CBD 2024: Adaawx: Sacred Stories and Healing with Patricia June Vickers, PhD

Tsm'syen peoples have sacred stories (adaawx) that teach foundational principles of living a good life. This talk is a window, a small portal into the spiritual teachings of respect for everyday life.  Ancestral teachings help to go beyond making sense of cultural atrocities to seeing the supernatural in the present moment.

Patricia June Vickers, PhD, belongs to the Eagle clan from the village of Gitxaala, British Columbia where she carries a feast hall name as well as one from the Nuxalk village in Bella Coola, British Columbia. She completed her interdisciplinary doctorate studying the transformative aspects of Tsm'syen ancestral law.  With the help of neurofeedback and ancestral principles, she teaches spiritual transformation, healing trauma, awakening, forgiveness and unearthing layers to find the authentic self.

Dr. Vickers also will be leading an Interactive workshop titled Integrating the Sacred Stories of Our Ancestors on Oct. 24 and an iPause Guided Practice titled My Life as Sacred Story on Oct. 25. You are welcome to participate in one or all three of the sessions offered by Dr. Particia June Vickers during the Contemplation by Design Summit.