In this episode I explore the experiences I’ve had attending different sweat lodges as a Settler. This term means that I am a non-indigenous person whose ancestors immigrated to Canada with ancestry that either participated or enabled the colonization of the various Indigenous populations of what we call Canada.
Other subtopics that arise:
- The Keeper of the Sweat and Settlers
- Differing levels of inclusiveness in lodges
- Temezcal in Ecuador
- Community healing
- Medicine and Intention (Good Way)
Song in intro- "Light of the Mountain" by Brandon Tilt
I acknowledge that I learn, grow and heal on the unceded ancestral lands of the Kwikwetlam first nation, the Stolo and the Tseil-Watuth first nations. These lands were never abandoned nor surrendered by those with the ancestral rights to steward and protect these lands.
I honor and respect the elders, the children, the land stewards, the land protectors, the medicine keepers, and the men and women of all indigenous nations.
Huy ch q’u (thank you) to those who support the indigenous communities and actively decolonize their minds and their spirits.
Aho Mitakuye Oyasin, All my relations.
