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Join the Santa Barbara Public Library and Dr. Heidi Coronado for an interactive workshop that invites participants to explore Indigenous ways of healing and wellness through the Medicine Wheel. Rooted in the teachings of various Indigenous traditions, the Medicine Wheel represents balance, harmony, and interconnectedness with nature, offering a holistic framework for self-care and well-being.
Participants will engage in experiential activities and discussions that highlight the importance of mind, body, spirit, and emotional balance. Through storytelling, reflection, and guided exercises, attendees will learn how to integrate Indigenous concepts of interconnectedness, reciprocity, the four elements and nature’s seasonal rhythms into their daily self-care practices. This workshop will provide practical tools to cultivate personal and collective healing while honoring the wisdom of Indigenous traditions.
Join us for a transformative experience that fosters deeper connections with ourselves, our communities, and the natural world.
Dr. Heidi Coronado is a university professor, transformational and integrative coach, meditation and mindfulness teacher, and holistic healer. Rooted in a social justice and holistic perspective, her work spans counseling, psychology, cultural studies, contemplative practices, sociology, and gender and women’s studies, which she has taught at various universities. As both an activist and scholar, she is dedicated to fostering healing, empowerment, and systemic change.
She is a professor in the Counseling Department at California Lutheran University, Dr. Coronado also runs a private practice, offering counseling, traditional and holistic healing, coaching, and consulting services to individuals and organizations. Her expertise lies in educational access, historical and generational trauma, trauma-informed practices, resiliency development, and Indigenous/Latino/a mental health and healing.
With experience as faculty, counselor, program director, and consultant, she has worked nationally and internationally across K-12 schools, colleges, universities, and nonprofit organizations. In addition to her Master’s and Doctorate degrees, she has extensive training in Eastern and Mesoamerican Indigenous healing practices, epistemology, and spirituality, as well as mindfulness, neuroscience, trauma-informed, and somatic practices.
A first-generation college graduate, Dr. Coronado has directed programs that support first-generation students and historically marginalized communities. Fully bilingual, she provides services in both English and Spanish. She is deeply committed to creating safe, nurturing spaces for learning, healing, and self-discovery, helping individuals reconnect with their inner wisdom, resilience, and power to transform themselves and their communities. Her mission is to cultivate holistic, decolonial spaces for empowerment and transformation.
Disclaimer(s):
Participants in this event may be photographed by Library staff. These photos may be used in promotional or educational publications, including in print, social media, and presentations. Please see staff if you do not consent to having your photo taken. Staff will obtain individual, signed photo releases of photographs that contain only an individual as opposed to a group.