Welcome to another enlightening episode of The Observatory podcast! Our guest this week are Nick and Vileena Peterson, facilitators of the sweat lodge experience in the ReWilding event. Here we speak of the power and transforming of the Native American Sweat Lodge Ceremony. It is a cleansing ceremony, a purification ceremony, cleanses and purges the unwanted. The Sweat Lodge experience is not only a physiological journey, but also a journey filled with emotion and spiritually. In addition to the Sacred Salmon Run, traditional food gathering, and the importance of spending time outdoors.

Topics discussed on this Episode:

• The Sweat Lodge Ceremony
• Sacred Salmon Run
• Traditional food gathering
• Importance of spending time outdoors
• Reconnecting with Nature

Memorable Quotes:

• “We are nature, nature is who we are… there is not one lesson we cannot learn from nature.” LaRae, 53:55
• “Whenever we finish a prayer or finish a statement or finish speaking we close 'To all my relations' — to all my relations means the food in my belly, to the ancestors that have come before me, to the posterity that is yet to come, to the tree that is providing me shade and shelter. It’s all of it, it’s understand the connect in relationship that we have is what makes us rich existence, that were we feel wholeness and the greatest peace.” — Nick, 1:03:55