Making a Vision Arrow
For all Dancers: Your vision arrow is made with a stick and— if you choose— herbal arrangements, crystals, feathers, or other natural objects. Be as elaborate or as simple as you feel called to be. Be clear about your intentions. Be mindful what you ask for!; are you truly ready and willing to receive?
What you’ll need:
- A stick of wood, ranging in length from 12” up to 24” (no longer please).
- Small pieces of paper, (those little post-its are a good size), on which to write your prayers and intentions.
- Colored yarn, thong, or other natural fibers for tying the prayers to the stick.
- Other gifts from the earth for adornment. Get creative! Have fun!
Step-By-Step:
1. Prepare the stick. You may wish to smudge it or leave it on your altar for awhile before working with it. You might choose to debark it, carve it, or leave it as you found it.
2. Write prayers or positive intentions on the little pieces of paper, making it a “thankyou in advance” statement, or draw symbols of the thoughts you wish to manifest.
3. Cover prayers with yarn. Choose one color of yarn or fiber for the first prayer or intention. Bind the paper carefully to the stick with the yarn.
4. Decorate & accessorize! When the first prayer is covered, choose another color of yarn. Position the next piece of paper and cover it in the same way. Add as many prayers as you feel called to (and that fit). Always wrap the tail end of the previous strip of yarn beneath the following one. Be as elaborate or as simple as you wish!
What’s next:
- Remember your intentions. Write them down and reflect on what you have wrapped beneath the yarn. Before the dance, meditate, dance, dream, and pray with your vision arrow.
- Bring your Vision Arrow to the Dance. Your arrow will sit with the Medicine Bundle of the Bundle Keeper during the Dance to be charged up.
- Your arrow may go back home with you or stay in the Bundle. If you take your arrow home with you it is your own personal hotline with the Bundle!.
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