Ainsworth

The hot springs at Ainsworth carry powerful healing and purification energy drawn up from deep within the earth. The mineral-rich waters emerging from the cave system create a womb-like environment that facilitates deep release of physical and emotional holding patterns. The combination of geothermal heat, mineral content, and the enclosed cave space produces an altered state conducive to spiritual rebirth. Visitors frequently report profound relaxation that opens into visionary states, and the site is considered a place where the veil between worlds is thin.

Ainsworth Hot Springs on the west shore of Kootenay Lake in British Columbia has been sacred to the Ktunaxa (Kutenai) First Nation since time immemorial. The natural thermal springs emerge from horseshoe-shaped caves in the limestone bedrock at temperatures around 45 degrees Celsius. The Ktunaxa used the springs for healing ceremonies and considered them a place where the spirit world was close. European settlers arrived in the 1880s during the mining boom, and the springs were commercially developed, though the site retains its significance to Indigenous peoples.