Ngarigo Healing

Our Tribal Revival program follows the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People’s Mental Health and Social and Emotional Well Being. This was developed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to  give us some direction on dealing with the inter-generational trauma which affects all of us. It points out that our health issues are largely due to being disconnected from our culture. The solution for us is to reconnect.

Closing the Gap has shown we have a long way to go to get our health to a level equal to the rest of Australia. There is an insufficient amount of resources available to achieve this within the existing number of health services. To make the type of progress required, we need to train our own people to facilitate the healing and we need to have our health workers trained to share their skills with families so that much of the healing can take place there.

This section has a number of healing techniques which are simple to follow and operate within this framework :

·      The 7 Cs of Connection-outlines the types of connection we can strengthen and techniques to help us achieve it.

Read about the 7 Cs of Connection

·      Educating the Sub-conscious- our conscious mind instructs our subconscious to let go (forgive) of issues (general version and sorry business version) (CLICK)

·      Aboriginal Meditation- quietens the mind and helps us connect with our ancestors.

Read about Aboriginal Meditation

·      A Statement of Reconnection -spirit based healing technique for families and clans/tribes(CLICK)

·      Relaxation and Breathing Exercises -help reduce stress and anxiety in the mind and body(CLICK)

Organisations wishing to set there own holistic healing program, participate in a healing course or work in partnership with our counselling and healing program can contact NNIC for more details.