As First Nations people a wonderful learning tool that has been developed for our use is the Medicine Wheel. It can be used to help us learn and achieve balance throughout our lives. The most important thing to know is change is achieved through using the will or by putting principles we have learned into action. When we do this the universe supports us with teachers, mentors and opportunities to further learn and try out these new lessons.

It is said that our learning is not balanced unless all areas of the wheel has been covered in our process. The mental, physical, spiritual and emotional can be taught or mentored negatively or positively. The way to determine this is by the effects the behaviour produces. If the behaviour causes us physical or emotional stress, or separation from our loved ones then we have to go back and revisit the medicine wheel with its teachings of balance in the four areas of our being. Sometimes we can receive a dream or vision in the form of a warning or encouragement. The medicine wheel can be used to show us the best way to follow through with this inner guidance.

The medicine wheel is a powerful symbol and shows how everything is connected, including us to each and every person, and all of creation. Many people believe that using the medicine wheel can aid us in living a good life by learning how to meet the needs of all the different parts of our being; physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.