What it is
The temazcal
A ritual, therapeutic and healing steam bath, whose origins go back to the pre-Hispanic medicine of the native peoples of the American continent.
The womb
The representation of the womb of Mother Earth
The temazcal is a low, dark, closed dome. You crawl in, you sweat, and you come back out into the light. That is the figure: the womb, and coming out of it.
It is also a ceremony of rebirth and detoxification through abundant sweating, the use of herbs, and the way those taking part meet the four elements that sustain life.
It is not esoteric and it is not a matter of faith. Heat and steam do something very concrete: they bring you back into your body, they make you breathe slowly, and they let you be grateful for what you can actually see.
The four elements
Fire, earth, water and air
The four elements that sustain life. The ceremony is made with them, not with symbols of them.
Fire
The fire heats the stones for hours before the ceremony begins.
Earth
The dome is the womb. You go in in the dark, you sweat, and you come back out into the light.
Water
Water steeped with herbs falls on the red-hot stones and turns into steam.
Air
Between one door and the next, fresh air comes in and the circle breathes again.
Before going in
The breathing meditation
Outside, in a circle, we do a breathing meditation that travels through the seven chakras. Each one has its colour, and those colours are the ribbons you will see hanging along the path, on the altar and by the fire.
Inside
The four doors
The temazcal opens and closes four times. Each door faces a direction and carries its colour, and the circle travels through all of them: east, south, west and north.
- 1East First dooryellow
- 2South Second doorblue
- 3West Third doorred
- 4North Fourth doorwhite
Herbs
The medicine is in the plants
The temazcal contributes to physical, mental and spiritual health through the natural medicine held in plants. Every ceremony is prepared with the herbs the moment asks for.
- Lemongrass
- Rue
- Basil
- Eucalyptus
- Chamomile
- And many others
Benefits
Free your mind and spirit
You do not have to believe in anything. People who live the ceremony describe that it helps them:
- Relax the body completely
- Release emotional weight
- Clear the respiratory and digestive tracts
- Hydrate and renew the skin
- Improve circulation
- Strengthen the nervous system
- Let go of stress
- Sleep better
- Wake up their connection with nature
- Recognise the relationship between body, mind and spirit
A safe place for introspection and self-recognition, and a life experience worth living.
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