EDI in Pain Management Series Session 2: Indigenous Inclusion and Considerations in Pain Management

Learning Objectives

  • Review the importance of facilitating a space for Indigenous Spirituality
    • Understanding our collective spiritual disconnection to the Land due to Colonialism
    • Review clinical Implications of historical and present day trauma for Indigenous people
    • Discuss the Anishinaabe Prophecy of the 8th Fire
  • Understanding the Medicine Wheel Teachings; a Spiritual Framework for many Indigenous Peoples; Holistic Framework for Healing
    • Eastern Direction: the importance of knowing we are Spiritual Beings first and foremost; energetic and bioelectrical beings
    • Southern Direction: the importance of Earthing and Grounding; the sacred connection to our Earth Mother; caring for our Sacred Bodies and Temples
    • Western Direction: the importance of making space to feel pain through; the art of mourning; embracing both solar and lunar energies
    • Northern Direction: understanding how the Mind and Brain works in terms of Mental Health; our Divine Connection to the Universe; breathwork
  • Understanding our Interconnection; it is Time to Mend the Sacred Hoop; healing and finding Peace
    • The Call to Consciousness: putting prayer into action
    • Inclusion: UNDRIP: Spiritual Practices and beliefs are a human right

Didactic Speaker

Jenny Sawanohk

Indigenous Healer and Psychotherapist

Session Materials

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