The Sweatlodge Team

Hello my name is Daren, I am learning to pour lodge at Caer Corhrain.

I was first asked to be a fire keeper in 2022 and worked the sacred fire for a year, before having the honour extended to me to learn to pour lodge. This has been a life changing journey as lodge has taught me so much, clearing and allowing me understand more about myself at a deeper level than I did before this experience.

My history with Spiritual connection has been a lifelong journey, realising I had the capacity to tune in at the age of 14. The unfolding and defining what I was tuning into has been refined over three decades. This has lead me into various healing modalities, Shamanic and Spiritual practices, alongside my day job which has predominantly been carpentry. More recently I have taken a deep dive into sound and frequency, using these methods to help connect people with their deeper selves and innate inner healing. My focus is presently on creating sound tools and working with the art of vibration.

Hi my name is Natasha, I was first introduced to shamanic journeying over 10 years ago which called me to birth a drum, this felt like coming home, I embarked on pathways training at Caer Cohrain and was then given the opportunity to learn the path of pouring sweat lodge. This has been an amazing journey, I am grateful to have learnt theses teachings from Lynn and am looking forward to continuing this journey and being in service for holding space connecting with all the elements, spirit and welcoming all those called to lodge. I am a holistic therapist and yoga teacher, I love dancing and being in nature, I created spirit dance which combines shamanic journeying and free flow dance.

Hi, I’m Rob, one of the firekeepers at Caer Corhrain treading this sacred and ancient elemental path. Fire is a profound and intricate part of the Sweatlodge ceremonies that are done here, weaving itself along side the other balancing elements of Earth, Air and Water. I’m both grateful and honoured to be a part of what these ceremonies have to teach.

Hi, I’m Chris, I’ve been fire keeping with Caer Corhain since September 2023. I started this journey shortly after doing the Pathways course with Lynn and Bruce. 

From the minute I awake on the day of lodge, my intention goes towards grounding for myself and towards the lodge. Once through the gates at Caer Cohrain, I treat the entire experience as a grounding exercise and am myself in ceremony alongside those in lodge.  I am saged, all equipment is saged, every thing handled is with good intention, every log is moved and placed with good intention, every conversation is with good intention.  I can’t preach to say that I never slip but the intention is always brought back and I remind others and I am reminded in return.  This entire experience is as healing and powerful for myself as a fire keeper as it is for those attending the lodge.  I am there to help hold the space and watch over the lodge for its safety and authenticity to be held.

All of this experience brings me joy and a sense of purpose and for this I am incredibly grateful.  

I live in Weston-super-Mare and have been coming to Caer Corhrain since 2017 when I did the Shamanic Pathways course. After the Dartmoor Retreat the following year I was asked if I wanted to learn to be a fire keeper for the sweatlodges. I have always loved fire, and I spent many years living on the road where fire was an integral part of life and living in community, so it was a big ‘yes’ from me. I officially started at the Yule lodge in 2018 and I clearly remember the buzz of working with the fire and carrying my first rock from the fire for Matthew to bring into the lodge. I committed to being a fire keeper for a year and then dedicated myself to training with Lyn to be able to build, hold and pour a sweatlodge. Lyn is an amazing teacher and guide, and hands-on, experiential learning is so important and powerful. I completed my training in July 2024 after I held and poured my first sweat lodge without Lyn by my side. I continue to come to as many sweatlodges at Caer Corhrain as I can to sweat for myself, support others who are learning, bring rocks in, support whoever is pouring, pour myself, or tend the fire. I particularly love the women’s sweatlodges that I facilitate with Lyn, as when we come together, beautiful things happen and healing takes place. The sweatlodges have become an integral part of moving through the year, honouring each turn of the wheel in ceremony, clearing and cleansing what needs to go, tending to the present and making way for the new. Being with others at Caer Corhrain, in community with open hearts, connecting, crafting, sharing, playing music, drumming, sweating, chanting, healing, and sitting to eat together, is very special. I am grateful to have this in my life and I am fully committed to keep sharing this ancient ceremonial practice with others, so I look forward to sitting in Lodge with you some day.

I have had the honour of learning the way of Celtic sweatlodge at Caer Corhrain for the past two years, with further time as a fire keeper of our sacred fire. This path has been profound, challenging and rewarding. Since my first lodge here on Yule many years ago I have felt a home coming. It has offered me a way of connecting to a deepening sense of belonging. 

The community here and all those that lodge calls in here have a home, it is tangible to feel. I am grateful for all I meet along this path and am yet to meet. 

Inspired by the shamanic ways, I have completed shamanic pathways here at the centre and my drum birthing teacher training. I hope to continue  this wonderful way of being celebrating and sharing with each turning of year wheel.

Hi, I’m Fanita. I’m currently in training within the Caer Cohrain Sweatlodge tradition, learning to hold space in a way that honors the natural cycles of life. I’m deeply inspired by nature — its rhythm, its wisdom, its stillness — and I bring this connection into everything I do.

My roots are Bulgarian, and my path has led me through many forms of healing and expression. I’m a certified educator, holistic therapist, and intuitive healer, working with sound, energy, and shamanic practices. 

Being in ceremony, listening deeply, and walking alongside others in their journey is an honour. I’m here to keep learning, to stay humble, and to offer what I can in service to the sacred.

Hello, my name is Nina,

I’ve been connected with Caer Corhrain since 2018, beginning with the Advanced Pathway course and later experiencing the deeply personal journey of birthing my own drum — a moment that still resonates with me. Being held by this sacred place and its wonderful facilitators has gently guided me inward, helping me explore both my light and my shadow.

In 2022, when Lynn called for fire keepers, I felt an undeniable pull. I’ve always been drawn to the fire, and since stepping into this role, a quiet relationship has begun to unfold between myself and the flames — a listening, a learning. Over time, the fire has become a teacher in its own right, showing me how to tend not only to it, but to the spaces it holds.

Every time I return to Caer Corhrain, it feels like returning home.

Outside of this, I work as a holistic therapist, offering reflexology and Reiki. I also write children’s books and run creative workshops in schools. I’m passionate about foraging and feel most myself when I’m in nature, following the quiet paths of the wild.

I’m Sophie and I’ve been taking part in fire keeping for a few years now. I often refer to it as ‘fire tending’ when describing to others what it involves, because that’s how it feels to me -that I really take care of the fire, be respectful to it and responsible for it. Give it attention and respond to its ever changing needs, as I would to a child.  I find this concentration allows me to leave the noise and drama of life at the gates, clearing it all out through focus and intent. Can sometimes be a meditative state of mind. I can then be open to absorb the energy and teachings of the fire and lodge on that particular day. 

The work is intense at times and I may need to dig deep. The gentle love and support of my small team of other fire keepers often carries me through.

Although I live far away now, Caer Corhain and the people there hold a special place in my heart. Sweatlodge ceremonies are incredible to be part of. Every single one, connected with every single fire, is unique and beautiful in its own way and a joy to experience and be a key part of.