As the whirlwind intensifies...

Stay in your Center

Indigenous Elders are telling us that this is a time of intensification on Earth. Ilarion Merculieff explains why we need to stay in our centers during this time of intensification.

Related Practices:

For practices related to Indigeneity, and the Indigenous worldview specifically, see The Origin Story, The Unangan Way, Hawa'iian Traditional Farming, Responsibilities versus Rights, see Exiting the Language of Domination. For practices related to awareness, see Practice Quieting the Mind, Practice Heartfulness, Owl Ears, Stare Vacantly into the Distance, Vista Views, Tracking, Learn to Make Fire. For practices related to Language, see Building Ropes. See Keywords. See our film, How to Talk to Everything.

Who taught us this?

Ilarion Merculieff is the President of the Global Center for Indigenous Leadership and Lifeways. He was raised in a traditional manner on the Pribiloff Islands in the Bering Sea, where his people have been living for 10,000 years. The Unangan culture created the most densely populated linear shoreline in North America, and travelled to the tip of South America in their single and double-hulled kayaks. Ilarion's traditional name, Kuuyux, means an arm extending out to the world. He brings ancient Indigenous ways of Knowing into modern times. He is the Convener of Wisdom Weavers of the World, a collective of 13 indigenous elders from cultures around the globe that met in Kauai in 2017 to prepare a message for humanity and continue to work to share the messages of Indigenous people globally. He is the author of Wisdom Keeper: One Man's Journey to Honor the Untold History of the Unangan People.

Teach me how

Ready to learn more with Ilarion? Join us for his beautiful course, Becoming a Real Human Being with Ilarion Merculieff.

Who taught us this?

Ilarion Merculieff is the President of the Global Center for Indigenous Leadership and Lifeways. He was raised in a traditional manner on the Pribiloff Islands in the Bering Sea, where his people have been living for 10,000 years. The Unangan culture created the most densely populated linear shoreline in North America, and travelled to the tip of South America in their single and double-hulled kayaks. Ilarion's traditional name, Kuuyux, means an arm extending out to the world. He brings ancient Indigenous ways of Knowing into modern times. He is the Convener of Wisdom Weavers of the World, a collective of 13 indigenous elders from cultures around the globe that met in Kauai in 2017 to prepare a message for humanity and continue to work to share the messages of Indigenous people globally. He is the author of Wisdom Keeper: One Man's Journey to Honor the Untold History of the Unangan People.

Teach me how

Ready to learn more with Ilarion? Join us for his beautiful course, Becoming a Real Human Being with Ilarion Merculieff.

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