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The Cherokee Full Circle: A Practical Guide to Sacred Ceremonies and Traditions

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Drs. JT & Michael Garrett have gifted us with yet another wonderful collection of great insights and practical ways of "be-ing." The Cherokee Full Circle provides the reader with suggested activities that help one move towards balance and harmony throughout one's daily and life-long trials. The authors show how ancient wisdom continues to have practical applications in today's world. In doing so, they illuminate the realities of truth to be timeless. JT & Michael provide a way to make choices that can connect us with the Universal Circle of Life. They remind us of the sacred in everyday life. In their book, they show how many things that we may take for granted can bring a new energy into our life ( as well as those around us ) by recognizing their relationship to us and all other things. Giving thanks,asking permission, sharing,showing respect, generosity, listening, and being a helper are just a few of the many teachings in this book. The beauty of their message relates to everyone no matter what age, background, spirituality,or location. Once the reader makes the choice to embrace "the Way of the Circle," they learn to honor all things, to listen, to see, and to act in a sacred manner. Wah Do

I like this book because it is the answer to How Full Circle Works. It cannot replace the Experience of Full Circle. The Experience appeals to the feeling side of a person and the book balances the experience with intellectual understanding. I read it straight through in one evening.
The book tells about the wholistic and enjoyable approach the Garrett Family uses to help people into group transformational energy in the way of the Cherokee. It also tells about mainstream counseling techniques incorporated into Full Circle for insights and healing. An atmosphere of support, acceptance, non-interference, respect and love in an environment that includes nature is emphasized.
The Cherokee Full Circle book is a wonderful blend of Cherokee cultural teachings that make sense today, interesting drawings enhancing the Cherokee stories (could be used for children to color as a coloring book), and modern day group techniques. It is a book for personal growth and a book for the professional wanting to explore diversity and new/old ways and thoughts.
If any reader wants to implement a Full Circle, the actual experience would be helpful if not mandatory to success.

An excellent presentation of Cherokee religion in respect to the harmony in the relationships of cycles. Easily readable, but goes into depth to give good solid understanding. A well done book on the subject!

An amazing study book. Encourages me to continue in my Native American roots search. Thank you. I have all of Garretts books.

I bought this book on the basis of the recommendations and a referral. It is very well written and clearly explains the sacred hoop medicine wheel in relation to healing and wellness of spirit, emotion, and body. In fact, it does so better than any other book I've read on the subject. It also provides ways to facilitate healing circles for those who are interested in pursuing that. I look forward to reading more Garrett books.

The book was very insightful and educational, everything I had hoped for. I intend to purchase more books from the same author.

This book is a good primer to learning about Native American Medicine. The writing is fairly engaging, but reads somewhat as a self-help book, which is either good or bad depending on your perspective. But I like self-help, and I liked this book.

I highly recommend this book as the best self-help book I have ever read, an exquisite textbook of Cherokee culture and spirituality and an amazing connection to the Circle of Life. Whether I'm looking for a link to my Cherokee heritage or a story and exercise to share with a client in crisis, I can always find either. This book has had a positive and profound impact on my life. My sincere graditude to the authors for sharing this gift.

The Cherokee Full Circle provides a framework for understanding how to bridge one's inner and outer worlds, how to use the old teachings in new ways to promote deeper insight and respect for oneself and others. Dr. JT Garrett and son, Dr. Michael Garrett describe ceremony as "an esential way of connecting with that which is sacred, always remembering our place in the greater Universal Circle." The Cherokee Full Circle book is truly one to experience whether you attend a Full Circle gathering or find a way to put the principles and activites into practice in your own way, in your own circles. Having participated in Full Circle for many years, I have found that the traditional stories and wisdom teachings have become a way of life. In this book, the Garretts illuminate many aspects of the Full Circle experience, which for me has been transformative and healing. I am grateful to have all their books as companions on my journey. Although what I am most grateful for is the greater sense of clarity and sacred connection that flow from the lived experience of these Cherokee teachings and traditions.

Drs. J.T. Garrett and Michael Tlanusta Garrett offer precious gifts in this book. The Full Circle approach for wellbeing in a circle or group is generously shared out of ancient tradition in modern terms. After benefiting from the book and attending Cherokee Full Circle the last few years, I experience firsthand the respect for Dr. J.T. Garrett and his son, Dr. Michael T. Garrett, in traditional Native American circles, academic circles, health care circles, and more. The ripple effects from the teachings in "The Cherokee Full Circle: A Practical Guide to Ceremonies and Traditions" are tremendous. The Cherokee authors tell the old stories in ways which still inspire today's mind and heart. By including the voices of many Elders, a sense of belonging is created for the reader. As in life, benefits come from revisiting sacred ceremonies and traditions. One does not have to wait for an actual Full Circle gathering with this book handy. Dip into the wisdom, inclusiveness, healing thoughts, and exercises as often as rebalancing is required. Read it to study Native American traditions, stories, specific ceremonies, perspectives on wellbeing, group exercises, and to ask the great inquiry questions whenever the time is right for a visit with the Elders.