About Juerg Dreamturtle
Juerg Dreamturtle, 2008
Juerg
Dreamturtle helps us to feel
the
truth in our heart and life.
He guides
us to listen to the Sacred Messages
of our
heart, mind, body, life - and Mother Earth.
He offers
advice and support to grow and share
love, well-being and our Sacred Life
with all
people and Mother Earth.
Juerg “Dreamturtle” Ritter (Ritter
means “Knight”) is a native of Switzerland
where people have lived in harmony with the mountains, land, herbs
and natural healing for thousands of years. Juerg is also a New
Zealander.
Both Juerg’s
Swiss grandparents and parents were very interested in natural medicine,
alternative healing, herbs, wild food, etc. and helped him to connect with
nature, forests, collecting wild foods, herbs, mushrooms, etc. from an
early age.
Inspired by his
grandfather and parents, Juerg learnt and practised various meditation and
healing techniques from his early 20's, such as Reikji I - III (Master
degree in 1985 by Peter Weich), NLP, TM, Sidda Yoga, Coue, Bachflower
Remedies, etc.
Before embracing his dreamturtle work full-time in 2000, Juerg worked / lived
on
four continents and
travelled very extensively in over 35 countries since 1975.
Following his
father, he first pursued a successful international career in the field of
marketing, senior management and as consultant / owner of
several companies in New Zealand. He was President at the age of 26,
based in Hong Kong, with responsibility for South East Asia for a Swiss
company.
Juerg gave up
his international career in 1988, to settle in New Zealand with his wife and
baby daughter on a beautiful 1920's homestead with 10 acres near the ocean.
In the
following 12 years, he founded and managed his own consulting and management
companies as well as up to 18 client companies in New Zealand.
As much
as possible, Juerg has shared and offered his advice on a voluntary
basis to
indigenous people and communities in North America and New Zealand.
For over 20
years, Juerg has advocated business development and investments,
which are in
harmony with the heart, culture and core values of people,
communities and
Mother Earth, such as family-based soft eco-/cultural tourism,
sustainable
harvesting of wild foods, eco-building, authentic arts/crafts, music, etc.
Juerg is fluent in English, Swiss German, German and French. Juerg also speaks some Spanish and has learnt “bits” of Italian, Mandarin and Cantonese.
Apart
from his dreamturtle work, Juerg loves to spend time with his now
grown-up children, in
nature, amongst heart people of all cultures, collecting and cooking wild foods,
savouring ethnic foods, creating in an intuitive, creative way (art, photographs,
writing, cooking, etc.), sweat lodge / hot baths, etc.
"Celebrate Life" Juerg, 2001
Juerg is the father of two very loving, wise children, Sybill and Dominik
(born 1988 / 1990).
more about Juerg's family - click
here
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Since his first extensive travels in the U.S. in 1979, Juerg has visited and worked with many indigenous people from as far north as St. Lawrence Island near Siberia, the caribou people north of the Arctic Circle in Alaska and as far south as
the late Big Bill Neidjie, one of the spiritual guardians of Kakadu National
Park, in Australia as well as Maori communities and elders in Southland, New Zealand.
In 1999, during one of his many journeys, visiting soul family, Juerg was given the spirit name “Dreamturtle” (“Papeshpupe” in Blackfoot) by the late Buster Yellow
Kidney - Medicine Man of the beautiful Blackfoot people of Browning, Montana.
“Dreamturtle Sun”, Juerg 1999
“Dreamturtle” calls us to honour the dream
of
our heart, soul and all of Creation -
to
heal, grow and create our Sacred Life
with
all peoples, cultures and Mother Earth.
Since 1979, Juerg has been sharing amongst many indigenous
and
non-indigenous elders, medicine people and leaders.
Ever since I was a boy, I have felt very close
to
American Indians, especially the previously
nomadic
buffalo peoples of North America.
.
It is very sacred and a true blessing for me
to
share my heart and spirit journey
with
elders, medicine people and leaders
of many cultures and nations.
Special
thanks to my spirit family
amongst
the beautiful Blackfoot
and
Lakota people of turtle island.
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