Temazcalero Training.

Course overview

• Duration: 6 months, in-person weekends plus home practice.

• Intention: Learn to support and eventually hold sweat lodge ceremony in a safe, respectful, lineage‑honouring way.4dsociety+1​

• Core threads: four elements, prayer, service, ethics, and personal healing.healing-power-of-art​

Monthly structure

• Month 1: Foundations & safety

  • History and cosmology of the sweat lodge.

  • Roles: fire keeper, door person, water pourer, helper, participant.embracingshamanism+1​

  • Safety, contraindications, and aftercare.

  • One sweat lodge focused on protection, humility, and prayer.

• Month 2: Fire module

  • Teachings on Fire as transformer, discipline, and will.learning-center.homesciencetools+1​

  • Working with the fire: tending, respect, protocols.

  • Songs, prayers, and offerings to the fire.

  • One or two sweat lodges focused on purification and courage.

• Month 3: Water module

  • Water as emotion, cleansing, intuition.learning-center.homesciencetools+1​

  • Use of water in lodge, on the stones, in prayer.

  • Learning to balance intensity with care and cooling.

  • One or two sweat lodges focused on emotional healing and grief.

• Month 4: Air module

  • Air as breath, word, song, and communication.healing-power-of-art+1​

  • Working with breath, silence, and sound in ceremony.

  • Responsibility of spoken word and prayer in the lodge.

  • One or two sweat lodges focused on prayer, clarity, and vision.

• Month 5: Earth module

  • Earth as body, structure, boundaries, and belonging.learning-center.homesciencetools+1​

  • Building and caring for the lodge and site; altars and offerings.embracingshamanism​

  • Grounding practices, walking on the land, listening to place.

  • One or two sweat lodges focused on stability, roots, and responsibility.

• Month 6: Fasting, silence & integration

  • One weekend of dry fasting (or adapted fast) and silent meditation, held and supervised.

  • Time in nature alone to listen and receive vision.

  • Closing sweat lodge(s) to integrate, give thanks, and set commitments.

  • Sharing circle, next steps, and ongoing mentorship.

Ongoing elements

• Many sweat lodges across the 6 months, with students rotating helper roles.4dsociety+1​

• One‑to‑one mentoring check‑ins (e.g., every 4–6 weeks).

• Study materials: prayers, songs (shared with permission), teachings on ethics and cultural respect.teresamarshauthor+1​

Sliding scale pricing idea

For example, for a 6‑month training you could create three tiers inspired by sliding‑scale models used in healing and spiritual work.kendracoupland+2​

• Supporter (higher income / resourced)

  • Pays full rate plus supports concessions.

  • For people with stable income, savings, and access to holidays.

• Standard (middle income)

  • Covers basic costs and fair payment for teachers.

  • For people who can meet bills but have limited extra.

• Supported (concession)

  • Reduced rate for low income, carers, students, or those in financial hardship.

  • Limited places, sometimes combined with work‑exchange.

You can then choose actual amounts (for example: £2,100 / £1,650 / £1,200 for the 6 months)