The Curriculum
YEAR ONE FOCUS
Year One introduces the circular paradigm of the wheels and keys that hold the teachings of the Sweet Medicine Sun Dance path. Every wheel in these teachings can be overlaid on all other wheels. Once the basic structure is learned, understanding is then deepened for anything you place on a wheel: how does it function? What are its tendencies? What are the challenges and allies in this direction? Using these wheels and keys, you learn about your connection with the universe and all forms of life and how to identify and change your unproductive behavioural patterns. You will learn to balance heart, body, mind and soul in simple ceremonies. You will learn to build a medicine wheel and what to do with this wheel. You will learn to dialogue with minerals, plants, animals and spirits. You will gain animal allies during drum journeys and make personal medicine bundles. You will discover insights about the time in which you were born, which is associated with specific direction on the medicine wheel - and the natural strengths and challenges that stem from this choice made by your higher self. You learn new ways of seeing the world and your connection to it. Ceremony brings transformation. During first year you begin to work with warrior techniques of discipline |
YEAR TWO FOCUS
Year Two deals with our substance — our physical reality,
our physical body. You will discover what kind of character structure you have
and why your body looks and works as it does. You will learn about your moulding,
sculpting and armouring and how you have created a predictable pattern of
reaction to people and events in your daily life. The task of this year is to
see where and how your patterns limit your experience of anything new. You will
explore what your energy body is like, what energy laws apply to it, and how
your senses could and should function if you break the old patterns. Of course,
you will receive plenty of techniques to break these patterns — but you have to
do them yourself. You will learn about the potential that you already carry
within your energy body and about energy sensitive perception (ESP) and how to
increase it. You will learn how to use basic medicine tools and power items. You
will learn much more about the different levels of dreaming and receive tools
and techniques to use in the art of controlled dreaming. You will learn how to
work with mesas and how to make your home into a strong vortex of power.
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YEAR THREE FOCUS
The teachings, ceremony and your integration of this Third Year of Red Lodge ensure your ability to use the tools for self-healing as well as in service to others. The Healing Paradigm of the Twisted Hairs is a highly sophisticated structure that enables you to recognize the cause behind symptoms of sickness, disease and illness. The model for problem analysis and recognition can be used in other places, as well: you will learn to discern the underlying causes of other problems, and what to do to find the solution, by applying this model to them. You will also be given tools for living your life in "Dharma” – a life of strong spiritual determination where you are no longer at the effect of old patterns but open to new opportunities and evolution into your higher potential. The Third Year provides teachings and practice that help you hone your skills and bring this excellence into your everyday life, bringing you more health, hope, happiness, humor and harmony.
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YEAR FOUR FOCUS
The Fourth Year of Red Lodge offers more teachings, techniques and ceremonies that support you to become the "Rainbow Warrior” who has written a "new story”. This is the "Great Work” of re-creating yourself. You will be given more advanced tools to live in Dharma that are key to manifesting the power and beauty you are seeking in your everyday life. You will delve more deeply into the SMSD Healing paradigm that was introduced in Year Three, giving you a greater insight into healing yourself and being of service to others. Within this self-healing, you will be given teachings on how we all play out addiction in our lives and what we can do to change this. You will also learn and experience healing within a Ceremonial Healing Circle as well as skill training in the various roles of the Healing Circle. Another important aspect at this level of Red Lodge is to understand your inner maturational process of evolution so that you can appreciate and express the great potential inside you. This fourth year of Red Lodge offers skill training in leadership to discover your individual gifts and shining as you evolve into the Rainbow Warrior who is committed to being of service to life and others and being part of the solution on this planet. |