Introduction In Aboriginal teachings, the medicine wheel is sacred because it represents the various components of a healthy, well-rounded individual. Like wellness, the medicine wheel represents an “active state of health in which an individual progresses toward a higher level of functioning, thus achieving an optimum balance” (as cited in Fain & Lewis, 2002, p. 7). The medicine wheel is divided into four major sections, each representing a major part of a person (physical, emotional, mental
The Medicine Wheel as a Culturally Relevant Solution to Substance Abuse For centuries, Medicine Wheel teachings have been used by Indigenous peoples to guide their life’s journey. The delicate balance of the spiritual, emotional, mental and physical aspects of a Medicine Wheel, when influenced can become imbalanced. Such influences on a Medicine Wheel may be the social determinants of health or historical determinants. If the Medicine Wheel becomes imbalanced due to these determinants, it has the
process (Minority Nurse, 2013). Let’s take a look at cultures that use the Medicine Wheel and the Four Directions, sometimes called the Sacred Hoop (National Library of Medicine [NLM], 2011). Indigenous people including the American Indians and Aboriginal people, such as Inuit and First Nations, in Canada and Alaska use the medicine wheel to maintain balance and harmony in life (Kazanowski, 2013; NLM, 2011). The Medicine Wheel contains the Four Directions along with Father Sky, Mother Earth, and Spirit
inventions. Yep, you guessed it! The __wheel__! We all know what wheels are. We think of them as important to transportation. Most experts believe the wheel first appeared in ancient Sumer in the 5th millennium before Christ, so this would be during the Neolithic Period, sometimes around 5,000 B.C. It is believed that the wheel was first used to make pottery on a pottery wheel before it was applied to make vehicles like carts and chariots. The wheel was a very important invention. It made transportation much
majority of the Navajo population has no indoor plumbing. Merely 38% of Navajo people actually have electricity, heat and plumbing (McCauley, 2004, p. 47). Blending old with new, traditional and modern Western medicine and treatment give the Navajo the best of both worlds culturally. Medicine from the Navajo perspective is about healing people by restoring balance and harmony to the spirit. Prayer as well as balance healing rituals like “Walking in Beauty” (O’Brien, 2002, p. 49) assists to address
invention of writing came the first recorded laws called Hammurabi's Code as well as the first major piece of literature called the Epic Tale of Gilgamesh. The Wheel Although archeologists don't know for sure who invented the wheel, the oldest wheel discovered was found in Mesopotamia. It is likely the Sumer first used the wheel in making pottery in 3500BC and then used it for their chariots in around 3200 BC. Mathematics The Mesopotamians used a number system with the base 60 (like
innovations, practices, and theories, and the contributions to the sciences were so significant and spread out, it is unbelievable to look back on them. These many fields include medicine, astronomy, mathematics, and civil engineering. Islamic scientists and doctors made many important contributions to the world of medicine, advancing the degree of medical treatment tremendously. Doctors were trained by and followed the teachings of Hippocrates and Galen. Their ideas were the base of the Islamic Medical
structures that would observe the sun. the Bighorn Medicine Wheel in Wyoming dates to AD 1400 to 1700. Lines drawn between major markings on the wheel point to the location of solstice sunrises and sunsets and also toward the rising point of the three brightest stars that rise before the sun in the summer. About fifty medicine wheels have been discovered, several are thousands of years. Many of them have the same alignment as the Bighorn Medicine Wheel. In Chaco Canyon, New Mexico two spirals carved
of the object (Brown 162). Back in the 1960’s, the mouse was a wide, wooden box. The mouse also had two perpendicular wheels; one of the wheels moved horizontally, while the other wheel moved vertically. Because of this blueprint, the computer mouse was able to track the hand movements of a user (Brown 165). As seen today, a small ball has taken the place of the two wheels, and the wooden box is now a plastic cover. Nevertheless, Engelhard’s invention of the computer mouse was a huge Bittner
204- Self Reflective Paper Nahida Sheikh September 23, 2014 Dr. Kelly PenzUniversity of Saskatchewan- College of Nursing In the Article Warrior caregivers: Understanding the challenges and healing of First Nations men, Mussell describes the Medicine wheel as a conceptual framework to guide an individual to understand the four significant aspects of self which includes: physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual aspects of self (Mussell, 2005). In this paper I have utilized the four aspects