DoryWoman Rowing

02/20/2026

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02/17/2026

Happy Lunar New Year y’all!

Year of the 🔥🐴

Did you know…
Rowing small wooden boats is often compared to riding a 🐎?

Wishing your fearless forward movement in 2026!

02/16/2026

The weekend in review.

Dorywomen & a dorydog.

So much ice. To row in. To wade in.

So much warmth. The hearth & the heart.

Wind & waves. Connecting you to your strength.

Slow to play in. And then bring inside the sauna and watch it melt into steam.

This place, so elemental, that makes you feel so alive.

02/14/2026

Happy Valentines beautiful people!

♥️

Your favorite salty witchy Dorywoman

02/12/2026

Here’s what I offer at Salty Witch Sauna:

COMMUNITY sessions, Wed-Sunday, generally twice a day, afternoons and early evening. Wood-fired wellness while connecting with others. Part of wellness! Group size, 2-6 people. You can chat with others or choose not to. $35 per seat for 1.25 hrs.

PRIVATE sessions are available Wed-Sunday, between 1-7pm. A community session can be converted to private, if availability allows. $150 for 1.25 hrs/$175 for 1.5 hrs. All the great benefits of sauna, all to yourself! A wonderful birthday, anniversary, valentine or other special occasion. Or just for you!

BOTH types of sessions offer ALL the health benefits of sauna. Deep relaxation…cardiovascular, metabolic and immune system benefits. The science is there. Cold dipping and playing in the snow…PURE JOY! I believe fun is an important ingredient to good health.

Plus, Vitamin Sea, with our beautiful waterfront location. It’s a 5-minute walk from downtown to Salty Witch. Join a community session or book your private sauna in February!

➡️ Do you have an idea for a regular/semi-regular private group? Please be in touch! I’d love to work with you.

Amaaazing photography by 🌟

02/10/2026

Valentine’s Day is almost upon us! Show that special someone how much you ♥️ them by giving the gift of 🔥❄️ with our Sweetheart Sauna!

Could be your sweetie…your bestie, your Mom, kid or co-worker. Or make it a party (Galantines!) and invite several of your nearest & dearest to share this relaxing and fun experience!

The Sweetheart Sauna is a private session, $150 for 1.25 hours, offfered this week, through Sunday! As a special bonus, you will receive 20% off a meal at the Spring Street Eatery, steps away, apres’ sauna (you can see it in the photos where we're playing in the snow)! You’ll receive a secret code after you book. I love Sharon’s cooking and frequent her place often when I’m heating up the sauna!

To schedule, contact us directly: DM, 207-323-3932/dorywomanrowing@gmail.com

I’m also offering my Sweetheart Row, with the option to add-on a sauna session after your row. A hot beverage and sweet treat is included in the experience. Book via my DWR site. 20% off at Spring Street Eatery applies here too!

Becky is not my sweetie but she sure is a sweetheart, don’t ya think? 🌹

Beautiful photos by Christina St. Pierre

02/09/2026

Check out this interview I did last February with filmmaker Sam Dolgin-Gardner in between Ice Rows and Sauna sessions at last year's Ice Fest! Its my first release on my new DWR YouTube channel! Subscribe to see more!

Belfast’s Ice Fest is coming up Feb 27 – March 1. Book your Ice Row + Sauna + Dip experience--or just book a sauna! Community sessions will be offered all weekend, starting on Friday. Sam also did some amazing photography of us in action, which I’ll share soon. BOOK HERE: https://www.dorywomanrowing.com/service-page/ice-row-sauna-dip-in-belfast-harbor?referral=service_list_widget

https://youtu.be/LO-Jqt2DyEk?si=RnVi4AehEFdb8k1u

A row in Belfast Harbor and up the Passagassawakeag with Sam Dolgin-Gardner, during Belfast's Ice Fest weekend 2025!

02/07/2026

BELFAST ICE FEST FEBRUARY 27-MARCH 1 ❄️❄️

I’ll once again be offering my Ice Row + Sauna + Dip combo! Last year I collaborated with the gals at and it was marvelous! This year, I have my own woodfired sauna 🔥🔥

You don’t have to row to partake in the sauna (though I hope you will). Community sessions will be available throughout the weekend, starting on Friday 2/27! BOOK YOUR ROW/SAUNA AT MY DWR WEBSITE!

Wicked good fun on the waterfront, with all kinds of fun happening downtown, including the Maine State Ice Carving Championship, ice bars and the Frost & Flannel Ball!

Do you have a business in Belfast? Consider sponsoring an ice sculpture! These will be placed throughout town and are just so fun to look at. I will be sponsoring one this year and I’m really excited about it!

FMI visit the Our Town Belfast website.

02/06/2026

Good times in Portland last night at the launch party for the spring issue of

This is a great-looking new magazine that’s chock full of awesome stories about our beloved state!

And guess who’s in the new edition?
My story, “Torture and Temptation” about the joys and vagaries of rowing in the spring is! Honored to be featured in this quality publication. And I ♥️ the theme of ♥️!

I’m hoping to get copies of this new mag up in the midcoast area. Stay tuned in to hear about locations where you can snag a copy!

Congratulations to publisher Karen Middleton, editorial director Maggie Knowles and the whole My Maine creative team! They sure know how to throw a party!

02/04/2026

Look at these GORGEOUS photos photographer Christina St. Pierre shot recently! There’s nothing like professional quality work. I am so happy to be working with this talented photographer!

Chris captured the feeling, the values and spirit I’m conjuring up at Salty Witch Sauna. My sauna Melusine is a space of relaxation & healing, community & connection, play and a healthy dose of magic. It’s a space of wellness. It’s an inclusive space, open to all - all genders and ages, all shapes and sizes of bodies. It’s open to YOU!

Chris is known for her portrait work and is expanding her service to working with brands as well. Check out my stories for more of her beautiful work! Book your photo sesh with her at: https://www.chrisinfocus.com/

🌟ANNOUNCEMENT! As per several requests, I’m offering a new Silent Sauna session on Sundays! Check it out! I am also open to other themes and group configurations. It’s important to me to be responsive to what this community wants and needs with my sauna service. DM me with your ideas!

it’s February! Come and sauna on the Belfast waterfront!

How about those beautiful models? 🔥🔥

02/03/2026

What else do I do besides row? In the summer, I swim. In the winter, I ski. Yesterday I went for a ski at the place I love to swim, Lake St. George.

It’s a surreal and magical feeling gliding across the frozen surface of water I spend so much time submerged in, in the warmer months.

Because it’s frozen, I venture farther than I normally do when swimming. Following snowmobile trails, I made it out to Mill Island, about a mile from shore. There was an ice shack and two people fishing. One of them saw me and offered to break a trail for me around the island. I insisted that he didn’t need to do this, but he insisted that he did! So there were plenty of semi groomed paths to ski across. And enjoy this lake in an entirely unique way that is winter in Maine.

I finished up at sunset. What a breathtaking place this is.

Lo and behold, my favorite ice cream spot John's Ice Cream was open! On a Monday, no less, in early February! Thank you Louis and crew! Go out to Liberty and support this iconic midcoast biz, which is, the BEST ice cream in Maine!