Tayanita Medicine Lodge
“Medicine” in the Native sense is anything that strengthens one’s connection to Great Mystery or brings healing to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual Self or anything that brings power, strength or understanding.
Tayanita is a Cherokee word for a young beaver. Beaver is an important Totem for us. After humans, beavers have the biggest impact on the environment of any creature on the face of our planet. A beaver pond creates an entire ecosystem for life to flourish, from insects, fish, amphibians, and reptiles to birds, mammals and plants.
In our lodge, we pass on the Medicine of our teachers, elders, ancestors and Spirit – and like Beaver, the intention of our lodge is to create a community where all life can thrive!
We are grateful for you to join us in building a world for the next seven generations and in support of all life.
We are teachers and healers of the Beauty Way. We are here to be of service to our community and work with you in whatever way assists you on your path. Join us!
Speaking Hawk and Dawn Rising are Shamanic practitioners and healers grounded in Native traditions. We started on the Beauty Path in 2001 when living in North Carolina, USA, we met a Cherokee Teacher and Healer, Will Rockingbear. Through Rockingbear, we both met and started training with Robin White Star. We have been guided by the teachings of Rockingbear, White Star, Seneca elders Bob and Lee Nitsch from the US and other shamanic healers and teachers native to North, Central and South America, and the UK.
All spiritual traditions are welcome in our lodge.
We moved to the UK and have offered Ceremony and healing practices in Leicester since 2005.
A workshop at Tayanita Medicine Lodge 2014
An All Night Dreaming Ceremony at Tayanita Medicine Lodge 2015
A Drum Creation Ceremony at Tayanita Medicine Lodge 2017
“It was a beautiful day – my drum looks fabulous” Wendy
“Thanks for a brilliant day” Clare
Speaking Hawk is a shamanic healer and teacher of the Beauty Way. Having studied with Native teachers from different traditions as well as those steeped in Eastern traditions, her practice is a synthesis of teachings and all traditions are welcome.
Speaking Hawk offers monthly circles, ceremony and private sessions / mentoring. As a Pipe Carrier, she offers Pipe Ceremony several times during the year. The course of her life was changed by Vision Quest in North Carolina guided by White Star Woman and Rockingbear.
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