17/02/2026
The Sauna Healer retreat is underway, and some of the participants are completing all three retreats within just two weeks. 💪🏻
The days have been full, grounded, and joyful, both for the retreat group and for the sloooowly arriving spring. 😅
There has been a lot of whisking here, also with real guests during the weekend public sauna sessions. We have worked with technique, with the craft of sauna healing, and with the philosophy of the smoke sauna and ritual. Learning truly happens through doing!
Today we explored the herbs used in different sauna treatments. Heather and nettle have been prepared and worked with, their qualities becoming familiar through practice. We have whisked with both birch and oak vihtas, feeling the differences in rhythm and effect. The work is also leading toward Thursday’s peat sauna ceremony, which we are already preparing for step by step. 🔥
Tomorrow we will heat the smoke sauna together and revisit the whisking teachings from last week, deepening what has already been learned. There has also been time for relaxed sauna bathing together, sharing quiet moments and simple conversations. In the darkening evening there is something truly magical, and more than once it has felt like we are in a ”thin” place. ✨
Above all, there is a strong sense of gratitude. For the people, for the shared work, for the tradition, and for the chance to do this together!
