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The heart of temazcal is entry into a dark chamber filled with steam and select aromatic plants and herbs, and being carefully guided through ritual stages by one who has learned function, effect and procedure through years of training.
Temazcal In Oaxaca 2007
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The heart of temazcal is entry into a dark chamber filled with steam and select aromatic plants and herbs, and being carefully guided through ritual stages by one who has learned function, effect and procedure through years of training.
Temazcal In Oaxaca 2007
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In addition to holistic therapy massage, Swedish massage, quiro (Spanish) massage and detoxifying your lymphatic system through the use of muscular relaxation techniques, Doña Urraca Spa also specializes in temazcal, a tradition from pre-Hispanic Mexico.
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In addition to holistic therapy massage, Swedish massage, quiro (Spanish) massage and detoxifying your lymphatic system through the use of muscular relaxation techniques, Doña Urraca Spa also specializes in temazcal, a tradition from pre-Hispanic Mexico.
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The temazcal is like a hut, made on the spot by the people who will participate in it.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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People are entering the tarp-covered hut, one by one, asking for permission as I had seen them do at the temazcal at the cactus grove near the pyramids.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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I try to think about friends who see the temazcal as a major element of their spiritual life, people I know who participate in them from Tijuana to Oakland and beyond.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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Something about the temazcal being ruined if you enter or exit the wrong way, about the flow of the energies inside being disrupted.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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Friends in California tell me about their devotion to the temazcal bath.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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The leader of the temazcal then calls for our attention and tells everyone gathered, glistening with moisture, shivering now that the flaps are open, that if anyone wishes to leave the temazcal, now is the opportunity to do so.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
fbharjo commented on the word temazcal
temazcalli ("house of heat")
October 2, 2010