Sweat Lodge

 

Our Heart Centre, Midrand

R600 Investment

 

Harness the power of the elements to find healing, release, and expansion.

The Sweat Lodge is an ancient purification ritual, a sacred practice honored by cultures around the world for thousands of years. From Native American traditions to ceremonies in Siberia, Scandinavia, and Africa, sweat lodges have long been used to give thanks, seek wisdom, and connect deeply with Mother Earth.


The Lodge

The lodge itself is a low, dome-shaped structure symbolizing the womb of Mother Earth. Stepping inside is like stepping into the embrace of creation. Surrounded by darkness and heat, you are invited to surrender, release what no longer serves you, and invite clarity, renewal, and guidance into your life.


Benefits of the Sweat Lodge

Detoxification
The intense heat encourages deep sweating, helping to release toxins and cleanse the body’s energetic channels.

Cardiovascular Health
The steam and heat gently raise your heart rate, boosting circulation and tissue nourishment.

Spiritual Well-Being
The lodge creates space for connection with your higher Self, your ancestors, your guides, and the greater Spirit.

Community and Belonging
Inside the womb of Mother Earth, we are all one. The lodge holds the spirit of Ubuntu: “I am because we are.” Together, we support and carry one another through the journey.

Release and Renewal
If you’re feeling stuck or burdened, the sweat lodge offers a powerful opportunity to let go. Emerging from the lodge symbolizes rebirth, stepping back into the world with a clear mind, open heart, and renewed spirit.

Transcendence
When faced with heat and discomfort, you are invited to observe rather than resist. This practice opens the door to higher states of consciousness and profound self-awareness.


What to Expect During the Ceremony

The ceremony unfolds in four rounds, each honoring a sacred direction and element: earth, air, fire, and water. Before each round, glowing stones heated in a sacred fire are placed in the lodge’s center. As water is poured over them, steam rises like a living prayer, wrapping everyone in heat, breath, and intention.

Each round has its own energy: some are silent for introspection, while others are guided by chanting, singing, or prayer. The steam and heat encourage deep sweating, facilitating the release of physical toxins, emotional blocks, and energetic burdens.

Beyond its physical benefits, the sweat lodge offers profound emotional and spiritual healing. Many participants experience insight, emotional release, and a deep sense of connection – to self, spirit, nature, and the community.


Closing & Integration

After the ceremony, a light dinner is shared to gently nourish your body, ground your energy, and provide space for reflection and connection with fellow participants.

Step into the sacred womb of Mother Earth. Sweat, release, pray, and emerge renewed. 🛖🔥🌱.


Please email info@ourheartcentre.co.za to book your spot!

 

Facilitator : Carla De Pretto

Carla began her Medicine Healing work 9 years ago. The medicine that she connects deepest with is the medicine of the Sweat Lodge. Her first sweat lodge in 2014 was a life changing experience and she knew that this path was her calling. Since then she has served in several sweat lodge ceremonies and has spent hundreds of hours inside this sacred medicine, deepening her own spiritual practice. She has an immense appreciation for this ancient technology because it is a space that allows for introspection, connection to mother earth, connection to the spirit world, and elicits the sense of being home.

Sandra

What a beautiful sweat this was. I connected with a very dear friend who passed when we were 21. I haven’t thought of him in so long and just honouring him in this moment was truly profound. The “grandmother’s” were so gentle with me. Medicine space always gives us what we need. It felt like they were just enveloping me in the biggest hug filled with so much love. Soo blessed and thankful to have been present in this moment. Thanks to all the beautiful souls who shared this space with me. Thank you Carla for holding this space so beautifully and OHC – Angy-Lee for making this space available to us. So much gratitude for all you do 🥰

Rozelda

I did not expect anything from this experience, I also did not pre plan what I thought I wanted to experience. I allowed life to take me on a journey and I simply trusted that it has my best interest at heart and that I am safe. And wow what a journey life has been taken me on ever since then.
If you hear the call – answer it with open arms


Thank you Angy-Lee, Carla, Chloè and everyone that puts their love and energy into the Centre. Thank you for everything you mean not just to me and my family, but to all those people out there that you guide with your love and knowledge.

Gina

The Sweat Lodge is such an incredibly powerful expirience and is one of my favourite ceremonies for so many reasons! But here’s two: 

  1. The sense of community and oneness felt in the space is unlike anything else, it is the epitome of the African spirit of Ubuntu and ” together we rise”.
  2. Each time I take part in this ceremony I find a deeper sense of strength. It offers me the opportunity to transcend the human state, and any discomfort felt through the heat, and operate from a whole new state of consciousness and being. 

Leaving the space is like a complete rebirth of Self.

A huge thank you to Carla for the way she holds this space, it is so powerful!!