Teacher's Profile

Cindilee Ecker-Flagg

She is of the 7th Generation on her fathers’ side, her age of 40 years, ancestry of the First Nations in relationship with Atikameksheng Anishnawbek Naughton of Turtle Island and is of Wolf Clan. She acknowledges her European heritage and was born in Southern Ontario Canada.

She is a member of the Rainbow Medicine Blanket Council of Clan Mothers North and South Americas "..through native clan mother advocacy, we share the best of our collective struggles to manage and foster democracy according to the laws of nature reaching toward the future for the next seven generations."-RMBC 2007

Ansarra resides in Ontario, a wife and a mother of 5 children ages 6 to 14 yrs. She has been self-employed over 15 years sharing Holistic Wellness through instruction and practitioner work. Awareness is shared through teaching circles, ceremony, healing, certification workshops and visionary consultations.

Ansarra has been delivering reflexology certification instruction under OCR since 1998 and have been on the OCR Board of Directors since 2000. Her current work has expanded with the Southern Ontario Aboriginal Diabetic Initiative sharing with reflexology and stone healing to First Nations Communities.

Currently she is in her 2nd year in the Indigenous Studies Program at McMaster University Part Time Studies. In November 2006 she completed her study with First Nations Technical Institute hosted at Six Nations Reserve and graduated from the Indigenous Health Care Community Approaches Program with honours

Her educational background began in 1988 after graduating from a 3-year diploma program in Animal Care Technology from St. Lawrence College Kingston, Ontario. After full time practice in the veterinarian field in the year of 2000 she made the decision to work full time in her home based business "The Sacred Place Within" established in 1998.

She continues to deliver N101 Certified Foot Reflexology since 2001 to the current through private and hosted locations.

Areas of her work presented, shared and facilitation:

• Dunnville Chronicle May 2002
• St. Catharine's Standard July 2002
• Women's Television Network - "The Right Fit" November 2002
• Cogeco-"The Source" July 2002
• Brock Radio live April 2002
• Reason & Beyond March 2004
• Guest Presenter at Ways To Wellness Natural Health Fair 2002, 2003 & 2004
• Elders Summit Ride Six Nations 2004
• Indigenous Grandmothers Gathering NM USA 2004
• McMaster University Soul Food Fair 2004
• Strawberry Moon Gathering 2005-2007
• Minwaashin Aboriginal Women's Centre 2006-2007
• Sexual Assault Centre Hamilton Area 2007
• Haldimand Pregnancy Care Centre 2007

website: www.thesacredplacewithin-journeybegins.com

Cindilee can be reached at 905-899-0450 or litleagle@iaw.on.ca