Experience Traditional Latvian Pirts
Private therapeutic sauna rituals with visiting Latvian sauna masters Māra Tīmane or Vilnis Lejnieks
October 13–22 · Ann Arbor Area · Limited Availability
For a short time this October, experience the healing tradition of Latvian pirts through a private therapeutic sauna ritual with Māra or Vilnis.
Unlike a recreational sauna session, pirts is an intentional, whole-person ritual practice. Heat, steam, water, medicinal plants, herbal whisks, natural body treatments, touch, and deep rest are woven together to support physical relaxation, emotional release, restoration, and reconnection.
Sessions are personalized for the people receiving them and offered for individuals, couples, and private groups of up to six.
3-hour therapeutic pirts experience · $300 total
Individuals · Couples · Private groups up to 6
What to Expect
Your experience begins slowly, with a warm herbal infusion and time to meet your sauna master, arrive in your body, and settle into the ritual.
The body is gradually warmed in the sauna, alternating with periods of cooling and rest. Natural herbal scrubs, traditional whisking with leafy branches and medicinal plants, herbal tea, Latvian tastes, and periods of quiet integration are woven throughout the experience.
Each ritual unfolds differently according to the people receiving it and may include:
Herbal infusions · Gentle warming · Heat & steam · Natural herbal scrubs · Therapeutic whisking · Cooling & rest · Latvian tea & tastes · Grounding & integration
A Healing Practice
Traditional Latvian pirts approaches sauna as more than exposure to heat. It is a slow, rhythmic practice of warming, cleansing, stimulating, resting, returning, and tending to the person as a whole.
The experience creates space to slow down, soften physical and emotional tension, reconnect with the body, receive care, and restore a sense of grounded well-being.
This is a traditional wellness and healing practice and is not a substitute for medical or mental health treatment.
No previous pirts experience is needed. Come as you are and allow yourself to receive.
Session Details
3 hours · $300 per session
The price is the same whether you come individually, as a couple, or bring a private group of up to six people.
Sessions are offered separately by Māra or Vilnis, each bringing their own approach and areas of healing practice to the Latvian pirts tradition.
October 13–22, 2026
Select locations in the Ann Arbor area
Limited appointments available
What to Bring
Bring a towel and robe if you have one, a water bottle, and comfortable clothing for relaxing before and after the sauna. Additional preparation and location details will be provided after booking.
Health & Safety
Pirts involves high heat and may include temperature contrast. Please listen to your body and participate at the level that feels appropriate for you. If you are pregnant, have a cardiovascular or other medical condition, take medications that may affect your response to heat, or have concerns about sauna participation, please consult your healthcare provider before booking.
You may cool down, hydrate, rest, step outside, or decline any part of the experience at any time.