The Sweat Lodge

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Supplies for building a handy home sweat lodge in your yard:

1. galvanized metal bucket to carry hot rocks in
2. 3 to 6 large rocks, no bigger than 1' across
3. 1 shovel, for digging
4. 1 tent dedicated for this purpose; the size depends on how many people u want in it at 1 time
5. materials to build a good hot fire
6. bottles of water 4 cooling off later

Instructions for building a handy home sweat lodge in your yard:

1. pick your location
2. dig a hole in the ground as big as the bottom of the bucket
3. cut a hole in the bottom of the tent that is the same size as the bottom of the bucket,
preferably in the center of the tent
4. build a fire pit nearby for heating the rocks, but not so close 2 catch the tent on fire

Instructions for using the handy home sweat lodge in your yard:

1. put your tent up around the hole you dug, so the hole in the ground and the tent line up
2. put the bucket in place in the hole
3. build a good hot fire
4. when the fire is down to white hot coals, add the rocks and let them heat up
5. using some sort of tool, take the hot rocks out of the fire and put them into the bucket
6. gather your peeps
7. carry the bucket into the tent, placing it in the hole in the ground inside the tent
8. sit down, and sweat!