TEMASCAL - Sauna Sagrada nos Andes Bolivianos

[hatumsoncco]

Excelente. Gracias.

[xmenox]

yeah it looks like a Lakota Inipi forgive me if this is the tradition here but if this was meant to be a loakota inipi it seems like they need more instruction, as far as the tarps and the dress are concerned. otherwise if this is a bolivian sweat then disregard my comment.

[houbero]

Fantastico !!!

[Cuauhxaya]

oh ya you all should not use plastic tarp, the inipi neads to breath, i recommend you all use cotton blankets instead.

Aho'

[Cuauhxaya]

Nicole are you aprt of this circle? How do women handle being have naked in a lodge with men? Traditionally women wear a very modest dress, and it looks like you are following a tradiitonal Lakota Lodge.. I have never ever heard or witnessed a lodge were women wear so little clothing. i hope it is a safe circle for the women and children.

Mitakuye Oyasin

[nicoleroitberg]

Thank you for your concern and comments! I was actually doing the filming during that occasion, for a healing journey in the bolivian andes and in the amazonian forest - although i did participate in one of the sweat lodges there. It would be difficult for me to answer your question, but I guess some healers works in different manners. continued below)

[nicoleroitberg]

I've been to lodges where we wear modest dress, and I've been to a few where we wear bra and underwear (like the one above) - it doesn't seem to bother me, but I am strictly speaking for myself. I can share with you my experience and feeling in the during the bolivia lodge to try to answer your concern:

(and yet continued below again...)

[nicoleroitberg]

I believe that as long as what is in focus is the community cleansing work, and that it is taken seriously and beautifully, wearing little or more clothing might come as an a less relevant issue. Everyone was respected, the women had a positive experience, and everyone was so into the healing work itself, that being with little clothing passed unnoticed. Hope this helps!

[jasonsagara]

Muito esclarecedor ... e que belíssimas imagens!