconciliation he presented to our group at Dartmouth a few months prior, we practiced mindfulness with a brief meditation session before diving into a discussion about the importance of being present and creating space for oneself to unwind from emotionally charged experiences. All still a little bleary-eyed from finals and long hours of travel, Dr. Woon’s session provided the perfect opportunity for us to leave behind any stress and engage with what was to come.
Before indulging in a delicious meal, we were fortunate enough to have Richard Wright, a traditional healer, join us and bless our arrival and the meal. We then ate a delicious lunch and enjoyed conversations with Angie, her husband Sandeep, and their three daughters. We were also fortunate enough of be joined by Delila and Logan—community health workers in Minneapolis. After lunch Richard gave us a brief introduction to sacred herbs such as sage, sweet grass and cedar and how he integrates traditional practices into his work in addiction counseling.
After squinting in the sun to take a group photo, team White Earth hit the road headed for, you guessed it, White Earth.
Approximately one grocery stop, one Target stop and 4.5 hours later, we fell into beds at the hotel and fell into 5 deep sleeps (but not before catching the last 10 minutes of the Pennsylvania axe throwing competition on TV).
Before indulging in a delicious meal, we were fortunate enough to have Richard Wright, a traditional healer, join us and bless our arrival and the meal. We then ate a delicious lunch and enjoyed conversations with Angie, her husband Sandeep, and their three daughters. We were also fortunate enough of be joined by Delila and Logan—community health workers in Minneapolis. After lunch Richard gave us a brief introduction to sacred herbs such as sage, sweet grass and cedar and how he integrates traditional practices into his work in addiction counseling.
After squinting in the sun to take a group photo, team White Earth hit the road headed for, you guessed it, White Earth.
Approximately one grocery stop, one Target stop and 4.5 hours later, we fell into beds at the hotel and fell into 5 deep sleeps (but not before catching the last 10 minutes of the Pennsylvania axe throwing competition on TV).
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