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Prairie_Seagull

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2. Done a couple of 'sweats'.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Sun May 12, 2024, 01:00 PM

May 2024

Found them to be, among other things, cleansing both physically and emotionally.

I can see sweats being a useful tool in the bag of a shaman or a doctor.

In my trained only by life opinion.

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A tribe in Maine is using opioid settlement funds on a sweat lodge to treat addiction [View all] babylonsister May 2024 OP

Whatever works! Elessar Zappa May 2024 #1

Done a couple of 'sweats'. Prairie_Seagull May 2024 #2

The idea is fine but $50,000 for that small structure? keithbvadu2 May 2024 #3

In my opinion, everyone would be best served by investing a little 'sweat equity' into the project Brother Buzz May 2024 #5

Wow. That is not the sort of response I expect to see on a progressive niyad May 2024 #20

In my perfect world the sweat lodge would have already been built before the settlement Brother Buzz May 2024 #22

Nice deflection from answering the questions, but keep trying. niyad May 2024 #23

I think it has to do with insurance. chowder66 May 2024 #12

See post 20. niyad May 2024 #21

imho, it's the talk, not the steam. mopinko May 2024 #4

What a cool idea. chowder66 May 2024 #6

ikr? mopinko May 2024 #8

Just purging it alone would have great effect I would think. chowder66 May 2024 #10

from what i know, that's what trauma centered therapy is. mopinko May 2024 #11

Rec malaise May 2024 #7

Sometimes the old wisdom is valuable wisdom for a new age. calimary May 2024 #9

I agree. Our Native Tribes have remedies and procedures Deuxcents May 2024 #14

TOTALLY agreed. calimary May 2024 #17

It works too sagetea May 2024 #13

I think this is a wonderful idea RainCaster May 2024 #15

Excellent! We talked about creating them on local military bases niyad May 2024 #16

It's not just the sweat, although that puts people in a different head space Warpy May 2024 #18

"" AllaN01Bear May 2024 #19