Blue Deer Center

Blue Deer Center Blue Deer Center is a Sacred place, rooted in nature; offering transformation and healing. We are all children of God. It is not ours to take.

Authentic Wisdom Traditions

About Elders

"The teachings are for all, not just for Indians...The white people never wanted to learn before...Now they have a different understanding, and they do want to learn. The tradition is open to anyone who wants to learn. But who really wants to learn?"

—Don Jose Matsuwa, Huichol, 1989

The Non-Indigenous Connection with Indigenous People
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ring what all these “white folks” are doing teaching at a Center that promotes the honoring and preservation of indigenous traditions. We understand the serious problem of cultural appropriation of indigenous practices, the theft of traditions that are not our own, for personal possession or to place feathers in our caps. As you will see from the stories of our elders and teachers, our work within a culture that lives mostly outside indigenous traditions follows a respectful approach to indigenous wisdom. We can request the sharing of that wisdom, but we must be prepared to hear and accept, “No” if an elder does not wish to share. We can ask to receive teachings, but we must be prepared to fulfill conditions of acceptance in exchange for those teachings. Many indigenous elders envision a reconnection with our non-traditional culture as a crucial step toward the survival of humanity in the world. They find themselves between two different worlds, with one foot in their indigenous homelands and the other in our western consumer culture. From this place, they have the advantage of being able to impart traditional wisdom to our non-traditional culture, and perhaps change our present course. Malidoma Somé, for example, was declared by his ancestors before birth to serve as just such a “bridge”. Others amongst our teachers, like Eliot Cowan (read a recent interview in Indian Country Today and a letter to the Huichol people in Sacred Fire Magazine) and Colin Campbell, were “called” into their work by the traditions they now practice. The creation of programs at the Blue Deer Center follows strict criteria in determining both the authenticity of the work to be offered, as well as the ongoing relationships the teachers maintain with their traditions. Only in this way, in complete respect and humility to the ancestral lineages of wisdom keepers, can we grow together in this work.

Stepping away... - https://mailchi.mp/bluedeer/healing-intensive-3When we step away from our routines, something begins ...
04/12/2026

Stepping away... - https://mailchi.mp/bluedeer/healing-intensive-3

When we step away from our routines, something begins to shift.

The noise quiets.The mind slows down.And we begin to hear ourselves more clearly.

Sometimes healing begins with the simple act of creating distance from what is familiar.

When Healing Becomes Necessary: There is Healing Intensive - https://mailchi.mp/bluedeer/healing-intensive-2025-2753638T...
03/29/2026

When Healing Becomes Necessary: There is Healing Intensive - https://mailchi.mp/bluedeer/healing-intensive-2025-2753638
There are moments in life when something within us begins asking for attention.
It may appear as exhaustion.
As repeating patterns.
Or as a quiet sense that something deeper is waiting to be understood.
Healing often doesn’t begin when life becomes easier.
It begins when the inner voice asking for change becomes impossible to ignore.
https://www.bluedeer.org/program/healing-intensive

Early Bird discount expires in 1 week! Enroll in Level 2 now - https://mailchi.mp/bluedeer/psm-level2-eb-2026Plant Spiri...
03/25/2026

Early Bird discount expires in 1 week! Enroll in Level 2 now - https://mailchi.mp/bluedeer/psm-level2-eb-2026
Plant Spirit Medicine is a life-changing course, whether you go on to become a healer or not. When you gather with me in-person to meet the plants, your view of relationship and kinship will broaden. Whether you take this course to provide life-changing healing work for others or to deepen your knowledge and relationship with plant spirits, this course will enrich your life.
https://www.bluedeer.org/program/psm-level-2

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1155 County Highway 6
Margaretville, NY
12455

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Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
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