sweat lodge
noun
plural sweat lodges
: a hut, lodge, or cavern heated by steam from water poured on hot stones and used especially by North American Indigenous people for ritual or therapeutic sweating
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Try a traditional Mayan sweat lodge in the temazcal ceremony, an ancient cleansing ritual that helps renew body and spirit.
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AFAR Media, 24 Oct. 2025
Temazcal ceremonies take place in large, round sweat lodge-style structures of the same name, and use elements like heat and steam to detoxify and cleanse the body and spirit.
—Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
But indigenous people worldwide have used sweat lodges for health and ceremonial purposes throughout human history.
—Jennifer Davis-Flynn, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2025
The property has hosted sound baths, yoga retreats, drum circles, shamanic training, sweat lodges, performance groups, concerts, and ecological lectures.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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AFAR Media, 24 Oct. 2025
Temazcal ceremonies take place in large, round sweat lodge-style structures of the same name, and use elements like heat and steam to detoxify and cleanse the body and spirit.
—Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
But indigenous people worldwide have used sweat lodges for health and ceremonial purposes throughout human history.
—Jennifer Davis-Flynn, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2025
The property has hosted sound baths, yoga retreats, drum circles, shamanic training, sweat lodges, performance groups, concerts, and ecological lectures.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Sweat lodge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweat%20lodge. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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