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Salty Witch Sauna

Wood-fired wellness on the waterfront.

Community & private sessions.

Since 2021, offering lessons, wildlife tours, full moon
and workout rows.

ROWS are open to ALL skill-levels,
including beginners, all shapes & sizes, ages 8 and up.
For 1-3 people. 1.5 hours long.

SALTY WITCH SAUNA IS BACK ON THE WATERFRONT

AT THE BELFAST BOATHOUSE, 34 COMMERCIAL STREET!
Community sessions and private sessions.
Wed-Sunday. 1.5 hours.
Sauna seats up to six people.

BOOK YOUR ROW & SAUNA!
Also, see Row & Sauna Bundles
for special plans and discounts.

Row a Wooden Boat: Fall
Our signature service, fall edition! Open to ALL skill-levels. 1-3 people. Pricing is per person.
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1 hr 30 min
100 US dollars
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Full Moon Row
BOOKING NOW FOR NOVEMBER'S FULL BEAVER MOON ROW 11/24. Special discount for 2-3 people.
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From 105 US dollars
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Winter Solstice Row
Experience the turn of seasons out on the water. Sauna after your row! Special pricing 2-3 people.
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From 105 US dollars
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Hale & Hardy Workout Row
Get your row on! For individuals only with intermediate to advanced skill-levels.
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Duration Varies
95 US dollars
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Sunset Sauna
Wind down on the Belfast waterfront with wood-fired heat and connection with others. Up to 6 people.
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1 hr 30 min
35 US dollars
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Private Sauna Session
Enjoy a private wood-fired sauna session on the Belfast waterfront. Up to 6 people.
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1 hr 30 min
175 US dollars
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Community Sauna
Enjoy the warmth of sauna and connecting with others. $35 per seat. Up to 6 people.
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1 hr 30 min
35 US dollars
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Full Moon Sauna
BOOKING NOW FOR THE NOVEMBER FULL BEAVER MOON 11/24
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40 US dollars
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Gratitude & Silent Sauna - Community
Relax & restore on Thanksgiving morning 11/26. $40 per seat. Up to 6 people.
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40 US dollars
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Winter Solstice Sauna -Community
Celebrate the return of the light with a wood-fired sauna on Belfast's waterfront. Seats up to 6.
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40 US dollars
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So many magic moments.

Place, deep relaxation and community. Taking care of yourself and marveling at the wonder all around us.

In the tiny details like the starfish that suddenly appears from saltwater on the wooden floor of the sauna to watching happy seals fish very close to shore.

The cheerful Finnish elf that now inhabits and guards the sauna.

The exhilaration of dipping into cold saltwater and then stepping back into the deep heat of the sauna. Gazing into the mesmerizing flames of the fire.

Making new connections. Sweating and laughing together. Ladling water onto the stones and releasing steam. Collective deep breath.

Swimming in the bioluminescence in the darkened bay. Then looking up into the night sky to witness so many stars. The shape of a dory formed (unexpectedly) in the lights on the sauna.

Sauna magic. The magic of transformation.

Community sauna schedule:
11:30am & 4pm at sunset Wed-Saturday
10:30am & 3:30pm at sunset on Sundays

The sauna can be booked privately in between or after community sessions. Or buyout a community session. Seats up to six.

#magicmoment #woodfiredsauna #seals #bioluminescence #community

Last night, as I was closing up my sauna, I had a visitor.

I’ve seen this sweet little black cat on the waterfront numerous times over the past few months. I’m sure it has a home because it has a collar and looks well-fed and happy.

What’s funny is, last spring, I was dipping in the harbor with some friends during a sauna sesh when they found a little stuffed black cat with a witches hat that had washed ashore. Of course it had to come live at my sauna.

And now this little black cat comes to visit? Coincidence?

She made herself right home in the still warm and cozy changing area, for a spell, at least!

I can see her witch’s hat, can you?

Salty witches & salty little black cats belong together 🧙🐈‍⬛

Happy Friday the 13th!

#blackcatmagic #salty #familiar #fridaythe13 #woodfiredsauna

Shhh…don’t wake up the rocks.

Glenn and I contemplate the perils and merits of rocks and boulders at head of tide up the Passagassawakeag River.

We always have so much fun!

Video by @gmont85

#rocklover #boulderlife #fallinmaine #upriver #dory

The ever-changing moods of Penobscot Bay, experienced from a wooden dory and a wood-fired waterfront sauna.

How marvelous is this place? How fortunate am I to be immersed in this beauty from two extraordinary vantage points?

You can too! Experience it yourself and with those you love.

Rows are offered Tuesday through Sunday, mainly in the mornings. Its stick season and deep fall. Many fine days to be out on the water. And the black-and-white ducks are back (Long-tailed Ducks, Buffleheads, Golden Eyes). And still many seals!

The sauna is fired up Wednesday through Sunday. Two community sessions daily in the morning/mid-day and at the end of the day, at sunset. Private group sessions can be booked in between or buying out a community session.

Or blend the two for an incredible cold season adventure – wellness experience! It’s pretty fantastic, I can tell you!

Full Beaver Moon Row & Sauna on Tuesday, Nov. 24!

The holidays are just around the corner. How about a gift certificate or row or sauna bundle for your darlings?

Book it all at my DWR website 🌞🍁🌅🌕🔥

#dory #maineisgorgeous #mainefall #woodfiredsauna #likeapainting

Rowing, cheese, seals and sauna!

What a combo, right?

And what a pleasure to share and co-create this experience with Amy Rowbottom of @crookedfacecreamery

Firsts for both of us. First time for Amy rowing in a fixed seat dory. And first time I’ve ever had a cheese-board in my boat! I thought oysters were good but…😋

Seals popping up everywhere, no doubt enticed by Amy’s delicious cheese!

Then after the row, sauna and dipping in the salty sea, strewn with 🍁🍁

So fun to share space in the boat and sauna with this bad-ass woman entrepreneur and connect about the joys and challenges of running your own business. Including the need for self-care, rest and FUN!

I highly recommend visiting Amy’s shop in Skowhegan and supporting her business!

And bring a cheeseboard with her delicacies on YOUR next row-sauna combo 🧀 🌊🦭🔥

Thank you Amy for coming out with me and supporting my unique woman-owned Maine business! And for your wonderful cheese!

#mainecheese #cheesemaker #dory #greyseal #woodfiredsauna

On Halloween, before the Witches Row, I did something I’ve never done before. A sauna blessing.

I learned about this tradition in Finland when I attended a sauna blessing at @saunakyla At that blessing, which involved moving the spirit from one old smoke sauna (or savusauna) to another, I didn’t understand the words, but I understood the message and the feeling. This is a sacred place. A place of healing, welcoming and community.

With that experience, I knew that I wanted to do a blessing of my sauna.

There were five of us that gathered. Aileen, who is of Finnish heritage, led the blessing. While the sauna was cold, we chose elements from this place to bring into the sauna and set up under the benches, in a kind of altar. We lit the fire and spoke words in Finnish and English, welcoming and invoking löyly, the steam and soul of sauna. We invited a spirit into the sauna, a haltija, to protect it—from fire, storms and harm. This included pouring a bit of hard cider into the sea, the land around the sauna and placing a bowl of it in the sauna for the spirit. We asked that this sauna be a safe space for all who enter.

I asked @dalva.lamminmaki a Finnish researcher for guidance in crafting this ritual. Dalva studies and speaks internationally about sauna culture, history and shamanism. I met her at the World Sauna Forum and had the great pleasure of attending her presentation on women as keepers of the sauna and the culture.

Dalva shared words that I incorporated into my blessing. What stayed with me more than anything she said was this,

“As sauna is not the building.
It is only sauna with nature elements including people.”

I hope for my understanding of this insight to go even deeper as I cultivate my own sauna space.

Thank you Dalva for your generous guidance, and to the women who joined me for my very own sauna blessing 🙏🔥♥️

I also feel so blessed and fortunate to have my sauna be in such a beautiful place, with such incredible access to the natural world.

I hope you will come and enjoy my sauna 🔥🔥

Thanks @cmcluff for the photos & video inside the sauna!

#saunablessing #samhain #woodfiredsauna #saunacommunity #saunahaltija

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Address: 101 Front Street, Belfast, ME, 04915, US
Telephone: 207-323-3932

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THIS HOLIDAY SEASON GIVE THE GIFT OF A

ROW AND/OR SAUNA TO SOMEONE YOU LOVE

- OR YOURSELF!

SPECIAL HOLIDAY ROWS AND SAUNA SESSIONS

ON THE CALENDAR!

DoryWoman Rowing

Featured in

Salty Witch Sauna

Since 2021, offering lessons, wildlife tours, full moon and workout rows. ROWS are open to ALL skill-levels, including beginners, all shapes & sizes, ages 8 and up. For 1-3 people. 1.5 hours long. SALTY WITCH SAUNA IS BACK ON THE WATERFRONT

AT THE BELFAST BOATHOUSE, 34 COMMERCIAL STREET! Community sessions and private sessions. Wed-Sunday. 1.5 hours. Sauna seats up to six people. BOOK YOUR ROW & SAUNA! Also, see Row & Sauna Bundles for special plans and discounts.

Row a Wooden Boat: Fall

Full Moon Row

Winter Solstice Row

Hale & Hardy Workout Row

Sunset Sauna

Private Sauna Session

Community Sauna

Full Moon Sauna

Gratitude & Silent Sauna - Community

Winter Solstice Sauna -Community

Follow DoryWoman Rowing

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Follow DWR on Instagram

Contact DoryWoman Rowing

Since 2021, offering lessons, wildlife tours, full moon
and workout rows.

ROWS are open to ALL skill-levels,
including beginners, all shapes & sizes, ages 8 and up.
For 1-3 people. 1.5 hours long.

SALTY WITCH SAUNA IS BACK ON THE WATERFRONT

AT THE BELFAST BOATHOUSE, 34 COMMERCIAL STREET!
Community sessions and private sessions.
Wed-Sunday. 1.5 hours.
Sauna seats up to six people.

BOOK YOUR ROW & SAUNA!
Also, see Row & Sauna Bundles
for special plans and discounts.

Follow
DoryWoman Rowing