Healtly microclimate in sauna

Date: 2023-05-02, 17:00
Organizer : Lithuanian Bath Academy

Location: Cedar Grove Sauna
Map: 935 Halldale Road, Montville ME 04941, Montville

Temperature and atmosphere of a traditional steam bath (sauna, pirtis, laznia, bania, laconium) has always been rather controversial, and sauna steam is quite mysterious and difficult to perceive. For some it is too hot, for others it seems too cold...

Sauna therapists and other sweat bathing experts are asked for help, but they have little to say. The reason is simple: confusion of concepts and practices. Internet forums and articles are searched for answers. But everywhere we find the same "Finnish" "Russian",. "Finnish", "Turkish", "sauna", "sauna needs ventilation", "sauna must be hot", etc.

Each sauna is a unique phenomenon with its own character, its own pros and cons. Some hot rooms are easy and simple to get along with, others require knowledge and expertise. In this seminar, we will first of all learn how to create a good microclimate in the most common hot circulating steam room

An interesting moment - the steam cushion of the sauna is visible.

A sauna's microclimate must not be "good" in itself, but must be in line with the way people feel in the sauna, and the "do no harm" principle applies here. During this sweat bathing evening, we will find out what traditional cookery has in common with steam baths and learn how to control the most difficult substance to understand - the hot bathing steam. We will explain how to squeeze more out of a small, continuously heated steam room, the most common in North America, and how to adjust the existing microclimate and adapt it to the needs of a particular treatment. We will also explore our senses to better understand ourselves in the hot sauna room.

This one evening meeting will be very useful for those who are planning to have their own sauna, as we will talk about what kind of atmosphere should be provided in a sauna, and also for practising 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.

During the evening, we will explain in a language that everyone can understand and with practical examples, the basic concepts that define the atmosphere of a sauna and the way people feel in it.

The following issues will be practically addressed:

• the factors that create the heat of a sauna;
• the sensations of heat in a steam room;
• the subjectivity of the microclimate;
• correction of the steam room microclimate;
• ventilation of the steam room;
• different ways of creating good steam;
• dynamics of sauna steam;
• microclimate measurements;
• comparison of sauna microclimates.

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haviour of the sauna steam, its rise, its "sitting" and its sensations. You will take part in practical measurements and analysis of the results. You will understand how to read the graphs of steam microclimate measurements published on Pirtis.lt.

The microclimate correction will be recorded with a device and then reviewed and analysed.

Theme covered

• Microclimate correction

  Nuolatinio kūrenimo krosnelė yra labiausiai paplitęs pirties krosnies tipas Lietuvoje ir kaimyninėse šalyse. Todėl visiškai natūralu, kad profesionalu save vadinantis pirtininkas privalo smulkiai žinoti kaip šios krosnelės pagaba sukurti kaip galima gresnes sąlygas įvairioms pirties procedūroms.

  Praktinė tema, į kurią įeina:

  • Nuolatinio kūrenimo krosnelės kūrenimas
  • Garinės temperatūros įvertinimas
  • Perkaitintos garinės parengimas procedūroms
  • Sauso ir išprakaitavusio žmogaus pojūčių skirtumai
  • Garo pagalvės stabilumo stebėjimai
  • Garinės ventiliacija
  • Drėgmės įtaka žmogaus savijautai
  • Garo pylimas
  • Saugumo technia dirbant su nuolatinio kūrenimo krosnele

  Nuolatinio kūrenimo krosnys

  

  

  

  

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Rimas Kavaliauskas, sauna master, designer and builder