Corn provides many gifts of sustenance: • food (nutrition) • medicine (silk) • prayer (pollen) • play (dolls) • warmth (corn cob stoves) Corn is a sacred plant, with a spirit, that carries many life teachings.
Learning and using healthy coping mechanisms such as relaxation techniques to reduce stress assists in bringing the body and mind to a calm state in preparation for a restful sleep. Lack of sleep can lead to stress and stress can …
Corn is an incredibly versatile food. Whole corn, like you eat on the cob – is a vegetable. The corn kernel, which is its seed – is a grain Botanically, corn as a whole plant – is a grass. Corn …
You don’t have to do it alone. Getting our family to help us to keep on track helps everybody. We can all eat healthier, be active, and reduce our stress levels, which is good for keeping us all balanced in …
Summer is a wonderful time to slow down and spend quality time with family and loved ones. Mentally when the school year is out, there is more time for kids to explore their interests. It is the perfect season to …
These faceless dolls continue to serve as a reminder never to think you’re better than someone else. One day the Corn Spirit asked the Great Spirit if she could provide something different for her people. With the Great Spirit’s permission, …
Choose any of the following affirmations or create a list of your own: • I am loving. • I am calm. • I am kind. • I send prayers of love and peace to all. Affirmations are seeds of positivity …
Since then, it was traded farther and farther north and became a staple for Indigenous people in what is today known as Canada. Corn was originally domesticated in what is known today as Mexico by Indigenous people approximately 10,000 years …
Family activities are a fun way to be active and help keep our bodies moving. Playing together is a great way to get our hearts pumping and blood flowing and helps our hearts to be healthy.
Summer is a wonderful time to slow down and spend quality time with family and loved ones. Emotionally throughout the school year, we are busy with school life, work life and more. Summer is a time for reflection and decompression …
ononya’ (husk) Strive for healthy choices. Keep your hands busy by taking the time to learn a new art form such as twining corn husk. “Corn husk is something that is natural and comes from the earth. It becomes medicinal …
Self-care is essential to overall well-being but first, we must practice Humility to honor our spirit and inner voice. We must listen to our body and inquire within ourselves and with our helpers to find out what is happening so …