As we Journey Through the Medicine Wheel with attention to it’s cycles we build awareness that each moment is precious, distinctly its own, and fleeting. The more we strive to live in this awareness we open up to the synchronicity within the Universe. Developing our vision and wells of appreciation for the opportunities we have in every alignment within the great cosmos we are part of. This dance of the moon and planets, constellations and sun is encoded in the Mayan Chol Q’ij — the time keeping calendar that we can track to illuminate our consciousness and guide us as choose days to be in ceremony. May you carry this season’s offerings of guidance from our elders as you grow, transform and the celebrate life this Fall season into the coming Winter Solstice.

From the midpoint between the light and dark of equinox we began our process to move towards the deep rooted visioning time of the winter solstice (in the north). Now is the time to celebrate the cycles of time itself. The lifetimes and stories over generations encoded in us like the heirloom seeds we save. Fully present to the potential within, bursting with life, we acknowledge the ancestors in our blood, the lands, and the fruits of all the labors we make. With grace and gratitude for all of the gifts we have received from the generations before us. GRATITUDE is the most central element to the ceremonies and rituals offered in this season, with blessings from us to you, we hope that these shares inspire you as you create your own deeper meaning to the value of Thanksgiving in your life.

Traditional healing wisdom invites us to cleanse and fortify the body this season in wellness rituals and the processing of foods and medicines of the year. To nourish, restore and tone our systems as we prepare for solstice and the visioning time of winter that emerges from our roots. Remedies, baths of blessed herbs, and broths made of clean waters, roots, vegetables, medicines and bones are all integral to our healing ways as Maya, and for many cultures rooted in an understanding of the deep relationship we have to the seasons. Honoring the changing movement of the elements within each phase of the year as part of us, and nature itself. May the techniques and practices we share this season enrich your own hearth, home and the brews you make and sip this fall.

We invite you to explore this section in our members space to access timeless Earth Wisdom Keeper teachings from our growing archive of documentation of Wisdom Keepers of the four directions that have shared their light, love and teachings of their lineage with Earth Peoples United. Wisdom shared over the many years of Tat Erick’s path as a spiritual leader in councils and ceremonies to unify the people. Some of these oral tradition shares are from elders who now walk in the Spirit world, leaving their essence through their words and stories left. We give thanks to all who have shared with us, for the immense blessings of their wisdom and guidance, for the inspiration and pure love of their nature. Each of these elders have blessed our lives. May they be good medicine for you too!