Notes on Sweats

Things you should know about FSG's Sweat Circles:

• You must sign up in advance. Sweat sign-up is located at Check-in; sign-up hours are 1:00p–5:00p, Wed–Fri.
• Please bring a water cup/bottle and towel(s) to all sweats.
• Special workshift requirement: if you want to participate in a sweat, we request that you sign up for a 90-minute sweat workshift. This is in addition to your regular Gathering community service. Please sign up to work when you sign up for your sweat. The workshifts are often rewarding, and sometimes downright healing and powerful.
• Timing: be absolutely, positively on time (sorry, no pagan time here).
• Preparation: please prepare yourself for your sweat as you would for any deep ceremony. Because sweats detoxify you physically, we recommend that you abstain from addictive behaviors for 24 hours before and after your sweat. This is especially true of behaviors with substances that dehydrate (such as alcohol, coffee, and chocolate) or that are mind-altering in ways that interfere with your connection to yourself and to spirit.