Lakota Sweat Lodge - Women's Retreat following
There is an option to start the Retreat by doing an Iniki (Lakota Sweat Lodge) presidered over by a Lakota Elder who is a Veteran (he is such a NEAT guy). I do it as it takes me from 'the day' and is the best way to start the Retreat (for me).
These Retreats do not cost the participant anything (other than getting there) OR the Government - DAV funds them through a Trust. Food is cooked by male Veterans (they even seranade us sometimes) and lodging is covered.
It is an intensive Retreat - you don't just go somewhere and 'chill'.
Any questions ask me - the last I heard it's the only one of it's type in the country.
Susan
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You know I love this! I look
You know I love this! I look forward to your retreat knowing that you enjoy it so. We just worked the Pow Wow~ Reggie's family has made the Frybread for as long as I can remember, and his eldest sister leads the healing circle..it is a wonderful weekend. Reggie and his guys sing during the dinner break and this weekend I had a German woman ask me if I could translate the songs , as she saw me singing along! Thankfully, I was able to, having heard Reggie sing them so many times! LOL
Enjoy every minute of your special time away...I send you blessings!
Hugs,
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I would be interested to
I would be interested to know when the next one occurrs. Along with what is the minimum age, ie could my 12 year old daughter join in?
thanks
Mariam0 -
Not sure rather you'remariam_11_09 said:I would be interested to
I would be interested to know when the next one occurrs. Along with what is the minimum age, ie could my 12 year old daughter join in?
thanks
Mariam
Not sure rather you're asking about the Iniki or the Retreat so will answer the best I can on both.
The next Retreat will be in April (probably but maybe May). The dates have to be worked around when the SD National Guard has weekends as they own the BOQ (lodging and mess hall) on Ft. Meade. To attend the Retreat, you have to be a Veteran or the spouse, SO, or family member of a Veteran. (I fall in both groups as I was Army and Hubby is retired Navy.) The youngest person I remember being at any of the Retreats I've been to was 18. Honestly if I had a 12 y/o I wouldn't think of taking her as it is very intensive and some of the issues dealt with might not be best for them to experience. That's not to say that we don't have a lot of just plain fun times but PTSD is dealt with - usually when we split into Vet. group and spouse/SO/family group. Male Veterans do all the cooking and it's great - the only thing 'wrong' is that they always try to give you too much food. As I said it's not a go and chill - there is always something going on and you have to take off your watch and turn off your cell when you get there. Time is measured by how far apart the Staff put their fingers when you break into groups be it for 'work' or working on your skit.
The Iniki is conducted by a fantastic Elder. There is one done every other weekend at Ft. Meade but this one is done for the start of the Retreat. I really liked the old site for the lodge as it was pretty much hidden back in the woods but there was a lot of vandalization done to it over time so the new one is much closer in where Security can drive past it easy. Plus it is in a 6 foot solid fence that stays locked when not in use.
Hope I answered your questions and didn't ramble on too much. Any other questins please ask.
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wait soo I’m kinda new here and my reason for being right here at this location is searching retreats I would love to attend because I never been as of yet. But might I ask what is a DAV fund? Because I see the cost of some, and it’s a pretty good penny. Totally out my current budget. But it doesn’t sound really helpful to me. DAV So I’ll just continue searching while I wait on your response and leave saying you sure make the retreats sound like some fun I know that much
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how do we sign up. Is there a link?
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Hi @Debbie30 and @hendrixkell,
Welcome to CSN! I apologize for any confusion but this post is from 2011. The women's retreat is likely no longer happening.
Thank you,
Hillary
CSN Support Team
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