The Earthtribe sweat lodge is a cleansing ceremony. Over the course of a moon cycle, a month, we typically absorb toxic energy from our environment into our body/mind/soul. The sweat lodge unclogs our system and allows vital and sacred energy (puha,chi,apu,prana) to flow freely through us.
Briefly, we hold that the individual is an energy system similar to a hurricane, or any spiral band like the milky way. The edge of the energy system is where the ego/personality dominates. The great journey takes you from the edge of your personality toward the center/essence of who you really are. If you go far enough into yourself, it will lead you to the center, which is in turn the center of the Whole.
Sweating is a process that melts away the defenses and opens up pathways toward the center of who you are, the eye of your hurricane. In our sweat lodges all inner voices are welcome to be expressed. In expressing these many inner voices eventually you will hear the song of the soul that leads you to compassion for all living things.