CREATING A TALKING STICK
A Community Event for All Interested!
Thursday 30 April 2015
374 Main Arm Road Mullumbimby, NSW
6:30pm - 10:00pm
$15 (money pd on the night correct change appreciated)
(Red Lodge student discount)
Make a Simple Tool to Assist in Heart to Heart Communication in the Fifth World of Humans
“Stories of old speak of tribal peoples who used the Talking stick and lived without war for hundreds of years. All confusions, conflicts and changes were clarified and understood sitting down together with a Talking stick until clarity, agreement and understanding were reached.”
Extract from “The Talking Stick” by Janneke Laughing Willow
Thursday 30 April 2015
374 Main Arm Road Mullumbimby, NSW
6:30pm - 10:00pm
$15 (money pd on the night correct change appreciated)
(Red Lodge student discount)
Make a Simple Tool to Assist in Heart to Heart Communication in the Fifth World of Humans
“Stories of old speak of tribal peoples who used the Talking stick and lived without war for hundreds of years. All confusions, conflicts and changes were clarified and understood sitting down together with a Talking stick until clarity, agreement and understanding were reached.”
Extract from “The Talking Stick” by Janneke Laughing Willow
What the Evening will include
What is a Talking Stick?
It is a simple medicine tool of great power. The Talking Stick is a communication aide made simple out of a live branch and dressed according to how it is to be used.
- A gathering circle
- Teachings about the 4 Worlds that live on our beautiful planet
- Creation of our “Talking Sticks”
- A blessing and awakening ceremony for our new tools
- Harvesting circle
What is a Talking Stick?
It is a simple medicine tool of great power. The Talking Stick is a communication aide made simple out of a live branch and dressed according to how it is to be used.
“So easy a child can use it! The Talking Stick is a powerful tool that cuts through the emotionality, projections and inner dialogue "buzz" that cloud our attempts to communicate with each other. Improve communication with your children, enrich interaction among family members and friends, create greater intimacy with your "significant other", and facilitate teamwork in the workplace. Simple, no-nonsense approach to personal relating.”
- From the Talking Stick Booklet
- From the Talking Stick Booklet
What to bring
- A live stick. It can be straight or forked
- Representations of the animal world, for example, leather, fur, feathers
- Representations of the mineral world, for example rocks, stones, crystals
- Anything else that you would like to add to your Talking Stick
- Pen and paper to take some notes, if you wish