
Karen Trulove, the Traditional Healer at the Dena’ina Wellness Center, shares cups of birch water with Elders and youth in a tree tapping workshop.
Traditional Healing promotes healing of the mind, body and spirit for un’ina in individual or group settings at the Dena’ina Wellness Center. The Traditional Healer provides:
- Healing Touch; lymphatic drainage; acupressure; self-care using traditional techniques; talking circles; prayer and blessing; education on cleansing, purification and centering; guided meditation; arthritic hand therapy; cultural handicraft therapy
- Culturally relevant consultations to un’ina and care teams
- Outreach regarding the relationship of the treatment plan to an un’ina’s traditional cultural practices and beliefs
- Traditional plant harvesting, preserving and educational plant and foods workshops
- Traditional animal knowledge