Sweat Lodge

After stopping by to pick up the birch sap we were invited to do a sweat. We were all a little nervous and extremely honoured. The women were asked to wear skirts, and everyone was made to feel very welcome.

Paul MacKay provided us with teachings at the IRS and led the sweat. He was really honest and open to sharing the traditional ways with us and we really appreciated learning from him.
Below is a link to information that Paul gave us to share and better understand.

I don't want to share too much as this is a scared ceremony that really needs to be experienced. The lodge is meant to be like going into mother earths womb with you feel like you have once again returned to the safety of the womb from that which you came from. It was a very unique experience.

All of us left the sweat thinking that maybe an hour had passed, but it was over 3 hours later. Pretty nuts. That said we were quite late for dinner at Greg and Betty-Lou Halcrow's place.