Associate Professor of Family Practice at the University of Saskatchewan School of Medicine

Author of:

• Coyote Medicine
• Coyote Wisdom
• Coyote Healing

Lewis Mehl-Madrona holds an M.D. from Stanford University and has been a practicing doctor for over 20 years. An experienced healer who has led many Native American healing ceremonies, Mehl-Madrona has also headed traditional medical clinics, helping AIDS and cancer patients as well as researching the benefits of relaxation techniques to aid in the natural correction of breech positioned babies. He is currently an Associate Professor of Family Practice at the University of Hawaii School of Medicine.

He is a family physician, geriatrician, psychiatrist, and psychologist, and has worked many hours in rural emergency rooms. His book, "Coyote Medicine," is about his struggles to integrate his traditional Native American heritage (Cherokee and Lakota) with modern medicine. He also teaches Mind-Body Medicine with Dr. Andrew Weil's program in Integrative Medicine.

He has been studying and working in the field of native American and indigenous healing for many years and has much to share with us. We specifically asked him to talk with us because of his extraordinary philosophies of healing through community.

With special guest Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona. You've heard that it's takes a village to raise a child, but Dr. Mehl-Madrona believes that it often takes a community to heal someone who is ill. The indigenous ways have much to teach us. In his books he tells us stories that he's told to his patients to help in their healing process. These stories give us universal wisdom and strength.

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