Sweat Your Prayers

Montgomery Mahaffey
Nov 5 · 6 min read

I was intimidated by sweat lodges for years until I finally experienced one.

Image by Gerhard Lipold from Pixabay

Since cultural appropriation has been a hot topic for a few years, I start with the disclaimer that there was none of that here.

A Blackfoot Native taught his tradition, along with songs and prayers in his language to this community of copacetic and lovely Caucasian humans.

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Montgomery Mahaffey

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Fantasy writer and storyteller. Here, I write about life stuff that’s not for my blog. My blog & novels are at www.freeflyingpress.com.

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