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Stewardship

by Gwilda Wiyaka

I awoke from a dream about an event that took
place over ten years ago. At that time, I was
is to never ignore Trixie’s promptings. As a the four day training. After class, another
standing on a rock outcropping in the howling
result of her visit, she, Cody and I built two conveyed the experience had totally changed her
Wyoming wind with my Shoshoni friend, Blue
more medicine wheels on the land. life for the better. She left with the vision of
Thunder. We were performing an earth
Not a week later, I was contacted by building a program for children in her home
activation, in preparation for a cross country
another friend, Debra Meehl of the Meehl state. Debra Meehl has indicated major, long
ceremony based on his vision.
Foundation in Brazoria Texas. She had just sought shifts occurring as a result of the work on
The ceremony was a two stage process.
completed a Shamanic Sisterhood gathering at her land.
Blue Thunder first traveled to and activated each
her facility and a number of the students had During our time together, the
site. On the day of the event, the activated sites
indicated their interest in learning to perform the participants were taught the art of shamanic
were stewarded by local people doing ceremony
medicine wheel ceremony. She was familiar journeying, gathering accurate spiritual
simultaneously. The ceremony was designed to
with my work and invited me to come to Texas information in order to build their personal
stabilize Yellowstone, which was showing signs
to build a medicine wheel on her property, relationship to the medicine wheel. At the end of
of becoming increasingly unstable.
teaching the process to her people. the class, each participant left with activated
Shoshoni Elder Blue Thunder’s vision
I did what I always do when asked to stones, armed with the knowledge to build and
was to unite all cultures, belief systems, and
teach or hold ceremony. I performed a shamanic steward a medicine wheel in their own
races in prayer and sacred intent, to heal, unify,
journey, asking what was mine to do. environment.
and shift the Earth and her people.
The answer was quite surprising. Thus, like a flower in bloom, the
While there were volunteers from all the
“The gap between the earth’s frequency medicine wheel expands across the country,
other states indicated in his vision, no one had
and that of humans is growing, and with it, the empowering the lives of the students and
stepped up to help activate the two sites in
stress on both. These are volatile times. rebalancing the areas in which they live.
Wyoming – Laramie and Saratoga. Ironically,
Stewards from all races and traditions are So exactly what is a cross-cultural
Wyoming was his home state. Though living in
needed to rebalance their people, and their medicine wheel?
Colorado for over twenty five years, I had been
location, with the evolving frequency of the Represented in many forms over the
born in Wyoming. I responded to his desperate
earth and sky.” ages, from simple stone circles and Celtic
call.
Having fallen and broken my back less mounds to Stonehenge and pyramids, sacred
After we had performed the Wyoming
than two years prior, I had not presented in structures have been built and maintained by
activations, as the time for the group ceremony
public since. I was concerned about the ability to ceremonies. Usually performed on the equinox
drew near, Blue Thunder informed me there was
fly cross-country, lugging the necessary stones and solstice, these ceremonies were designed to
still no one from Wyoming to steward the areas
and sacred articles for an earth activation and annually recalibrate the people to the constantly
we had activated.
medicine wheel ceremony. fluctuating frequencies of the earth and stars.
As founder and director of a Colorado
Naturally, I journeyed on my concerns. I am in awe of the wonderful group that
State certified occupational school of the
The answer: “Those that serve are was drawn together in Brazoria. To a one, they
shamanic arts, I put out my own call. A small
always provided for.” deserve our deep gratitude for their service to
group of students able to travel with me to
Alrightey then. the world in learning and carrying on this
Wyoming thankfully responded.
I informed Debra I would come to Texas, powerful cross-cultural tradition. Never has this
“I wonder why I’m dreaming about that?” I
hold the class, do the earth activation and practice been more needed than now, during
puzzled. The mystery was solved the very next
perform the Medicine Wheel Ceremony. these times of unprecedented upheaval and
night with another dream.
Trixie volunteered to go with me and assist. transformation.
I live on 44 acres of wooded land, high in
Cody offered to stay with the medicine wheels The adventure continues as spirit leads,
the southern Colorado mountains. In the dream,
on the property, in order to maintain connection with the 2018 Spring Equinox Medicine Wheel
I saw first three, and then five, medicine wheels
for me to draw upon in the building of the new Training, March 18-22. I can only stand back
on the property. There were energetic lines of
wheel. and watch in wonder as life works its magic,
connection going from them to other locations.
The days following were full of drawing forth the next beautiful group to
The next day, prompted by the dream,
synchronicities and serendipitous events. One participate in this most crucial work.
my friend and school registrar, Cody Alexander,
woman heard me hosting The Science of Magic My heart is full. []
and I built the first medicine wheel on the
Radio and proceeded to hunt me down, only to
property.
find reference to the upcoming Medicine Wheel
The following month, one of my
training in Texas. She reported being so drawn
students, Trixie Phelps, contacted me with a
by the sound of my voice, she simply “knew”
strange request.
she had to be there. Another woman, having met
“I hate to invite myself, but I have a
me prior, felt compelled to drive through the
strong prompting I need to come up there and
night from Arkansas to attend.
spend several days with you on your land.”
One of the participants stated she felt she “got
One thing I have learned over the years
her money’s worth” in the first ten minutes of