Before I start here, I want to acknowledge that I am no expert and that the sweat lodge teachings are not mine to share. However, I recently sweat with a number of first timers and as with so many things in Indigenous communities, they just had to figure it out hahaha . They were thrown into it and had to be corrected on protocols rather than told what those protocols were upfront and what to expect from a sweat itself. That 'figure it out' style works for some folks, but I also know that...

Cherries from my cherry tree July 2025 This week, I went to sweat for the first time in a long time. When the berries came around, the Elder told us how eating these berries feeds our connection to our ancestors, it closes the gap between us, brings us closer together. Immediately, I recalled a ceremony I had done 2 winters ago... --- I spent the day in solitude and silence, taking the time and space to connect with the land, with my ancestors. I had recently moved across the country and it...

Sometimes people book a wholistic session, not really believing, but hoping that it will 'fix them', that they will get up after the session a changed person, no longer tied to the ways of being that led them to the table in the first place. Sometimes, all we need is that check-in point, time to sit back and take stock of where we're at so we can move forward in a good way. But more often than not, we don't need a session, we need to make space for deep shifts to allow us to come back to...