Sacred Native American Sweat Lodge Ceremony

Still courtesy of Har-Prakash Khalsa / Expand-Contract

In September, I'll be leading a retreat through TCMC at a scenic ranch in the Sonoran desert in Arizona. One of the cool features is that retreatants have an opportunity to do a traditional native sweat lodge.

Native people call their path the "Red Road" (here "red" is not a racial term but rather the sacred color of the North). I've given some talks about the relationship between the Native American Red Road and the Buddhist Eightfold Path and what to expect from the sweat lodge ceremony:

• Native American Sweat Lodge Ceremony: Part 1 and Part 2 
• How Shinzen Became Involved in Native American Spirituality

Here's a document from TCMC on what to expect from the sweat lodge ceremony and how to prepare. (Note that there are also opportunities for sweats following some of my Canadian retreats each year.) 

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As of this blogpost, plenty of openings remain for Shinzen’s upcoming residential retreat in Arizona:

Residential Retreat with Shinzen Young
September 10-16, 2012
Oracle, Arizona

Hosted by TCMC

**Click here for a registration packet.**

Email/Contact: Pam Ballingham, art4wall@aol.com

P.O. Box 43204, Tucson, AZ  85733

Special thanks to Har-Prakash Khalsa and Stephanie Nash for the videos.