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Scenario

How to maintain indigenous spiritual beliefs in Western scientific education

I'm in medical school and my anatomy professor talks about bodies like they're just machines, but everything my Cherokee grandmother taught me says the body holds spirit and I feel like I'm losing part of my soul in this training.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Academic training in materialist frameworks can erode indigenous ways of understanding the sacred nature of existence.

Your guide for this
Rumi
Rumi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous spiritualities — North America?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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