The Wind Is My Mother, Bear Heart
The Wind Is My Mother, Bear Heart
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The Wind Is My Mother
The Life and Teachings of a Native American Shaman

Author: Bear Heart, Molly Larkin

Narrator: Larry Winters

Unabridged: 8 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/23/2019


Synopsis

With eloquent simplicity, one of the world's last Native American Medicine Men demonstrates how traditional tribal wisdom can help us maintain spiritual and physical health in today's world.

About Bear Heart

Bear Heart (1918-2008), born in Okemah, Oklahoma, was a spiritual leader of the Muskogee-Creek Nation trained in the traditional ways of his tribe. Highly regarded as a healer and counselor, he was also a respected leader of the Native American Church, Sun Danced with both the Northern and Southern Cheyenne people, and was an ordained minister in the American Baptist Church. He was asked to be one of the spiritual counselors for the firemen and their families after the Oklahoma City tragedy and put down prayers with the fire department at Ground Zero in November, 2001. Bear Heart helped thousands of people over the course of his life and his book, The Wind Is My Mother, continues his life work of sharing wisdom and inspiration.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Robin on July 13, 2017

Bear Heart is one of the last traditional medicine men of the Muskogee Creek tribe. He and author, Molly Larkin, want to share his sacred knowledge, which bridges ancient practices and modern psychology. With humility and non-judgment, Bear Heart describes his upbringing, which begins with brief ref......more

Goodreads review by ~adrienne~ on July 08, 2008

I will absolutely NOT swap this book because I refer back to it over and over again! It is absolutely amazing and I HIGHLY recommend it for everyone!!! It is written by a Native American Shaman who is so full of wisdom....PLEASE read!!!!......more

Goodreads review by Gail on August 06, 2015

Being of Native American heritage, this book is full of spiritual information and the way of "right living" in harmony and balance with nature. I am half-way through and can hardly put the book down once I get started. Can't wait to finish it.......more

Goodreads review by Carla on December 15, 2012

The cover and premise of this book grabbed me straight away. ‘The Wind is My Mother’ is not a new publication by any means (1998) but does that matter?  It’s a good book and sometimes the truly important and meaningful ones are hard to come by.  Bear Heart is a Muskogee Creek Indian and Medicine Man,......more

Goodreads review by Emma on July 07, 2023

Oh my gosh, what an impactful book. Written by a Native American medicine man, Bear Heart, who was also an ordained Baptist minister, this book was insightful to its core. So much wisdom and guidance for our life was shared with ways to apply these values. Many of the lessons in morality that we are......more