WELLNESS WEEKEND

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Meeting with Whisks

May 1

In Lithuanian tradition, whisks and particularly birch has long been associated with spring, youth, protection, and positive transformations. It is the quintessential plant used for bathing and promoting physical, emotional, and mental purification. In this evening, we will employ birch and some other plant whisks in the sauna to cleanse our bodies, leaving us feeling younger, revitalized, and joyful. This is a great introduction to Lithuanian pirtis (sauna) culture. Come prepared to sauna and participate in the treatments.

Meeting with Whisks Registration

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Sauna Construction with Microclimates

May 2

​This one evening class will be very useful for those who are planning to build their own sauna, as we will talk about what kind of atmosphere should be provided in a sauna, and also for practicing sauna owners, as we will learn how to create the right regimes for treatments with a continuous-heating stove.

 

This workshop is an excellent complement to the training in bathing, giving the bathers an understanding of steam dynamics and management, and is therefore a must for those wishing to become professional bathers. We'll learn how design and thermodynamics influence the space, explore smoke sauna, wood-fired sauna and more. While we will be visiting the saunas, this is a hands-on classroom experience.

Sauna Construction with Microclimates Registration

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Local Sauna Spa

May 2

Steam sauna is an ideal place to take care of your skin. Perspiration, whipping with brushwood and rubbing cleans the skin, opens it pores, activates blood circulation and removes old layer of cells. During the procedures natural inexpensive locally sourced materials are used and the effect is stunning! 

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We will encourage you to use the widely available local resources in your sauna rituals! We will play and improvise with the most common yet often neglected local materials and stuff that you can find in your kitchen. The sauna, culinary and experimant come together! Come prepared to sauna and participate in the treatments.

Local Sauna Spa Registration

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Awakening the Wild Goddess

May 3

In traditional Lituanian bathing culture, men and women were strictly separated. Men would bathe first, followed by women. Once everyone had left the sauna (or "Pirtis," as it's called), the wild goddess Laumes would enter.

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Laume was an archaic goddess of nature, earth, water, and plants, associated with work, the body, birth, fertility, and bathing. Regardless of how civilized we may be, we still carry within us a longing to return to the realm of the Great Goddess, reconnecting with our primal roots and wild nature in order to feel free and truly alive. Come prepared to sauna and participate in the treatments.

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The evening will be supervised and treatments offered by prominent pirtis sauna artizan and master Birutė Masiliauskienė.

This is a women's session.

Awakening the Wild Goddess Registration

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Recharge Your Brain in Sauna

May 3

In this group session we will make your critical mind fall asleep, and overwhelm it with pleasant emotions. The configuration of our personality will change with fewer blocks caused by everyday stresses, embarrassments and anger. After the bath, the sense of reality will return, but you will experience a much richer perception of life.

In the warmth and humidity of traditional sauna, the hunger for sensation will be satisfied and you feel like a baby that has been loved and discovered the new world.

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Experience renewed energy, physical and emotional relaxation, and a sense of joy and inspiration. We will be making friends, meeting new people, feeling supported in the closed and friendly space. Come prepared to sauna and participate in the treatments.

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This is a men's session.

Recharge Your Brain in Sauna Registration