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Sweat Lodges

One of the most powerful experiences offered at Integrative Life Center is the Sweat Lodge Ceremony. Sweat Lodge ceremonies have been performed throughout human history for physical detoxification, emotional purification and spiritual connection. The ceremony involves building an open fire, heating stones in the fire, and pouring water on the heated stones in a small, dark structure made of willows and blankets, filling the space with hot steam.

During the ceremony, singing, praying, and sharing take place, and the door is opened four times to bring in fresh rocks and water, each time shifting the focus of the ceremony to a different perspective of recovery. The first "round" focuses on self-judgment and uncomfortable emotion. The second "round" focuses on forgiveness and resolution of family of origin issues. The third "round" invites participants to see their lives and their addictions from a new perspective, and the fourth "round" asks them to claim the changes they are making in their lives, and make commitments to specific actions that will support those changes.

The Sweat Lodge process provides several invaluable therapeutic opportunities, including the opportunity to recognize and overcome habitual responses to fear, discomfort, and self-judgment; mobilize new coping responses to these common relapse triggers; increased awareness of internal visceral and affective responses and their impact; recognition of personal defense mechanisms; movement from intellectualized and rationalized self-expression to more authentic, feeling-based expression; and supported opportunities for clients to ask for what they need.

Sweat Lodge Ceremonies are performed by therapeutic staff with extensive training in the Lakota Sweat Lodge Tradition.