• Sauna Rituals with Emilie

    Deepening sauna experiences with modern somatics and traditional herbal sauna bathing.

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    Emilie Joy Rowell is an embodiment coach and sauna master based in South West UK

    Sauna Master Emilie Joy Rowell in the sauna - she's blonde, with wet hair, flushed pale skin and a big smile. Wearing a woolen sauna hat she holds a whisk of birch leaves.

    “If you ever get the change to do a guided sauna, run don’t walk! Emilie, the sauna master took me though a whole hour and it was incredible. The best wellness experience I’ve ever had and I’ve done A LOT!”

    - Sasha Ford

  • What's a SomaSauna Session?

    Sessions last between 60mins and 2 hours. With rounds in and out off the sauna to build heat, release and feel into the ryhthm of the ritual.

    Elements may include:

    • body and state awareness
    • nervous system regulation
    • breath, meditation and movement
    • hebal infusions and whisking
    • heat and cold contrast options
    • scrubs, honey and masks

    While we might explore ideas of connection to nature or lineage, there's no spiritual specifics here. It's more about noticing and 'be-ing'.

    My approach is built on years of solid study with Embodiment Unlimited, a connection to British and Sandinavian folk traditions and a growing love for our blue and green planet and helping people connect with her. cultivating transformational workshops to help folk reconnect to self, others and place.

    Human-friendly embodied practices.

    Rituals for real life.

  • Your friendly Sauna Svend*

    I’m an embodiment coach, facilitator and saunamaster (2 years experience in guiding) with a background in womens health and functional movement (yoga teacher, rope flow coach, biomechanics geek). My background is as an artist and former pro-hula hooper.

    I love weaving these things together to offer experiences that not just feel good but help people live life with more hope, connection, care and joy. I work with poems, stories, sauna herbs and traditional pirtis along with embodiment practices, curated playlists combining music and soundscapes.

    I don’t use essential oils.

    My practice aims to be inclusive and trauma informed.

    I'm a car luddite, so will be on public transport.

    *Some of my teachers are from martial arts backgrounds, and the idea of being a 'Master' after 2 years doesn't sit well for me. My heritage is Danish - and the term 'Mester 'is the Danish for Master (as in Gusmester) - 'Svend' is more like a journeyman, someone skilled but learning and honing skill through being and doing.

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    Sauna Training

    Sauna Master training - 2025.

    Sauna svend Emilie Joy Rowell outside a sauna wearing her handmade woolen sauna hat.

    Emilie's experience

    I've been sauna-ing since I was a teenager and guiding others since 2024. I also make cute sauna hats.

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    Certified Embodiment Coach

    I've been facilitating for over 18 years and am a qualified and experienced yoga and meditation teacher and embodiment coach with a specialism in trauma-aware approaches.

  • A group in sauna hats, swimmers and towels listen to a drum playing at a sauna ritual.


    “⁠I went in not knowing what to expect exactly, but it was even better than I ever thought. So refreshing. It definitely helped me to feel alive and safe in my body. The scent of bushes was amazing, adding a sense of aromatherapy. Honestly it was an incredible, full immersive, compassionate space.”

    — Dee

    (Ritual at Wildcat Sauna, Frome)

    HorsA black horsebox sauna with blue sky and fluffy clouds both overhead and reflected in it's window.

    "Emilie offers a welcoming presence and a gentle invitation to shift the energy and re-centre the mind. Combining embodiment practices with sauna therapy, Emilie creates a safe space to feel seen, held and gently supported in the heat. Her sessions are tender and soothing and a must-try for seasoned sauna bathers and sauna-newbies alike!"

    - Jesse Devlin

    (Inferno Wellness Warrior)

    Two saunas glow against a dark winter sky. A bare tree's braches are lit with a string of lightbulbs.

    "We had an amazing time! Thank you so much."

    "Emilie's gentle guidance in the sauna will bathe you in inner sunshine and embodied tenderness."

    - Kelly

  • In a world that often feels disconnected, rituals offer space to slow down, tune in, and find your center.

    Our bodies, minds and culture are busy.

    No wonder so many peoplefeel a creeping sense of overwhelm.

    Rituals reflecting seasons and cycles can help us let go of the everyday tangle of modern living to feel into what matters most.

    These sessions can offer both simplicity and depth. Rituals that honour without fuss, focussing on connection, place and space to pause and notice.

    They are also a wonderful way of;

    - Marking life's seasons.

    The transition of birthdays, the thresholds of marriage, divorce, grief and celebration can be held in sauna space.

    - Bringing people together.

    The sauna's a great leveller. We're all the same in there, which can make it a brilliant place for a group to gather without the normal hierarchy or expectation.

  • During the pause in one of the spring sessions, a participant shared that he'd been looking for ritual in his life but hadn't known where to start.

    Already, not half way through this workshop - he felt he had found a way: Through noticing what's already here.

  • "Emilie creates an amazing, safe, easy space in the sauna where I'm sure it could be quite possible for people to get overwhelmed by the heat and what's happening.

    If you're thinking of having her into work with you on your retreat or your workshop or your corporate event, whatever it might be, I would 1000% recommend her.

    Thank you, Emilie"

    - Judith Quin (vocal coach, retreat attendee)

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    Looking forward to hearing your plans - Emilie

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