This book is written especially for today`s fast-paced people who have lost touch with their spirituality and wish to reawaken it. Learn how to interpret nature and her creatures as metaphors that teach spiritual principles essential to success in life! Learn to feel respectful and connected, in our living universe, to all our Relations. Find answers suitable to your needs through practicing the simple ceremonies of the medicine wheel. Medicine Wheel Ceremonies is a practical handbook oriented toward self-improvement in daily life. The instructions for the ceremonies, though strict in general guidelines, are flexible in details and adaptable to each person`s own tastes and schedules. Besides introducing the medicine wheel and its symbolism, the book contains clear, step-by-step instructions on how to make a medicine wheel, how to use the accompanying ceremony cards, and how to perform a ceremony. Several different kinds of ceremonies are explained, including group ceremonies. Cindy Rodberg, lives in the environs of Salt Lake City, Utah. Her personal interests include archaeology, anthropology, astronomy, and animals Her love of nature drew her to explore many pristine areas of the western United States, and her sincere desire to find the deeper meaning of life led her to the philosophy of the medicine wheel. Vicki May, also a resident of Salt Lake City and admirer of nature, is the mother of three children. She holds a black belt in Karate and is the author of Riverbend, a young adult western. Vicki says, `Medicine Wheel Ceremonies was written as a quest.` The authors saw that modern society`s symbols of success: money and power are illusions. They felt there must be something deeper, richer, more meaningful and satisfying. What touched them most was the way Native Americans see the world as an interconnected whole in which each thing has a special purpose under the one Creator. They found this philosophy best expressed through the medicine wheel. Cindy explains: `Self-created prayer within the medicine wheel is fuel for your soul, giving strength and energy to light up your inward path and self-awareness... The ancient prayer circle helps you to see yourself and all of nature as interlocking links of a chain.