Level 1: Home Bathmaster. 3-days training in Lithuania

Date: 2025-11-21, 15:00

Introduction to the Lithuanian Sauna Tradition

This three-day introductory course provides a comprehensive foundation in the modern Lithuanian sauna tradition. It is based on the holistic concept of the Four Elements, integrating physical, emotional, and energetic aspects of sauna practice. Participants are introduced to the essential principles of a healthy sauna, the art of working with heat and steam, and the fundamentals of safe and conscious bodywork.

Through a balanced combination of theory and hands-on practice, participants learn how to select and prepare whisks (vantos), create a body-friendly sauna microclimate, design a steam scenario, and perform a light whisking ritual. The course also introduces a honey back treatment and several short group sauna rituals suitable for family or friends. Emphasis is placed on ergonomics, safiety, sensitivity, and healthy sauna practics. 

This program is designed for anyone interested in exploring the Lithuanian sauna as a path to well-being, authenticity, and inner balance. It is ideal for sauna enthusiasts who wish to create a deeper, healthier, and more meaningful sauna experience at home — and for those planning to continue toward professional Bathmaster or Sauna Guide certification.

Friday, November 21

The ABC of the Healthy Sauna. The Holistic Approach. Group Lithuanian Sauna Ritual.

14:00 – 18:00 Practice in the sauna
An introduction to the main principles of the Lithuanian sauna and its holistic approach. Participants experience the sauna as a space for relaxation, cleansing, and reconnection with natural elements. The day concludes with a guided group sauna ritual.

Saturday, November 22

Introduction to the Sauna Master’s Work. Steam Scenario. Basics of Whisking.

10:00 – 13:00 Theory and practice on massage tables
13:00 – 17:00 Practice in the sauna
Participants learn how to design and manage the steam scenario, control heat and humidity, and perform simple back whisking and honey treatment. The focus is taking care of the sauna space and client, and safe work in the sauna. 

Sunday, November 23

Whisking Techniques. Light whisking. Basis of guiding short sessions for small groups.

10:00 – 13:00 Practice on massage tables
13:00 – 17:00 Practice in the sauna
A deeper exploration of bodywork with light whisking and whisking techniques. The day also includes training in guiding short group sessions, focusing on presence, safety, and creating a positive shared sauna experience.

Note! The scedule is preliminar and might be adjusted acording to the group. 

Place

The training will take place in Kaunas city (just 15 km from Kaunas airport), in a new cozy sauna with a spacious and warm training classroom, shower and outdoor swimming pool. Participants are provided with towels, and a bathrobe can be rented for an additional fee. The training venue is easy to reach by public transport. 

Themes covered

• Basis of bathing techniques
• Bodywork of the back

  In this practical theme, we learn the basic techniques of gentle body touch and massage. Soft, relaxing touch is included in all basic sauna techniques and treatments - light bathing, body scrubbing, and massage. The skills on this topic will benefit further training that are included in the Professional Sauna Therapist training program.

  Skills developed in the workshop

  • Preparation for bodywork, laying a person down
  • skin stroking
  • warming rubbing
  • oiling the skin
  • working on the deeper subcutaneous tissue
  • ergonomics and safety of movements
  • effective transverse work
• Healthy steam bath procedure

  The first practical theme(topic) of the Bath Masters course  is the Healthy Sauna Procedure. It is dedicated to learning about a healthy, bioresonant sauna. During the sauna, we go through a complete sauna procedure consisting of 4 stages:

  • introductory warm-up
  • sweating stimulation
  • Soaking in the steam and self-bathing

  This workshop is essential for those wishing to continue their studies and further their knowledge, but it is also available simply to try a healthy sauna treatment in a good sauna (often with a good gourmet sauna stove).

• Holistic whisking

  A practical theme to learn and test the work of a sauna master. The first steps towards a new profession take place in a safe environment, in a good sauna, with the help of an experienced trainer. This topic is usually taught in the form of a sauna evening (a practical session in the sauna), during which the teacher introduces and demonstrates the main points of practical work in the steam room and the students try it out in practice. In this way, they have the opportunity to test themselves as future sauna practitioners and get a better idea of the level at which they would like to learn the sauna trade.

  
  A student washes clients body in a steam room for the first time.

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• Self whisking

  Important theme and one of major aspects of sauna education that is very often neglected by even prominent bath mastership teachers. Yet it is even more complex then whisking other person.

  This theme covers

  • initial warming of the feet
  • enhancing blood circulation
  • self massage with whisks
  • self whisking of shoulders, sides, back
  • ergonomics of self whisking
  • different postures: sitting, laying
• Whisking techniques

  
  Dry training  - individualized teaching of effective movements

  We teach a student the basics of warming: to warm the client's body safely and evenly and gradually cool him so he can safely and calmly leave the hotroom without the supervision of a bath master. Such treatment can also be performed as a full bath procedure in cases when the client is tired and wants to rest and relax.

  Content of the training:

  1. Basic whisking movement clacification
  2. Contactless techniques
  3. Light superficial techniques
  4. Warming of the underskin and muscles

  We work with small group and provide individual training.

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Birutė Masiliauskienė