Storytelling Sauna Sessions

We are delighted to be offering Storytelling Sauna sessions with Fleur Shorthouse.

Fleur will lead a lovely immersive sauna storytelling session including scents, body treatments and Pirtis leaf whisking techniques.

Fleur finished her MA in Applied Storytelling (2023), under the tutelage of storyteller and tradition bearer Shonaleigh Cumbers. She is also a director of Story Commons CIC and a member of The Storytelling Choir. She has completed Level 1 & 2 courses in Lithuanian Pirtis sauna tradition with Bath Master Biruté Masiliauskiené from the Lithuanian Bath Academy.

Supported by the excellent instruction and traditions passed on by Shonaleigh and Birute, Fleur has brought sauna master practice and traditional oral storytelling together to create the unique art form of sauna storytelling; combining the simple elemental pleasures of wood, flame, stone, steam, leaf and word for beautiful, meaningful and fun, communal bathing experience. She is artist in residence at Wild Spa Wowo and tells at Stanmer Sauna Garden on Saturdays. She includes scents, body treatments and pirtis leaf whisking techniques to enhance the storytelling to a multi-sensory experience. A phrase commonly heard from participants of her events is… ‘Why don’t we always do this?’

There are two separate 2 hr sessions:

Wednesday 7th August 2024 – 18:00 – 20:00

Thursday 8th August 2024 – 11:00 – 13:00 

Full details and booking link below…