Woman Stands Shining, Pat McCabe, has the honour of being of the Dine (Navajo) Nation. She brings the understanding of Indigenous ways of knowing into discussion and inquiry on Sustainability. She carries the foundation of Beauty and Spirit into places where it has been kept out. Pat is an active participant in Indigenous Peoples gatherings worldwide including Chile, Belgium, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico and Bali. She has worked with the International Center for Cultural Studies in India and with Sarvodaya with Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne in Sri Lanka, as well as with organizations and gatherings in the U.S. She has been a cultural consultant to the Pachamama Alliance, presenting at the 2013 and 2014 National Bioneers Conference, and presenting on “The Feminine Design and Sustainability” in the U.S. and Internationally.
She first came to the UK in 2014, as an invited guest to the New Story Summit at Findhorn Community, Scotland. She also visited Devon that year, and returned to lead sessions of the Becoming Indigenous course at Schumacher College in 2015. In 2016, her ambitious vision for a Human Reunion Ceremony of healing began here in Devon - continuing on to Spain, France, Italy and Germany.
Videos of the Earth Talks Pat has given at Schumacher College are on the web: her 2014 talk on Thriving Life - the Feminine Design and Sustainability and on Indigenous Ways of Knowing.
You can also see/hear Pat talking several years ago about her background and work toward bridging the gap between indigenous peoples' clans of origin and current generations' separation from it .
Read Pat's letter of invitation to participate in the Human Reunion Ceremony in 2016.
Hear Pat's prayer to Water on SOULand in response to a message from the Water at the River Dart to Azul Valerie Thorne on 2 December 2016.
She first came to the UK in 2014, as an invited guest to the New Story Summit at Findhorn Community, Scotland. She also visited Devon that year, and returned to lead sessions of the Becoming Indigenous course at Schumacher College in 2015. In 2016, her ambitious vision for a Human Reunion Ceremony of healing began here in Devon - continuing on to Spain, France, Italy and Germany.
Videos of the Earth Talks Pat has given at Schumacher College are on the web: her 2014 talk on Thriving Life - the Feminine Design and Sustainability and on Indigenous Ways of Knowing.
You can also see/hear Pat talking several years ago about her background and work toward bridging the gap between indigenous peoples' clans of origin and current generations' separation from it .
Read Pat's letter of invitation to participate in the Human Reunion Ceremony in 2016.
Hear Pat's prayer to Water on SOULand in response to a message from the Water at the River Dart to Azul Valerie Thorne on 2 December 2016.