Sweat Lodge Ceremony 

Dive into the womb of the universe and allow your prayers to remind you of your brilliance 💫

This weekend retreat brings you through the entire journey of a sweat lodge ceremony. From the very birth of the physical creation of a sweat lodge to your own rebirth. Prayers planned in the stones and gratitude to every little tree you will cut for the frame, all intensify the power of this ceremony.

The Lakota term for sweat lodge is Inipi which means 'to live again'. Therefore the sweat lodge is most often understood as a purification rite or seen as a kind of spiritual rebirth.

The sweat lodge itself represents the inner world, the womb of the universe from which prayers are heard and we can be created anew. 

The sweat lodge is headed by stones that has been heated in the outside but connecting firecircle representing the outer world and the sun. 

The ceremony consist of four rounds. Between each round the ‘door’ is opened allowing light to enter the otherwise dark sweat lodge. Each round brings seven more hot stones into the lodge allowing the lodge to gradually intensify.

Throughout the rounds we will work with the elements, connect with the Devine and allow the rejuvenation process to unfold.

During the retreat we’ll utilize the methodological tool of the medicine wheel and incorporate a medicine walk in the ceremony.

The next ceremony is a weekend long retreat on the 12-13th of June 2022. Here you’ll also learn how to build a sweat lodge. -How this is a ceremony in itself and will strengthen your intention and the experience of the sweat lodge ceremony taken place the following day.

You will be able to take these skills with you home, in order to build your own sweat lodge. (I also offer coming to your place building and facilitating sweat lodges. Please contact me for further details www.corneliachristensen.com)

I have been training with teachers from several traditions and call it therefore a Universal sweat lodge. With deep respect for the tradition I also draw upon my knowledge as a vision quest guide as well as being a body therapist and allow the ceremony to be a contemporary interpretation with relevance for our current livelihood. I always have strong emphasis on creating a space in which we feel safe in order to expand.

Food is provided for during the retreat and prepared in community.

Bring your own tent and sleeping gear.