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Temazcal Ceremony - Traditional Prayer, Community & Connection

In a time where healing spaces, ceremonies and transformational experiences are becoming increasingly common, Temazcal stands apart as a living tradition carried through generations of service, prayer and relationship.

This is not simply a hot sweat experience.

Temazcal is a traditional ceremonial way of prayer. Stones are heated in the fire and brought into the lodge, where we gather together in darkness, song, humility and intention. Through four ceremonial rounds, we pray for ourselves, our families, our communities, our ancestors and the generations yet to come.

For us, Temazcal is not a single event. It is a path.

A path we have devoted ourselves to walking through consistent service, ongoing training, relationship with elders and teachers, and participation within an international fire family carrying these traditions throughout the Americas and beyond.

Everyone is welcome.

Whether this is your first lodge or your hundredth, you will be received into a community grounded in prayer, family and connection to the Earth.

What is a Temazcal?

Temazcal is an ancestral ceremony found throughout parts of the Americas and remains a living tradition carried by Indigenous communities today.

At its simplest, it is a ceremony of heat, prayer and connection held within a dome-shaped lodge. Stones are heated in the fire outside and carefully brought into the lodge throughout the ceremony. Water is offered to the stones, creating steam, heat and an environment that supports deep physical, emotional and spiritual work.

Yet Temazcal reaches far beyond the physical experience.

While many people arrive expecting only a sweat lodge, they often discover something much deeper; a space to slow down, listen, pray and reconnect with what truly matters.

This ceremony invites us into relationship with the unseen world, with our ancestors, with the land beneath our feet and with the deeper intelligence that guides life itself.

A Path of Prayer

Our family does not view Temazcal as a one-off healing experience.

We view it as a path.

A practice of returning to prayer again and again.

A practice of showing up for our families, our communities and ourselves.

Some lodges are powerful and intense. Others are gentle and deeply nourishing. We are not a military-style lodge family. Every ceremony is guided according to the people present and what is genuinely needed on the day.

There is medicine in intensity.

There is also medicine in subtlety.

Both are welcome.

The Gold Coast Lodge

Our Gold Coast lodge is held on private land in the rainforest of Currumbin Valley.

For over two years, prayers have been offered on this land. The stones used in ceremony have been gathered from this place, and when the creek is flowing many participants choose to cleanse in its waters following the ceremony.

Surrounded by forest, birdsong and the rhythms of the natural world, the land itself becomes part of the experience.

Many people travel significant distances to sit with this community, drawn not only by the ceremony itself but by the spirit of family that continues to grow around the fire.

Family & Community

The central prayer of our fire family is the healing and strengthening of family.

We pray for healthy relationships.

We pray for children.

We pray for parents.

We pray for reconciliation.

We pray for connection between generations.

For this reason, grandparents, parents, young people and children are all welcome within our community.

Whether you arrive alone or with loved ones, you will be welcomed as family.

Giving Back

This year, 7% of all proceeds from our ceremonies are returned directly to our international fire family.

These funds support the ongoing vision of carrying and protecting these ceremonial ways through the spine of the Americas; from Patagonia in the south of Chile to Alaska in the north, alongside the continued growth of Kiva, Vision Quest, Sundance Temazcal ceremonies dedicated to prayer, service and cultural preservation.

By attending ceremony, you are helping support not only your local community but also the wider family carrying these traditions across generations and continents.
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An Acknowledgment to Our Elders 

To Reymundo Tigre Perez.who effectively birthed this fire family in 1976
To Heriberto Villasenor and his wife Nubia Rodriquez now leading the vision of this family
To Manuel Obrien, not yet an elder but a young and wise leader directing this family over in Chile and being the catalyst for the current health of this fire family.
To Tom Cook, Milo Yellowhair and Loretta Afraid-of-bear Cook our sundance elders from Black Hills who travel every year to Chile and to Mexico to bring the Lakota medicine of sundance as well as the prayer they hold in their sacred black hills land. 

To the wise elders of this great Bundjalung Nation especially those who look over this Kombumerri land.
To Uncle Steve at Jellurgal centre in Burleigh, thank you for your connection and relationship.

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For those who wish to join us early and contribute to the space: altar setup, support with the fire, preparing the lodge, collecting water you can come from 8am

Please arrive by 9:30am at the very latest (8:30am - 9am is suggested, to land, to use the bathroom, to walk to the space and to start your connection with the fire) 

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Gold Coast Sweat Lodge (Currumbin Valley)
1526 Currumbin Creek Road, Currumbin Valley QLD 4223

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