Practitioner training
Learn to whisk, one to one.
Two days together, at your own sauna. Opening 2027.
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What you’ll learn
This training begins with a manual: where the pirtis comes from, the body in the heat and how to keep someone safe, the trees and what each one asks for, and four whisking programmes, step by step:
Classic, Relax, Tone and Flow. How to hold the space, and how to use your own body well: working from the legs, saving your energy.
Then the part no manual can give you. We meet at your sauna, and each part follows the same rhythm. I show the whole sequence on a massage bed. You practise until it starts to live in your hands. Then we take it into the heat.
Who it’s for
This isn’t a general sauna course. It’s one tradition, the Lithuanian pirtis, taught from the inside, one person at a time.
For sauna owners and hosts. If you have your own sauna, or easy access to one where you work, we train there. Ideally, bring someone willing to be whisked.
For spas and venues. I can come to you and train one or two of your team on site, in your own heat, so whisking becomes part of what you offer. → Get in touch
Where this comes from
I’m a Lithuanian pirtininkė and herbalist. The four programmes are built on what I learned from my teacher, Vladas Jokubauskas - leading sauna master and world champion of vanojimas (whisking). The names, the sequences and the way I teach them are my own. I’m early in my teaching life, so I take very few people, and give each one the time it needs.
What it isn’t
A certificate of mastery. That comes from years in the heat, not two days. It isn’t a healing course, and we make no claims about curing anything. It’s the foundation: safe, careful and rooted in where this comes from.
Hear first
Pricing is shared personally, depending on your setting: one to one at your own sauna, or for a spa or venue team.
Leave your name below and you’ll hear before anyone else when training opens, and before I share it publicly.
Practical questions
How much does it cost?
Pricing is shared personally, depending on your setting: one to one at your own sauna, or for a spa or venue team. Leave your name below, or get in touch, and I’ll tell you more.
When does it open?
In 2027. Everyone on the Hear first list hears before it’s shared anywhere else.
Is it online?
No. Whisking is learned through the hands, so the training is in person only. An online foundations course is planned to sit alongside it later.
Where does it happen?
At your sauna, anywhere in the UK. I travel to you, and travel is added at cost. The training is taught in English.
Is it a group course?
No. It’s one to one, or one or two people from the same venue.
Do I need experience?
You don’t need to be a sauna master, but you should be comfortable in the heat. If you’d like to begin with the trees first, With the Trees is the best place to start.
Do I get a certificate?
You’ll receive a record of the training you’ve completed. It isn’t a certificate of mastery. That comes with years in the heat.
What about safety?
Safety runs through the whole training: who heat isn’t right for, the health questions to ask, what to watch for during a session, and what to do if someone feels faint. Before we begin I’ll ask you, and anyone you practise on, to fill in a health form.
From people who have been in the heat with me
“I have previously had leaf whisking treatments at various banyas in London and abroad, but nothing like this… more like a trip into the essence of a Lithuanian forest.”
— Mark L, private ritual
“I am quite familiar with sauna but this was very outstanding and extraordinary pirtis rituals experience.”
— Ainis Pirtnieks, pirtis ritual
“Silvija is incredibly embodied in her craft and space-holding. I highly recommend her work!”
— Maria Macsay, group ritual
“Silvija has an incredible depth of knowledge and relationship with the plants & trees she’s working with, which made the experience even richer.”
— Claire Fox, women’s ritual
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