The medicine wheel is an important metaphor in many Indigenous cultures. It is often represented as a circle divided into four equal parts, like quarters of a pie. Each quarter is a different colour and represents a different direction. There are four directions - east, south, west, north - which symbolize different aspects of well-being.

The Medicine Wheel, sometimes known as the Sacred Hoop, has been used by generations of various Native American tribes for health and healing. It embodies the Four Directions, as well as Father Sky, Mother Earth, and Spirit Tree—all of which symbolize dimensions of health and the cycles of life. The Medicine Wheel can take many different forms.