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Sweat Lodge Ceremony

March 20, 2021 @ 3:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT

Free

This Sweat lodge ceremony is poured following Lakota traditions. All are welcome as long as come with open/positive mind and respectful heart.

Please show up in work clothes to help build the fire and clean up grounds. Please bring a rake if you have one. As our elders taught us, “work is worship”. Thus, the building of the lodge and making relations with our grounds is part of the ceremony.

To go into the lodge, please bring 1 or two towels and appropriate clothes to wear into lodge. Men should wear shorts and women should have long skirt and shirt covering shoulders. Traditionally, you bring a tobacco offering for the fire, the intercessor and the firekeeper.

There is no charge for this ceremony, but each person should bring something to contribute to our feast afterwards. Here are other things our center would appreciate:

  1. Firewood (aged)
  2. Rocks (suitable for heating in lodge)
  3. Sage, Sweet grass, Flat cedar, Tobacco
  4. Personal Blankets
  5. Paperware (plates, cups, napkins, utensils, paper towels, toilet paper)
  6. Candles (any size unscented)
  7. Solar lights
  8. Cotton Cloth Strips (yards of traditional black, red, yellow, white, blue, green, purple)

We will begin prepping for ceremony around 3:30pm (but see note below). We will also be practicing songs and learning how to make prayer ties.. We have electricity in case you want to bring a crockpot.

Please understand that if this is your first time, part of the teachings of this way of life our respect, patience and generosity.  So, there may be several reasons you are asked to offer support and pray outside the lodge. If it is crowded and we have enough supplies, we may pour back to back lodges. We will practice safe social distancing and encourage the wearing of a mask when possible. Please do not come if you have any flu-like symptoms.

With Love & Gratitude. Mitakua Oyasin

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Please try to join us first for our 2pm Cacao Ceremony to connect you with your heart and our grounds.  Immediately following the Cacao ceremony, we will be setting up our 27′ Tipi, our sweat lodge and preparing our sacred fire.

Details

Date:
March 20, 2021
Time:
3:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT
Cost:
Free

Venue

Real Eyes Meditation Space
15406 Riding Stable Rd
Laurel, MD 20707 United States
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