Events
We have regular events across all our sauna location. Use the links below to view information and book.
Modality Monday
Join us at St Andrews Seaside Sauna on the last Monday of each month from 7-8am and 8-9am for Modality Monday, a chance to experience one of the special practices used by our sauna masters at St Andrews Seaside Sauna.
LOCATION:
ST ANDREWS SEASIDE SAUNA
DATE & TIME:
Last Monday of every month
8-9am
During this session, you will experience a short guided experience. The exact practice will be a surprise, but could include:
- Birch whisking and its many benefits
- Aufguss heat and steam rituals
- Aromatherapy journeys
- Contrast experiences
- Breathwork in the heat
These shorter sessions are a great introduction to the different modalities our sauna masters incorporate into their longer rituals, guided experiences and private bookings.
- Included in your normal session price
- A chance to try something new
- Start your week feeling reset
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ELIE SEASIDE YOGA
“Scottish Seaside Saunas’ Founder and Managing Director, Judith will teach regular outdoor yoga classes on Chapel Green Earlsferry, 9.30am, Saturday & Sundays, and weekday mornings, according to demand, throughout July and August.
For Summer 2026 as well as offering regular morning yoga classes, we will be welcoming visiting yoga teacher Caroline Carrick, who will be leading 2 uniquely different workshop experiences designed to restore your mind and body, on separate dates, in Earlsferry Town Hall:
Choose the energising release of Flow, or the quiet stillnes of Breathe.
Just bring your mat (we also have some spare if you don’t have one) and give yourself permission to completely recharge.
LOCATION:
EARLSFERRY TOWN HALL
DATE & TIME:
Flow – Tuesday 14th July 10.30 – 12.30
Breathe – Thursday 23rd 14.30 – 16.30
FLOW
This summer workshop blends breathwork and somatic movement to destress, with active, flowing yoga sequences to build heat, strength, and improve mobility.
By challenging your movement and your stillness, we melt away deep-seated tension and reboot the nervous system. There will be balances, lovely flows and even a chance to try an entry level arm balance (optional of course!).
Starting slow, and building up, we will end with some yin poses and a deep relaxation. Leave feeling stronger, longer and completely recharged.
Just bring yourself and a mat if you have one.
BREATHE
A deeply restorative workshop where you’ll explore breathwork, restorative yoga, yoga nidra, and meditation, creating a mindful space just for you to pause, switch off your phone, and step away from the noise of everyday life.
This workshop is your invitation to slow down, reconnect through gentle movement and breath, and experience real stillness.
No yoga experience required, for either workshop.
Just bring yourself and a mat if you have one.
sauna hat and birch whisk making workshop
Scottish Seaside Saunas has been working with local Felt Maker Trish O’Meara from Wormit Woolies to make a very limited edition range sauna hats made from wool from Fife sheep available on our websites. These hats have proven popular and are now all SOLD OUT.
We will not be making any more hats available to buy. However, we will be giving you to opportunity to learn how to learn the ancient art of wet felting and create your very own one of kind felted sauna hat.
Wet felting is the first known form of textile making, and has been recognized as a heritage craft in the UK since the 1100’s. There will be many different colours of wool etc. for you to choose from, to get creative and personal with your hat making.
Following the workshop certified sauna masters Judith and Elise, will lead you in a short class in how to make your own birch sauna-whisk.
You will, then, be able to try out your newly created hat and whisk, in our St. Andrews Seaside Sauna.
LOCATION:
ELIE SEASIDE SAUNA
DATE & TIME:
Sunday 26th July – 14.00 – 17.30
Wearing a wool hat in a sauna acts as an insulator to keep your head cool, allowing for longer, more comfortable and safer sessions.
All materials to create your hat and whisk, will be provided but each participant will need to bring along a small towel for rolling your felt in.
This is an approximate 2 hour workshop followed by a 30 minute birch whisk making session and a 1 hour sauna session, ending at 17.00.
3.5hr
Hat making 14.00 – 16.00
Birch Whisk-making 16.00 – 16.30
Sauna 16.30 – 17.30
This class is strictly limited to 8 people – £45
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STRENGTH TRAINING & SAUNA
Train With Kim at Scottish Seaside Saunas
The aim of this series of events is to create a relaxed and inclusive outdoor fitness and recovery experience combining:
- Outdoor strength & conditioning training
- Community and social wellbeing
- Optional sea dipping
- Sauna recovery experience
The session is designed to appeal to a wide range of fitness levels and provide a welcoming, supportive environment rather than an intense “military-style” bootcamp.
LOCATION:
The Harbourmaster at Elie Seaside Sauna
DATE & TIME:
Friday 3rd July – Saturday 29th August
Numbers are limited to 12, per session.
An individual session is priced at £45.
The price includes fruit + drinks on arrival
Participants will be split into teams of 4 and rotate through a series of structured strength and conditioning stations using:
- kettlebells
- dumbbells
- bodyweight movements
- conditioning drills
The workout is designed to be scalable for all fitness levels and focuses on movement, teamwork, confidence and enjoyment in an outdoor coastal environment.
This is a great way to workout with friends, or take time out from family, during your summer holidays.
July
Friday 3rd 9am
Monday 13th 9am
Friday 17th 9am
Friday 31st 9am
August
Friday 14th 9am
Saturday 15th 9am
Sunday 16th 9am
Saturday 29th 9am
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Foundation Training In Latvian Sauna Traditions for Sauna Hosts & Operators
How To Host A Sauna Session – The Balkan Tradition Of Sauna Hosting – with Latvian Sauna Healer Monika Kalvins
LOCATION:
ST ANDREWS SEASIDE SAUNA
DATE & TIME:
Dates: 12th & 13th August 2026
Pricing and Availability
£290 pp including lunch both days
8 places available
Who is this course for?
This course is for you and your team. If you are new to operating saunas, or want to learn about the traditions of holding and managing the sauna space, from a Latvian Sauna Healer, this 2-day course is for you.
This two-day course introduces the foundational elements of sauna space holding and the art of leaf whisking.
- Day 1: Spirit of Sauna – Covers sauna basics, holding space in a sauna, the practical use of steam, and contrast therapy. We explore sauna from a background of Baltic sauna traditions and mythology, and weave them with local knowledge and practices.
- Day 2: Spirit of Trees – Focuses on the foraging, crafting and care of sauna whisks. Participants learn the holistic benefits of whisking, and apply them.
Each day includes practical, peer-led group discussions and sauna sessions in Scottish Seaside Saunas, St. Andrews Seaside Sauna, on East Sands Beach, St. Andrews.
The course is led by Mon Kļaviņs, a Latvian sauna practitioner trained at Pirts Skola in Latvia. Mon works on integrating their ancestral healing practices with a trauma-informed approach, and has a keen interest in the intertwining of mythology and land.
This training is open to both sauna enthusiasts and professionals looking to learn the practical skills and cultural responsibilities of group sauna facilitation.
The aim of the course is to build a solid foundation of good sauna practice, how to care for the sauna, your guests and yourself and how to respect sauna practice.
About Monika Kalvins
Mon is passionate about making meaningful connections and people thinking creatively together.
Mon says:
Plants inspire me every day and my life has been intertwined with learning from plants in the past few years, when I became more passionate about foraging and worked as an assistant distiller.”
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Introduction to Saunotus & Herbal Sauna The Finnish Way For Sauna Practitioners & Operators
How To Lead A Guided Sauna Session – The Nordic Tradition of Guiding A Sauna Session – with Finnish Sauna Guide, Laura Foon
What is Saunotus?
Saunotus is a guided multisensory sauna ritual rooted in Finnish cultural heritage. It brings ancient sauna traditions to life through mythology, ritual singing, natural treatments, scents, heat and löyly – the steam and the spirit of the sauna.
LOCATION:
ELIE SEASIDE SAUNA
DATE & TIME:
Dates: 7th, 8th & 9th September 2026
Pricing and Availability
£545 pp including lunch each day, plus written and audio training materials
8 places available
Who is this course for?
This course is for people operating in the sauna world, but from all sorts of backgrounds. We welcome practitioners working in the traditional leaf-whisking practices, but also Aufguss Sauna Masters, academics, working in sauna-related research, sauna operators and hosts, wanting to extend their knowledge. This course does require some prior knowledge of working in the field of sauna and is not simed at beginners, but at those wishing to extend their understanding of collective sauna culture, or develop their practice.
This three-day course introduces the Saunotus, Herbal Saunas and How to Guide A Sauna Session using Finnish Traditional Practices.
Day 1 – Foundations of Saunotus
- Experience a guided Saunotus ritual
- The ABCs of guiding a session and hosting a group
- Introduction to the first löyly ritual
Day 2 – Temple of the Forest
- Connect with local nature through foraging
- Learn how to prepare herbs and plants for sauna rituals
- Forest bathing and herbal sauna experience
Day 3 – Hosting a Saunotus
- Facilitating the sauna space and creating ambiance
- Practice hosting and facilitating a group experience
You will leave with the skills and the confidence to lead group sauna rituals, using herbal löyly, birch vihta, as a sauna guide, practical skills in picking herbs, their preparation and how to use them to engage all the senses, in the sauna, along with guiding sauna meditation, learning about the meaning of löyly, from a traditional Finnish sauna practitioner, who operates the heritage sauna in Finland.
You will learn about the meaning of Herbal Löyly and how it can shift the atmosphere, with an introduction to herb fusion, mood-setting and silent ritual practices.
The aim of the course is to foster creativity and collective learning. It will give established sauna practitioners from all fields an opportunity to work together and learn from each other.
About Laura Foon
Laura is one of the founders of Sipoonjoki Sauna, known as The Heritage Sauna, located in the countryside NE of Helsinki. Laura sees herself as a caretaker of Finnish Sauna Traditions and Heritage.
Laura says:
“The past couple of generations in Finland citizens have denied their roots. But, technology has neither brought us happiness nor belonging, while traditional sauna treatments and folklore wisdom have stood the test of time and contribute to a feeling of joy and communal belonging.”
She continues, “When you remove your clothing in the sauna, you remove all your burdens and sweat away pain, stress and worries. Sauna is a sanctuary for caring and sharing that begins in the forest.”
Laura produces and presents The Spirit of The Sauna Podcast, on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/36180CA5LPpbT272pSUOHd?si=LYQb-5k6S62qEySwoeC4Rg
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CERTIFIED AUFGUSS SAUNA MASTER TRAINING
Coming soon… Aufguss Sauna Master – Foundation & Advanced
LOCATION:
ELIE SEASIDE SAUNA
DATE & TIME:
Dates: TBC
Scottish Seaside Saunas has hosted 3 accredited Aufguss Sauna Masters training courses, delivered by Anada Spa, since February 2025. In their latest training, Deborah was joined, in delivering the training, by International Sauna Master, Hannah Goodger.
In November 2026, both Deborah and Hannah will be returning, to Elie Seaside Sauna, to deliver their popular Foundation Sauna Master training, followed by Anada’s inaugural Advanced Sauna Master training course, in Scotland.
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