Sweatlodge Ceremony with Tanna Jakubowicz-Mount
25 July 2014, 18.00 - 22.00
The sweat lodge is a sacred place to pray and meditate, to learn and a place for healing. It is an opportunity to cleanse yourself of your fears, anguish, anger, jealousy and all your negative thoughts.
The lodge itself is usually made of willow and shaped into a dome frame that is covered by blankets, tarps, canvas or animal skins to keep the heat in. Stones are heated in a ritual fire for several hours and then placed in a pit that is in the middle of the lodge. Water is then poured on the rocks, creating steam. We honor the 4 elements and the 4 directions by sweating 4 rounds; 4 times stones are added making the lodge progressively hotter.
When you enter the lodge there is nothing that you can hide in your heart which is why you must be clear about your reason to participate in a sweat lodge ceremony. The sweat lodge is a place of testing, a place to conquer your fears, a returning to the womb and of being reborn.
Organizational Information:
The lodge itself is usually made of willow and shaped into a dome frame that is covered by blankets, tarps, canvas or animal skins to keep the heat in. Stones are heated in a ritual fire for several hours and then placed in a pit that is in the middle of the lodge. Water is then poured on the rocks, creating steam. We honor the 4 elements and the 4 directions by sweating 4 rounds; 4 times stones are added making the lodge progressively hotter.
When you enter the lodge there is nothing that you can hide in your heart which is why you must be clear about your reason to participate in a sweat lodge ceremony. The sweat lodge is a place of testing, a place to conquer your fears, a returning to the womb and of being reborn.
Organizational Information:
- Participation: donation to cover the costs of the wood and other materials necessary to host the ceremony (suggested donation - up from 15EUR)
- The amount of places is limited to 10, the participation demands prior consult with the Facilitator
- Facilitator: Tanna Jakubowicz-Mount