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Important Announcements Regarding Lodges
 
At long last, the Creator has called someone to offer their land for our lodge. The lodge keeper is a deeply spiritual, earth-honoring individual and we have a really good feeling about the location. 
 
Construction of the lodge will take place in early October and we will have our first lodge several weeks later.
 
Please note the following:  If you've sweat with us before you are welcome to contact us about attending a lodge. 
 
HOWEVER, from now on the dates of lodges are not going to be made public and the sweats will not be as open to unfamiliar faces as they once were.
 
Creating a positive lodge experience for all concerned and an environment that is safe and welcoming for both humans and spirits takes a lot of focus.
 
When the lodge is heavy in people who have never participated in one before--they must be taught the proper etiquette for the tradition we follow and will require a lot of guidance throughout the experience.
 
We have found that this distracts us from properly preparing for the ceremony and from focusing on the needs of the group as a whole. 
 
We cannot "teach" and conduct a spiritual/healing ceremony at the same time. I know that this will disappoint some people but we have learned the hard way that this is how it has to be.
 
So, if you have prayed with us in the past, feel free to contact us about upcoming lodges.  Or if you have attended sweats elsewhere and understand basic etiquette and appropriate behavior you may drop us an email and introduce yourself.
 
But if we don't know you and/or if you've never sweat before we will need a chance to get to know you before we can invite you to our lodge.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Lost?
 
Stand Still.  The trees ahead and the bushes beside you
are not lost.   Wherever you are is called here
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
must ask permission to know and be known.
The forest breathes.  Listen.  It answers.
I have made this place around you
If you leave it you may come back again, saying here
No two trees are the same to Raven
No two branches are the same to wren.
If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you
You are surely lost.  Stand still.  The forest knows
where you are.  You must let it find you.
 
(The words of a Native elder rendered into modern English by David Wagoner.  It can be found in a book entitled THE HEART AROUSED -  POETRY AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE SOUL IN CORPORATE AMERICA, by David Whyte)