Welcome to Story Medicine Worldwide
Healing & Connection
Long ago, when we wrote nothing down outside of our own hearts, our ancestors used stories. To tell about their tradition and knowledge, everything handed down from elders to the young ones, using stories.
Today we remember. We see that stories connect and heal us. We know that our greatest power lives in the words we speak. And that our most precious possession, yes — our voices, words, memories, wisdom, our soul medicine – creating our stories, is free, now available to us all.
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Story Medicine Is …
An Indigenous healing modality blending ritual with the written word. Medicine begins with words in Indigenous cultures. Myth and legend heal because they remind us of balance and right relationship.
In Western culture, we are disconnected from our ancestral stories, and from the value of our individual story. To reclaim our story is to reclaim the lost self. This is what makes Story Medicine so transformational.
Story Medicine Utilizes …
- An Indigenous frame of reference
- The power of words
- The sacredness of story
- Memory as raw material and community resource
- Heart-centered language for what has happened to us
- Community learning and healing
- New self-care skills necessary to work with this modality
These symbols of the Ashanti in Ghana are timeless and still used today. The name “Adinkra” can probably be traced back to the word “Dinkra” of the Akan/Twi Language spoken by the Ashanti. “Dinkra” means: being separated, taking leave, saying farewell.
Adinkra
Symbols
Akoma
“the heart”
patience and tolerance
Aya
“fern”
endurance & resourcefulness
Sankofa
“the goose”
go back and get it
Uniting Through Shared Stories
An Indigenous healing modality blending ritual with the written word. Medicine begins with words in Indigenous cultures.
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