Sweat Lodge w/MeeshaKeena

Please RSVP your space in our scheduling app. We have 10 spaces available each lodge.

If you have any questions about the exchange, please contact MeeshaKeena before the lodge.

A very ancient ritual practiced in different forms by peoples in all areas of the world, the sacred or ceremonial sweat lodge is available today as an opportunity for release, reconnection, relaxation, and renewal of body, mind and spirit.

Through singing and drumming around the fire, one connects with the energies and the elements of the natural world.

We honor the energy of the 7 nations: Stone (Shoka) Fire (Kata) Water (Loma) Air (Arrai) Creatures (Asharaji) Plants (Pranna) and the Earth (Asha).

With sacred herbal smudge, one is blessed, cleansed and protected.

Kneeling and entering the woven willow lodge, one bows and speaks a word of gratitude to earth mother and all the helpful energies of nature present in this sacred place.

Sitting upon the earth, singing as each participant joins the circle, and as the rocks are brought in, time begins to stand still.

Blessed water over heated rocks creates a loving enclosure of steam and heat. As sweat pours from the body; toxins, worries and fears are released and transformed. Gradually, the endless chatter of busy minds and over-extended brains slows down and dissipates. With the gift of silence one can begin to hear the quiet voice within, a voice which gently, lovingly speaks the Truths of Spirit – that we are all the beloved children of the Great Spirit Beingness and that love, joy, peace, light and abundant, enthusiastic life (The 5 truths of Spirit) are freely available to each one of us. Soon the body opens up and the heart is full of light. Now joy and love can break free, no longer boxed in by daily routines and the complexity and stress of modern life.

Emerging from the lodge after thanksgiving , it is as if one is reborn. There is time to rest, to breathe with earth and sky and the feelings of health and vitality that now course through the body. Celebrating the abundance of all life, a potluck meal is shared. This completes the experience as once more in a sacred circle, all join hands to bless both the food and those who contributed to bringing it to the table.

Tradition of Our Lodge

Our lodges follow the energy and teachings of the Tao and the traditions of Slavic, Celtic and European Ancestors guidance of the Clan of the Antelope, and the Angels. Sweat Lodge ceremony has been used globally as a form of healing for many, many lifetimes and we hold our lodge ceremony in high regard for all traditions. Our origin as a human race is First Mother! If you have a lodge tradition you follow, please talk to the lodge leader well in advance to see if it is appropriate for all lodge goers' highest good.

MeeshaKeena, Antelope Medicine Woman is a fully initiated Antelope Shaman and Lodge Holder. She has been offering the gift of the sweat lodge over 20 years, after many years of training.

She currently has students learning by apprenticeship to fire keep and hold the space of the lodge. (If this interests you, please join Walking the Wheel as the first step)

Private healing circles w/lodges are available.

For Families, Friends, Work Teams & Shared Circles

This is a sacred opportunity to experience the transformative power of the sweat lodge in a private, intentional setting—designed specifically for your group’s unique connection.

Whether you're family, long-time friends, a healing circle, or a workplace team seeking deeper alignment, this ceremony offers a powerful container for:

🌿 Strengthening bonds through shared prayer
🔥 Releasing old patterns and group tensions
💧 Renewing purpose, clarity, and connection
🌕 Deepening collective trust and understanding

Led with care by MeeshaKeena, Soul Mentor and Lodgekeeper with over 25 years of experience, this private lodge is held in full ceremony and tradition—with space for what your group most needs to move, heal, or celebrate.

All participants must follow the preparation guidelines.
This ensures the safety, respect, and integrity of the ceremony.

Booking available by request. 208.353.0604
Please inquire directly to reserve a date and receive preparation details.

What is sweat lodge

The sacred rite of purification and healing through sweat lodge is a custom to many cultures. The Sweat Lodge represents the sacred womb of Mother Earth. It is a sacred place to reconnect to the earth, your body, a place to let your spirit fly.

Our Lodge

The frame is constructed from the sacrifice of grandmother willow, who bends her beautiful boughs into the frame. The frame is covered loosely in blankets, the center holds heated lava rocks. The rocks are heated in an exterior fire pit.

Preparation

Creating Mindfulness

Come to the healing circle and lodge ceremony in a mindful space as possible.

To prepare for ceremony, spend some time contemplating what is drawing you to the ceremony. Perhaps you know or just feel you need to be part.

If you are under the care of a physician, please speak directly to MeeshaKeena at least one week prior. (including Prescription drugs).

Detox your body from alcohol, marijuana, or other intoxicants at least one week prior.

Increase water gradually 3 days prior. Pounding water right before lodge isn’t very effective, nor is it mindful preparation.

Eat one light, plant based meal the day of circle, no later than 4 hours prior. Lighten meat and sugar 3 days before.

Remember you are preparing for Sacred Ceremony. Detoxing the body, mind and spirit will help you have a deeper experience and clarity.

With sacrifice comes rewards of spirit. (bring questions to MeeshaKeena. If you have a condition you are being treated for please reach out as fasting and/or heat may not be in your best interest)

What to Bring

2 towels (one to sit on in the lodge if you like - lodge rugs are available)

A sarong or other garments that you would be comfortable in a sauna with. (ie swimsuit, short cotton dress, t-shirt, etc.)

These clothes will be wet when you leave the lodge.

We will have a time to change into our lodge clothes, please wear clothes for the weather outside prior to lodge.

Potluck- Breaking Fast

Breaking the Fast and Sharing of Food is a required time of the lodging Ceremony.

This is a time we integrate the energies of the lodge, get to know each other and fully return to the body. If you “have” to run home and don’t have the time for the full process, this is not the time to come to circle. Occasional exceptions made.

Bring something to share. Many lodge goers prefer vegetarian, very little gluten, dairy or sugar (suggested not mandatory). If you have sensitivities or diet restrictions, please bring a dish you enjoy eating. If in doubt fresh fruit, veg, chips & salas, hummus & pita are great ideas.

Homemade electrolyte drinks are amazing

Electrolyte Water

Ingredients

1 ½-2 cups water

Juice of ½ lemon

1/8 to 1/4 tsp real sea salt Himalayan salt, or Celtic sea salt

2 tsp raw honey local if possible.

Instructions Everything into a jar with a lid and shake well to combine.

This recipe fits perfect in a pint mason jar. Store in the fridge up to a week.

What Do They Say About Us?

The sweat lodge is a return to the ancient ways — a sacred circle where we remember who we are as human beings. Within the warmth of the stones and steam, we touch the deeper magic: the heartbeat of the Earth, the strength of community, and the wisdom carried through generations. People come to cleanse, to pray, to reconnect, and to emerge renewed — reminded that they are not alone, but part of something greater.

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More on our Lodges

All are welcome with an open mind and open heart!

These offerings are not the Native American Inipi (sweat lodge) traditions.

The Sanskrit word śramaṇa, designating a wandering monastic or holy figure, has spread to many Central Asian languages along with Buddhism and could be the ultimate origin of the word shaman.

The term was adopted by Russians interacting with the Indigenous peoples in Siberia. It is found in the memoirs of the exiled Russian churchman Avvakum. It was brought to Western Europe twenty years later by the Dutch traveler Nicolaes Witsen, who reported his stay and journeys among the Tungusic- and Samoyedic-speaking Indigenous peoples of Siberia in his book Noord en Oost Tataryen (1692). Adam Brand, a merchant from Lübeck, published in 1698 his account of a Russian embassy to China; a translation of his book, published the same year, introduced the word shaman to English speakers.

Shamans continue to practice in cultures all over the world. The shaman, is the oldest spiritual practitioner, forever practicing transformative connection to all things.

Inspiration

“The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that its center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.”

― Black Elk

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

It's all about being a part of something in the community, socializing with people who share interests and coming together to help improve the world we live in.

Zach Braff

We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility.

Dorothy Height