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Yesterday was fantastic - I'm spending the Easter few days in and around Brighton, and when I heard that the White Owl posse was hosting a sweat lodge, I went along. I've had a sweat with this crew before, and it was intense. This time around, I went in feeling much more grounded and managed to hold my ground even during the most vicious and hot rounds.

For anyone who hasn't been to a sweat lodge, it is a kind of ceremonial sauna in which there are several rounds of ceremonial sweating. Basically rocks are heated on the fire, brought in to the blessed enclosed space and then splashed with water. It can get very hot in there! The more grounded I'm feeling, the more bearable the heat is though it is always a challenge in one way or another.

Yesterday's lodge was incredibly beautiful and cleansing. It's as if so many of my angsts and bothers are stored in my pores and there's nothing like a good old sweat to banish them. It's like a wicked magical cleansing and purifying ceremonial and I am feeling fantastic now! So next time you give me a call and I invite you to come get sweaty, you'll know what I'm talking about.

Sweaty hugs to all from Sean