Inipi Ceremony (aka Sweatlodge)

Sweatlodge" and "sweats" have become mainstream spiritual buzzwords, and most who claim to be "spiritual, not religious" have at least heard of what they call a sweatlodge and doing a "sweat" for spiritual purity. Sweatlodge services have become more of a mainstream activity, and one can find many places on the internet that offer to perform a sweat for one or more people. Horrifically, those who are offering these services have distorted the purpose, meaning and tradition of the ancient practice so much that the modern, mainstream, "White" concept and practice of a sweatlodge ceremony resembles the traditional practices very little, if at all.