About Juerg Dreamturtle
Juerg Dreamturtle, 2008
Juerg
Dreamturtle helps us to connect with the truth
in
our heart and life.
He
helps us to listen to the sacred messages
of
our mind (emotions, thoughts), body (diseases, chronic pain,
imbalances,
etc.) and life (relationships, challenges, etc.).
Collectively,
he helps us to listen to the sacred messages
of
our world and Mother Earth.
Juerg
helps us to grow towards our Sacred Life in harmony
with
our open, feeling heart and the good of all people
and
Mother Earth.
Juerg “Dreamturtle” Ritter (Ritter
means “Knight”) is a native of Switzerland
where people have been living 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).
“They are both truly
beautiful, old souls.
We know we have been together many times –
and we are deeply grateful to share and
help
each other again so much, on this journey"
more about Juerg's family - click
here
Dreamturtle
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
Ever since I was a boy, I have felt very close
to
American Indians, especially the formerly nomadic, buffalo nations.
It was very sacred and a true blessing for me to reconnect and share
with heart family amongst many indigenous cultures –
especially the beautiful Blackfoot and Lakota people
of Montana and South Dakota, as well as
in Australia and New Zealand.
“Dreamturtle” is about the dream of creation we carry in our heart – for us to feel,
heal, be and share love, compassion and the wisdom of our magical journey with others - and to
grow towards our sacred life in harmony with all people
and Mother Earth.
Juerg has been honoured to share and provide healing for many indigenous and non-indigenous elders, medicine men and women, healers, spiritual teachers, doctors, etc. in Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, North and South America.
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