ARTICLE
Supai Hopi Mona Polacca: Water, Prayer and Humility
By Brenda Norrell — 2012
Mona Polacca, Havasupai/Hopi, spoke at the Rights of Mother Earth Conference, about the foundation of life. From the first water inside the mother’s womb, to the prayer upon which life depends, Polacca spoke of the spirituality of life.
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
CLEAR ALL
BY TOPIC
BY TEACHER
BY TYPE
FILTER
TOPIC
- Spiritual Life (64)
- Indigenous Healing Approaches (55)
- Racial Identity (53)
- Racism (52)
- Activism/Service (48)
- Well-Being (44)
- Social Justice (37)
- Community Healing (35)
- Racial Healing (33)
- Racial Justice (33)
- Racial Discrimination (31)
- Emotional and Mental Health (29)
- Cross-Cultural Dynamics (27)
- Trauma Healing (25)
- Spiritual Development (23)
- Women’s Well-Being (23)
- Environmental Justice (22)
- Native American Beliefs (22)
- Connection with Nature (21)
- Identity (21)
- Indigenous Rights (20)
- Inner Life (20)
- Spiritual Awakening (20)
- Building Character (19)
- Empowerment (19)
- Self-Care (19)
- Meditation (18)
- Speaking Your Truth (18)
- Transformation (18)
- Christianity (17)
- Female Empowerment (17)
- God (17)
- Intergenerational Trauma (17)
- Fellowship and Community (16)
- Global Challenges (16)
- Self-Discovery (16)
- AAPI Well-Being (15)
- Awareness (15)
- Creative Well-Being (15)
- Environmental Exploitation (15)
- Leadership (15)
- Self-Reflection Practices (15)
- Spiritual Healing (15)
- Consciousness (14)
- Entrepreneurship (14)
- Imagination and Creativity (14)
- Plant Spirit Medicine (14)
- Religious Experience (14)
- Resilience (14)
- Self-Healing (14)
- Sustainability (14)
- Latinx Well-Being (13)
- Race and Gender (13)
- Self-Actualization (13)
- Spirituality and Politics (13)
- Freedom (12)
- Mind-Body Connection (12)
- Neuroscience (12)
- Self-Development (12)
- Spiritual Direction (12)
- Spiritual Practices (12)
- Authenticity (11)
- Buddhism (11)
- Economic Justice (11)
- Happiness (11)
- Human Potential (11)
- LGBTQIA Well-Being (11)
- Mindfulness (11)
- Mysticism (11)
- Personal Development (11)
- Values (11)
- Young Adult Well-Being (11)
- Ayahuasca (10)
- Climate Change (10)
- Physical Health (10)
- Psychology and Spirituality (10)
- Soul Mission (10)
- Belonging (9)
- Christian Mysticism (9)
- Compassion (9)
- Faith and Identity (9)
- Generational Healing (9)
- Inner Peace (9)
- Love (9)
- Search for Purpose (9)
- Self-Love (9)
- Spiritual Quest (9)
- Suffering (9)
- Whiteness (9)
- Work Challenges (9)
- Body Image (8)
- Courage (8)
- Inspiration (8)
- Prayer (8)
- Presence (8)
- Self-Acceptance (8)
- Self-Esteem (8)
- Youth Activism (8)
- Building Culture (7)
- Ecospirituality (7)
- Enlightenment (7)
- Faith (7)
- Finding Meaning (7)
- Higher Calling (7)
- Integrative Medicine (7)
- Moral Philosophy (7)
- Positive Psychology (7)
- Science and Spirituality (7)
- Shamanic Healing (7)
- Athlete Well-Being (6)
- Collective Trauma (6)
- Communication Skills (6)
- Gratitude (6)
- Growth Mindset (6)
- Inner Strengths (6)
- Intention (6)
- Joy (6)
- Judaism (6)
- Life Challenges (6)
- Memoir (6)
- Poverty/Economic Inequality (6)
- Psychology (6)
- Ritual (6)
- Self-Limiting Beliefs (6)
- Shamanism (6)
- Stress (6)
- Tibetan Buddhism (6)
- Aging (5)
- Altered States (5)
- Depression (5)
- Dharma (5)
- Fear (5)
- Gender Discrimination (5)
- Healing Approaches (5)
- Healthy Eating (5)
- Imposter Syndrome (5)
- Interdependence (5)
- Mindfulness Meditation (5)
- Motherhood (5)
- Neoshamanism (5)
- Neuroplasticity (5)
- Poetry (5)
- Psychedelic Journey (5)
- Sacred Feminine (5)
- South American Shamanism (5)
- Storytelling (5)
- Stress Management (5)
- Work Relationships (5)
- Yoga (5)
- Addiction (4)
- Anxiety (4)
- Diamond Approach (4)
- Exercise (4)
- Forgiveness (4)
- Generosity (4)
- Global Food Supply (4)
- Grit (4)
- Guided Meditation (4)
- Habits of Mind (4)
- Hope (4)
- Immigration and Assimilation (4)
- Integrity (4)
- Letting Go (4)
- Negative Self-Talk (4)
- Non-Duality (4)
- Nonviolence (4)
- Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (4)
- Self-Expression (4)
- Self-Mastery (4)
- Self-Reckoning (4)
- Self-Worth (4)
- The Divine (4)
- Trauma (4)
- Trust (4)
- Wholeness (4)
- Addiction Recovery (3)
- Affirmations (3)
- Anger (3)
- Coming Out (3)
- Compassion Meditation (3)
- Confidence (3)
- Connection (3)
- Diet and Nutrition (3)
- Disconnection (3)
- Embodiment (3)
- Empathy (3)
- Energy Healing (3)
- Friendship (3)
- Herbal Supplementation (3)
- Loneliness (3)
- Mentoring (3)
- Mindfulness Practices (3)
- Motivation (3)
- Neuropsychology (3)
- Parenting (3)
- Passion (3)
- Patience (3)
- Psilocybin (3)
- PTSD (3)
- Relationship Challenges (3)
- Romantic Relationships (3)
- Self-Realization (3)
- Shadow (3)
- Somatic Practices (3)
- Spirituality and Health (3)
- Vulnerability (3)
- Access to Education (2)
- Archetypes (2)
- Breathwork (2)
- Burnout (2)
- Cancer (2)
- Caregiver Well-Being (2)
- Child’s Trauma (2)
- Chronic Health Conditions (2)
- Collaboration (2)
- Comparing Belief Traditions (2)
- Conflict Resolution (2)
- Cross-Cultural Parenting (2)
- Curiosity (2)
- Decision Making (2)
- Ego Transcendence (2)
- Epigenetics (2)
- Family Dynamics (2)
- Feminism (2)
- Fiction (2)
- Following Bliss (2)
- Gender and Spirituality (2)
- Gender Justice (2)
- Goddess (2)
- Habit Formation (2)
- Holism (2)
- Honoring Emotion (2)
- Humility (2)
- Incarceration (2)
- Jewish Renewal (2)
- Lovingkindness Meditation (2)
- Mediums (2)
- Midlife Crisis (2)
- Offering Support to Others (2)
- Oneness (2)
- Optimism (2)
- Othering (2)
- Perception (2)
- Philosophical Approaches (2)
- Plant-Based Medicine (2)
- Psychedelic Research (2)
- Relationship with Money (2)
- Relationship with Time (2)
- Rest (2)
- Self-Compassion (2)
- Self-Control (2)
- Setting Limits and Boundaries (2)
- Sexuality (2)
- Shame (2)
- Sleep (2)
- Social Media Addiction (2)
- Social Psychology (2)
- Spirit Animals (2)
- Unconscious Bias (2)
- Unity (2)
- Visions and Hallucinations (2)
- Work-Life Balance (2)
- A Course in Miracles (1)
- Acceptance (1)
- Adaptability (1)
- Adoption (1)
- Afterlife (1)
- Alcohol Addiction (1)
- Anger Management (1)
- Asking for Help (1)
- Awe (1)
- Ayurveda (1)
- Biofeedback (1)
- Body Positivity (1)
- Brain Health (1)
- Channeling (1)
- Child’s Emotional Growth (1)
- Children’s Well-Being (1)
- Competition (1)
- Conscience (1)
- Conscious Evolution (1)
- Crystals (1)
- Death and Dying (1)
- Despair (1)
- Digital Life (1)
- Discrimination (1)
- Divorce and Breakup (1)
- Dream Analysis (1)
- Drug Addiction (1)
- Dysfunctional Childhood (1)
- Eating Disorders (1)
- Ego (1)
- EMDR (1)
- Emotional Intelligence (EQ) (1)
- Endurance (1)
- Facing Own Death (1)
- Family Acceptance (1)
- Fate (1)
- Fatigue (1)
- Focus (1)
- Forest Bathing (1)
- Gender Identity (1)
- Genetics (1)
- Goal Setting (1)
- Grace (1)
- Hero’s Journey (1)
- Highly Sensitive People (1)
- Hinduism (1)
- Homophobia (1)
- Humanitarian Aid/Relief Work (1)
- Ibogaine (1)
- Inflammation (1)
- Islam (1)
- Journaling (1)
- Jungian Analysis (1)
- Learning Styles (1)
- Leaving a Religion (1)
- LGBTQIA Parents (1)
- Longevity (1)
- Magic (1)
- MDMA (1)
- Memory (1)
- Men’s Well-Being (1)
- Mental Health Challenges (1)
- Naturopathy (1)
- Near-Death Experience (1)
- Nonbinary Well-Being (1)
- OCD (1)
- Other Dimensions and Beings (1)
- Past Lives and Reincarnation (1)
- Personality Typing (1)
- Positive Self-Talk (1)
- Post-Traumatic Growth (1)
- Productivity (1)
- Qi (1)
- Reproductive Health (1)
- Self-Discipline (1)
- Self-Pressure (1)
- Sex (1)
- Sexual Assault or Abuse (1)
- Social Presence (1)
- Spiritual Crisis (1)
- Sutras (1)
- The Feldenkrais Method (1)
- Transgender Well-Being (1)
- Transitions (1)
- Transpersonal Psychology (1)
- Trauma-Informed Therapy (1)
- Veganism (1)
- Veteran Well-Being (1)
- Wake-Up Calls (1)
- War (1)
- Weight Concerns (1)
- Western Astrology (1)
- Women’s Rights (1)
- Zen Buddhism (1)
- Zen Meditation (1)
FILTER
TEACHER
- Agnes Baker-Pilgrim (7)
- Grandmother Flordemayo (6)
- Louise Erdrich (6)
- Beatrice Long Visitor Holy Dance (5)
- David J. Wolpe (5)
- Howard Thurman (5)
- Jack Kornfield (5)
- Jeff Foster (5)
- Resmaa Menakem (5)
- Ken Wilber (4)
- Maria Alice Campos Freire (4)
- Ram Dass (4)
- Richard Davidson (4)
- Rita Pitka Blumenstein (4)
- Winona LaDuke (4)
- A. H. Almaas (3)
- adrienne maree brown (3)
- Alice Walker (3)
- Debbie Ford (3)
- Dorothy Day (3)
- Huston Smith (3)
- Jan Willis (3)
- Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo (3)
- Joan Chittister (3)
- Joseph M. Marshall III (3)
- Karen Casey (3)
- Lama Surya Das (3)
- M. Scott Peck (3)
- Mark Nepo (3)
- Michael Harner (3)
- Rita Long Visitor Holy Dance (3)
- Aama Bombo (2)
- Alan Watts (2)
- Amanda Gorman (2)
- Andrew Weil (2)
- angel Kyodo williams (2)
- Bart Houlahan (2)
- Chelsey Luger (2)
- Cornel West (2)
- Daniel J. Siegel (2)
- David R. Hawkins (2)
- Eileen Fisher (2)
- Francoise Bourzat (2)
- Gabor Maté (2)
- Jacqui Lewis (2)
- Joseph Tafur (2)
- Julieta Casimiro (2)
- Karen Johnson (2)
- Lama Rod Owens (2)
- LaRayia Gaston (2)
- Malcolm X (2)
- Malidoma Patrice Somé (2)
- Margaret Behan (2)
- Marianne Williamson (2)
- Martin Seligman (2)
- Misty Copeland (2)
- Monnica Williams (2)
- Neale Donald Walsch (2)
- Oprah Winfrey (2)
- Riane Eisler (2)
- Robert A. Johnson (2)
- Ruth King (2)
- Sadhguru (2)
- Satish Kumar (2)
- Stephanie Y. Evans (2)
- Swami Mukundananda (2)
- Tsering Dolma Gyaltong (2)
- Abraham Joshua Heschel (1)
- Adi Da Samraj (1)
- Albert Hofmann (1)
- Alejandro Jodorowsky (1)
- Amma (1)
- Angela Duckworth (1)
- Anne Lamott (1)
- Anodea Judith (1)
- Anthony de Mello (1)
- Arianna Huffington (1)
- Brian Weiss (1)
- Bruce Lipton (1)
- Byron Katie (1)
- Camille Helminski (1)
- Carl Jung (1)
- Chani Nicholas (1)
- Chögyam Trungpa (1)
- Claudio Naranjo (1)
- Connie Zweig (1)
- Dacher Keltner (1)
- Dan Millman (1)
- Daniel Goleman (1)
- Danya Ruttenberg (1)
- David Steindl-Rast (1)
- Deepak Chopra (1)
- Dennis McKenna (1)
- Dilip Jeste (1)
- don Miguel Ruiz (1)
- don Miguel Ruiz Jr. (1)
- Eckhart Tolle (1)
- Edgar Cayce (1)
- Elaine Aron (1)
- Elaine Pagels (1)
- Eric Maisel (1)
- Gangaji (1)
- Gary Zukav (1)
- Gaylon Ferguson (1)
- Geneen Roth (1)
- Graham Hancock (1)
- Greta Thunberg (1)
- Harriet Lerner (1)
- HeatherAsh Amara (1)
- Hildegard von Bingen (1)
- Howard Gardner (1)
- Iyanla Vanzant (1)
- J. Krishnamurti (1)
- James Baraz (1)
- James Hillman (1)
- Jana Long (1)
- Jane Hirshfield (1)
- Jean Shinoda Bolen (1)
- Jeff Brown (1)
- Jeremy Narby (1)
- Jerry M. Ruhl (1)
- Joan Borysenko (1)
- JoAnna Hardy (1)
- john a. powell (1)
- John Bradshaw (1)
- John O’Donohue (1)
- John Welwood (1)
- Kathryn Budig (1)
- Kathy Freston (1)
- Kelly McGonigal (1)
- Ken Cohen (1)
- Krista Tippett (1)
- Latham Thomas (1)
- Linda Graham (1)
- Linda Hogan (1)
- Lorin Roche (1)
- Lucille Clifton (1)
- Luisah Teish (1)
- Mahatma Gandhi (1)
- María Sabina (1)
- Maria Sirois (1)
- Mark Haden (1)
- Maya Angelou (1)
- Michael Bernard Beckwith (1)
- Michelle Obama (1)
- Mihály Csíkszentmihályi (1)
- Mircea Eliade (1)
- Monica Sharma (1)
- Moshé Feldenkrais (1)
- Mother Meera (1)
- Nadine Burke Harris (1)
- Neem Karoli Baba (1)
- Nicole Cardoza (1)
- Nikki Giovanni (1)
- Noah Elkrief (1)
- Noah Levine (1)
- Oriah Mountain Dreamer (1)
- Parker J. Palmer (1)
- Patanjali (1)
- Pema Chödrön (1)
- Peter Russell (1)
- Peter Senge (1)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1)
- Pope Francis (1)
- Ralph De La Rosa (1)
- Reginald Ray (1)
- Rich Roll (1)
- Rick Hanson (1)
- Robert Bly (1)
- Roger Walsh (1)
- Rose Marcario (1)
- Rosie Molinary (1)
- Sam Harris (1)
- Scott Edelstein (1)
- Shunryu Suzuki (1)
- Simone Weil (1)
- Sonia Sanchez (1)
- Spring Washam (1)
- Stanislav Grof (1)
- Stephen Harrod Buhner (1)
- Tara Brach (1)
- The Dalai Lama (1)
- Thich Nhat Hanh (1)
- Thomas Berry (1)
- Thomas Hübl (1)
- Thomas Moore (1)
- Toni Morrison (1)
- Vandana Shiva (1)
- Viktor E. Frankl (1)
- Wayne Dyer (1)
- William Barber (1)
- William Bloom (1)
- Willis Harman (1)
- Yael Shy (1)
- Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (1)
- Zainab Salbi (1)
- Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (1)
- Zinovia Dushkova (1)