Inside the Sauna Ritual

A sauna ritual moves like the seasons — a gentle beginning, a rise into heat and a return to quiet. No session repeats itself. Each one responds to the time of the year, to presence, to the body that arrives.

We start with the plants.
Herb bundles heat in the steam, releasing familiar forest scents. The room fills with aroma, opening the chest and steadying the mind as you tune into each plant one by one. This round is about meeting the plants through aromatherapy, breath and memory. As the heat deepens, the body begins to open. Muscles lengthen, circulation awakens, and held tension starts to loosen.

We move into halotherapy — a simple, time-honoured practice that works deeper into the lungs. Salt particles travel into the sinuses and respiratory tract, supporting clarity in one of the body’s most vital thresholds: the place where the inner and outer world meet with every breath.

After taking time to cool down, we prepare the skin with a freshly made herbal salt scrub. Each blend is created to support your body’s needs — sometimes with soothing calendula, sometimes with bee products, or other botanicals chosen for their specific qualities. The scrub warms the skin, encourages circulation, and prepares the body for the next phase of the ritual.

As we reach the peak of the ritual — the summer of the session — the body is fully open to receive. Heat, breath and presence gather into a moment of fullness.

Here, full-body leaf whisking begins. Seasonal branches move across the skin with precision, technique and rhythm, guided by your body’s condition and what it’s asking for. This is the heart of the ritual: embodied, steady, and deeply grounding.

The ritual closes in quiet. A warm layer of raw honey is brushed across the face — soothing, mineral-rich, and deeply nourishing. As it melts into the skin, it gathers the last of the heat, softens the features, and brings the body gently back toward calm before meeting the cool air outside.