Empowering Healers: Advanced Ribbon Skirt Ceremonies for Trauma Integration
Fri, Jul 25
|Whistler
For First Nations Healers & Counsellors: Deepen your practice with integrating trauma therapy, ribbon skirts, and ceremony as a medicine bundle to offer to those you serve.
Time & Location
Jul 25, 2025, 9:00 a.m. PDT – Jul 26, 2025, 5:00 p.m. PDT
Whistler, 4584 Blackcomb Wy, Whistler, BC V8E 0Y3, Canada
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About the event
This powerful two-day intensive workshop, led by Stephanie Erickson RCC, CCC of Strawberry Medicine Counselling, offers a unique and culturally grounded approach to trauma healing and integration. Participants will learn to facilitate Ribbon Skirt Therapy, thoughtfully weaving together the symbolism and significance of the ribbon skirt with the transformative practices of soul retrieval and cord cutting ceremonies. This experiential training is designed to equip First Nations healers and counsellors with practical skills and a deeper understanding of how to support their clients in achieving profound healing of mind, body, and spirit.
In this workshop, you will:
Explore the Sacred Significance of the Ribbon Skirt: Delve into the cultural meaning, symbolism, and inherent healing power of the ribbon skirt within First Nations traditions.
Understand Trauma Through an Indigenous Lens: Examine the impacts of historical and intergenerational trauma on individuals and communities, and how ceremony can offer pathways to healing.
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