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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!
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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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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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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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

Ok Witches! We’re on for tomorrow’s 8Th ANNUAL WITCHES ROW! 🧙🧙‍♀️

Launch your craft at 4pm at the Belfast City Public Landing and meet at the Belfast footbridge at 4:15 PM.

Can’t join our on the water coven? WITCH WATCH from the footbridge and cackle along with us!

It’s going to be cold and a bit breezy, but we won’t let that scare us. We’ll just be wise witches and dress warmly! And I do mean warmly! Layer up…warm socks, footwear, gloves. A hat under your witches hat can be helpful. Throw in a pair of toe warmer packets into your sturdy footwear. Wear your PFD! Bring a headlamp or flashlight and a cell-phone. Tell someone where you’re going to be as part of your witch float plan.

And it just gets better! After we row/paddle around the harbor will meet at Salty Witch Sauna for a WITCHES SOCIAL! If you’d like to sauna, wear a swimsuit or the like under you witch wear! Bring a towel and water. Water shoes and a wrap are nice if you’re going to dip in the water. Bring a treat to share and a jack-o’-lantern to light up! 🎃🔥 Salty Witch Sauna is at the Belfast Boathouse at 34 Commercial Street.

It’s going to be a wicked good night witches! Our New Year and time to celebrate US!

See you on the water! Be safe witches!

#witcheswhorow #samhain #halloweennight #thewitchesarecoming #seawitch

Has it really been a week?

Last Thursday, we moved Melusine to her new home at the Belfast Boathouse.

And what a location it is! Salty Witch Sauna’s first days here saw some of the most beautiful sunsets and full moon I’ve ever seen. My woodfired sauna suffused in the most gorgeous color, light and moonbeams.

Experience deep heat, relaxation and the sublime natural beauty of this place. Cool off in saltwater swimming in a melange of maple leaves and seaweed.

Just heavenly. Thankful for all those angels along the way. 🙏🪽

The Witch has landed. Morning, afternoon & evening sessions on the calendar. Community and private sessions available. Book your sauna session today!

#woodfiredsauna #salty #witchy #mainesunset #wickedgood

The BEST Full Moon Row of the year!

Sunday’s Hunter’s Moon Row was seriously one of the clearest, most vibrant full moons I’ve ever seen out on the water. An absolute stunner!

And my crew was nothing to sneeze at either! Hardy women who took to the oars with aplomb.

And seals on rocks on the way out! 🦭🦭

October is magical ✨ 🧡 🌕🧙

#huntersmoon #dory #mainefall #octobermagic #fullmoonnight

Get hot & witchy on the Belfast waterfront 🔥🧙

Melusine is fully up & running! Two sessions this weekend:

🌅 Sunset Sauna today 10/24 at 4:30pm
🌕 Full Moon Sauna tomorrow 10/25 at 5:30pm

Both sessions are community and open to all.
Seats available (as of now).
Both nights are going to be stunners.

Come check out Melusine’s beautiful new home.

Booking calendar is open!

#woodfiredsauna #fullmoonmagic #octoberbeauty #witchy #mainesunset

ITS OFFICIAL EVERYONE!

I just signed my contract with the City of Belfast to operate my sauna at the Boathouse! I couldn’t be more thrilled!

This has been a PROCESS everyone. And this was the final step. Now I just need to move her in to her new home, which will happen this afternoon!

AND TOMORROW, THURSDAY, OCT. 22, I’m hosting an open house/open sauna and you’re invited! Come down and meet Melusine, have a cup of hot cider and warm up in the sauna! 4-5:30pm 🔥🔥

➡️ Bring (or wear under your clothes) a bathing suit, a towel and lots of water. Water shoes are nice if you’d like to dip at the beach, as well as a cozy robe or wrap to wear in between heat-ups and cool-downs. My sauna can accommodate up to six people at once, so I’ll be offering short heat-ups to make sure everyone that wants to try it out gets to.

Booking calendar will be open soon!

THANK YOU to Parks & Rec Director Adrien Lumumba and Assistant Director Carolyn Steeves (pictured here) and the City of Belfast for the opportunity to bring woodfired wellness to our waterfront! And to EVERYONE who supported this endeavor along the way! 🙏🙏

So excited to get her fired up again! Hope to see you at the sauna!

#woodfiredsauna #communitypartnership #smalltown #womanowned #waterfrontwellness

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

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NOVEMBER! YES, WE'RE STILL ROWING HAVE YOU TRIED OUT OUR WOOD-FIRED SAUNA? HOW ABOUT A ROW-SAUNA COMBO? BOOK TODAY!

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Row a Wooden Boat: Fall

Full Moon Row

Hale & Hardy Workout Row

Sunset Sauna

Community Sauna

Full Moon Sauna

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NOVEMBER! YES, WE'RE STILL ROWING
HAVE YOU TRIED OUT OUR WOOD-FIRED SAUNA?
HOW ABOUT A ROW-SAUNA COMBO?
BOOK TODAY!

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