The medicine wheel

  ©Joos

The South of the medicine wheel is red.
It is the realm of the earth, of the physical plane, of manifestation.
Home of the child in ourselves, of trust and innocence.
The following sun glyphs are in the South of the medicine wheel:
Imix, red Dragon
Chicchan, red Snake
Muluc, red Moon
Ben, red Skywalker
Caban, red Earth
The Jin Shin Jyutsu® energy points 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21 and 25 correspond with the characteristics of the South of the medicine wheel.

The West of the medicine wheel is blue.
It is the realm of water, transformation, change, life and death.
Home of the adolescent in ourselves, of emotions.
The following sun glyphs are in the West of the medicine wheel:
Akbal, blue Night
Manik, blue Hand
Chuen, blue Monkey
Men, blue Eagle
Cauac, blue Storm
The Jin Shin Jyutsu® energy points 3, 7, 11, 15, 19 and 23 correspond with the characteristics of the West of the medicine wheel.

The North of the medicine wheel is white.
It is the realm of Spirit, of air and inspiration.
Home of the adult, the heart, maturity.
The following sun glyphs are in the North:
Ik, white Wind
Cimi, white Worldbridger
Oc, white Dog
Ix, white Magician
Etznab, white Mirror
The Jin Shin Jyutsu® energy points 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22 and 26 correspond with the characteristics of the North of the medicine wheel.

The East of the medicine wheel is yellow.
It is the realm of our mind, of fire and the power of the sun.
Home of the ancient wise ones, of humor, the clown, the heyoka.
The following sun glyphs are in the East:
Kan, yellow Seed
Lamat, yellow Star
Eb, yellow Human
Cib, yellow Warrior
Ahau, yellow Sun
The Jin Shin Jyutsu® energy points 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24 correspond with the characteristics of the East of the medicine wheel.

Using the medicine Wheel

In the center of the wheel is the Self, the sacred witness.
We can look at situations, or at problems, from all sides, while staying in our center.
Let us start in the center and make a space there where love, wisdom and power can live.
Often the problem is located on one side of the medicine wheel.
For example in the South, on the physical plane.
Our inner child feels wounded, hurt, neglected.
Or our body hurts.
The problem may also be in the West.
We feel emotional and do not know how to dissolve this.
Or we remain stuck in negativity.
When the problem is in the North, we may feel lack of inspiration, of life force.
We may have lost the contact with the Source, with the maturity of the heart, with the adult in ourselves.
When our life is stagnated in the East we possibly are too serious and have lost our sense of humor.
We may have forgotten to release and are not looking for the opening in the situation.
By looking at situations from the four directions of the medicine wheel we may begin to move again and restore the balance in ourselves.
The sacred wheel is a splendid instrument.