Journey
into Your Heart Sweat
Lodge
Weekend Retreat
North Georgia Mountains between
Helen,
Hiawassee, Blairsville
Weekend Ceremonial
Gathering
Journey into Your Heart with Sweat Lodge
with Carlos Sauer
Friday November 18 - Sunday November 20,
2011
Renew your spirit with this weekend's
special healing journey.
Journey into your heart with a Sweat Lodge
purification ceremony
Participate in Native American &
Brazilian chants & drum beats
Work with sacred herbs for self cleansing
and healing
Participate in an evening Healing Circle
Greet the new day with ceremony, drumming
& singing
Discover indigenous spirituality of both
Brazilian & Native American ways
Rejoice with a ceremonial dinner &
blessing
Process the healing received in a Fire
Circle
Experience simple Shamanic Healing
techniques
Cleanse unwanted energies and negative
feelings
Learn to live in a state of balance and
harmony
This weekend retreat is designed for people interested in learning about the
spiritual path (way of life) of indigenous people. The spiritual path of
the Native Americans is called Red Road. We will be learning about
the spirituality of the Native Americans and Brazilian
Indians. In addition to a series of special teachings, Carlos will also conduct the ancient healing
ceremony - the sweat lodge.
Native people have been singing their prayers for thousands of years.
These prayerful songs have great depth and power as they have been passed
down for generations. We will be drumming, singing and learning different
chants from the Cheyenne, Chumash and Lakota traditions to name a few.
Come with your hand drums, rattles, flutes and other music makers as we
will journey together into the heart by chanting healing songs. This
practice empowers our inner essence, creating an environment that induces
healing for all participants and our planet.
Part of Carlos' ceremony at Enota Mountain Retreat
SWEAT LODGE INIPI DESCRIPTION
Sweat Lodge is an ancient purification ceremony used by different cultures especially indigenous people around the world to worship
our Mother Earth and to honor our relationship with all living things on our planet and the Universe.
We pray and sing together for the four directions focusing our attention on the great mystery of life. As the hearts of the participants begin to open, healing occurs as we experience the healing powers of Fire, Water, Earth and Air. The powers of the four elements keep us and all are relatives alive, and the teachings of the four directions, the East, South, West and North bring us knowledge and wisdom. click here for more information on the lodge,
surroundings, and ceremony
CARLOS SAUER'S CREDENTIALS
Carlos Sauer was first introduced
to the Sweat Lodge purification ceremony in 1981 at Esalen Institute in Big
Sur, California. He worked as a fireman for over 15 years for many Sweat
Lodge leaders such as Hector Gomez, a roadman from Argentina. Another
teacher was Crowbear, a Sundancer from the Mohawk tribe. Carlos had the
honor to participate in Sweat Lodges with Wesley Black Elk and his deceased
father, Wallace Black Elk from the Lakota tribe.
In 1991, Carlos met his adopted
father Nelson Turtle, a roadman from the Southern Cheyenne Tribe from
Oklahoma. Carlos worked side by
side with Nelson for many years and was encourage to lead Sweat Lodges by
Nelson Turtle in 1996. Carlos is connected to the Native American church,
and by rights he received Nelson Turtle's Cheyenne fireplace in
2005. Carlos has been conducting Sweat Lodges in the US and in Europe for over 14 years. He is very honored and deeply touched to be learning the
Native American ways of the Red Road from such great teachers and elders and
to have received the encouragement, support and the blessings of his primary
teachers, especially his deceased Cheyenne dad, Nelson Turtle.
Excerpt: Carlos & the Sweat Lodge
It is a great blessing that some
Native American elders are open and kind, generous and willing to share
their teachings and beautiful knowledge to people of all walks of life.
JOURNEY INTO YOUR HEART SWEAT LODGE WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Friday
5:00 p.m. Welcome and meet your fellow participants. Questions and answers with Carlos Sauer.
6:00 p.m. Healthy, Fresh, Home-made Dinner
7:00 p.m. Evening Healing Circle
Workshop Introduction: Participants will have a chance to introduce themselves and meet each other. We will begin to learn about smudging and the use of sacred herbs such as sweet grass, sage, bear root and cedar for self cleansing and healing. We will also begin to learn different drum beats and Native American chants.
Saturday
8:30 a.m. Breakfast
10:00 am -12:30 noon Greeting the New Day :
We will begin our day by drumming and singing facing the sun as we welcome a new day that we have never experienced before.
Carlos will teach about indigenous ways both Brazilian and Native American as we prepare for the sacred sweat lodge purification ceremony. Teaching will be geared towards a deep understanding of this sacred ceremony and how it can help us to heal and bring our lives into a state of balance and harmony. We can truly heal our mind ,body and spirit with this ancient healing
ceremony.
1:00 p.m. Light Lunch
2:00 p.m. Sweat Lodge Ceremony and Journey into the Heart
Carlos will guide the group how to receive the most from the sweat lodge by journeying into the heart.
We will sing and pray from the heart and keep our minds and our hearts open.
The tradition of the Sweat Lodge conducted by Carlos Sauer is called Little Boy - Little Girl or Young Men's Lodge. It is not a Lakota traditional ceremony, in the sense that it is much more gentle then other traditional Lodges. This tradition was pass down by the elders of Cheyenne/Arapaho tribes to encourage the teenagers and young ones to participate and begin to learn from this amazing healing ceremony.
Items to bring:
Clothing for the sweat (women traditionally wear modest tops and long skirts but may also wear sarongs, men can wear sarongs or shorts)
Towel & Change of clothes for afterwards
Plastic bag for wet clothing
Blanket or coat to wrap up in after Lodge (if it is cool)
1 gallon of distilled water (you can fill up at Enota)
Any items you wish blessed during the Lodge
You may bring a bag tobacco, corn meal, sage, or sweet grass to honor the
teacher and the land click here for more information on the lodge,
surroundings, and ceremony
6:00 p.m. Ceremonial dinner and Blessing of the Food
8:00 p.m. Fire circle
In this fire circle we will relax and process the healing received in the sweat lodge. We will drum, sing and pray around the fire as Carlos gives a more in depth introduction to Brazilian Indigenous and Native American ways of life.
Sunday:
8:30 a.m. Breakfast
10:00 a.m. -12 noon Shamanic Healing, Greet the New Day and Closing Circle
We will sing and drum facing the sun to welcome the new day. To conclude our weekend we will discuss how to continue on the healing path and how to incorporate the ways of the red road into our everyday lives with songs, use of herbs and prayer.
We will also learn and practice a simple Shamanic Healing technique on ourselves and on each other to help clear and cleanse unwanted energies and negative feelings.
There will be a closing circle where participants will have an opportunity to give feedback and express their thoughts and feelings about their experience in the sweat lodge and the workshop.
Participants will go home with these Native songs in their hearts and will be able to continue to practice the use of smudging combined with the
Shamanic healing technique that they learned and practiced in the workshop.
HOW TO ATTEND
REGISTRATION CLOSED
Space is always limited for a
sweat lodge, so register early before registration closes on this retreat.
All registrations include healthy freshly
prepared meals, Carlos' teachings, sweat lodge ceremony, and the experience
of Enota's hiking trails, waterfalls, streams, and organic farm &
garden.
$375.00
November 18 - 20, 2011
Enota Journey into Your Heart Sweat Lodge Weekend Retreat with lodging in the Dormitories
(shared accommodations, bathroom & shower) or in a Tent
Site on the Stream (you bring all camping equipment)
$495.00
November 18 - 20, 2011
Enota Journey into Your Heart Sweat Lodge Weekend Retreat with single occupancy
lodging in a Private Motel Room (queen bed, bathroom &
shower, private accommodations)
$820.00 for 2 people
November 18 - 20, 2011
Enota Journey into Your Heart Sweat Lodge Weekend Retreat with double occupancy
lodging in a Private Motel Room (queen bed, bathroom &
shower, private accommodations) INCLUDES 2 REGISTRATIONS
$325.00
November 18 - 20, 2011
Enota Journey into Your Heart Sweat Lodge Weekend Retreat with NO OVERNIGHT LODGING
COMMUTER REGISTRATION
* Registrations may be transferred to another participant, but can not
be refunded nor credited
There is no direct or additional charge for attending
the sweat lodge and it is an understanding among the elders of the native
people that donations are welcome. Please never offer donations in
form of money around the Sweat Lodge ceremonial grounds. Thank you.
For more information on this weekend's
registration options or lodging, please contact Enota at 706-896-0828 or events@enota.com
For more information on this weekend's
activities, teachings, or sweat lodge,
please contact Carlos at 404-578-2430 or carlossauer1@gmail.com
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Sweat Lodge is an ancient purification ceremony used by different cultures especially indigenous people around the world to worship
our Mother Earth and to honor our relationship with all living things on our planet and the Universe. 
Carlos Sauer was first introduced
to the Sweat Lodge purification ceremony in 1981 at Esalen Institute in Big
Sur, California. He worked as a fireman for over 15 years for many Sweat
Lodge leaders such as Hector Gomez, a roadman from Argentina. Another
teacher was Crowbear, a Sundancer from the Mohawk tribe. Carlos had the
honor to participate in Sweat Lodges with Wesley Black Elk and his deceased
father, Wallace Black Elk from the Lakota tribe.
In 1991, Carlos met his adopted
father Nelson Turtle, a roadman from the Southern Cheyenne Tribe from
Oklahoma. Carlos worked side by
side with Nelson for many years and was encourage to lead Sweat Lodges by
Nelson Turtle in 1996. Carlos is connected to the Native American church,
and by rights he received Nelson Turtle's Cheyenne fireplace in
2005. Carlos has been conducting Sweat Lodges in the US and in Europe for over 14 years. He is very honored and deeply touched to be learning the
Native American ways of the Red Road from such great teachers and elders and
to have received the encouragement, support and the blessings of his primary
teachers, especially his deceased Cheyenne dad, Nelson Turtle.
