At Perkunija, we have frequent events, seminars, thematic sauna evenings. Announcements about the happenings areposted at Perkunija’s Facebook page. You can always ask for a seminar to be organized according to your interests and needs. A seminar can be followed by sauna.

INTRODUCTORY SAUNA SEMINAR

Should you like to learn more about sauna, we invite you to the Introductory sauna seminar. This seminar will give you sauna history overview, introduce to the basic principles of healthy sauna, learn why/how sauna can boost your health, how to prepare for a sauna, which beauty treatments can be done in sauna. You can also learn what food and drinks go well during sauna times, in which situations bathing in sauna is not recommended. Professional sauna master will give a whisking lesson (outside of sauna). Sauna master will answer your questions, and lead you to experience the real sauna after the theoretical part of the seminar. The seminar is lead by the hostess Audra.

WHISKING LESSONS

Good whisking is mastery. As any mastery, it requires knowledge and practice. Should you wish to acquire whisking skills, we invite you to the whisking seminar lead by professional sauna master Audra Staskevičienė, who has participated in many whisking championships as a contester and a jury. At this seminar, you will learn about the variety of whisks, learn to choose and prepare the right ones for sauna, learn about whisking program from A to Z, from preparing the right steam to how to cool down after the sauna procedures. The lessons will be guided by professional sauna master. At first, whisking practice is done at the massage desk outside of sauna. After that – is sauna with a steam. Seminar participants will receive attendance certificates. The seminar can be organized for 6-8 persons. Don’t worry if you are alone or have fewer people in your group – we will form a group and invite you to join. Impress your friends with your whisking skills next time you go to sauna with them!

WHISKS TYING LESSONS

Whisk is the queen of sauna. It is the most important attribute of Lithuanian sauna. By the way the whisks are tied one can tell about the professional skills of the sauna master. We invite you to the whisks tying lessons, where you will learn the hints and tricks of the job. You will learn how whisks can be groupped according to their intended use in sauna, how to choose the right whisk. We will go to woods to select the proper branches, take them to sauna and learn how to tie them up. Then we will try out the frieshly made whisks in the sauna. The lessons can be organized for a group of up to 10 people – either come with your own group, or we will invite you to join a group.

FELT HAT MAKING LESSONS

Would you like to have a distinctive sauna hat, one that is handmade? Or maybe you wish to have causy wool slippers? We invite you to felting lessons taught by professional felting master Viktorija Bučelytė – Kačerauskienė. Viktorija wil take care of all the tools and materials, will consult each attendee individually, helping to choose individual design and explaining the felting technique step by step, so that you accomplish your creative goal. The felting lessons can be followed by sauna program led by sauna master Audra.

OSIER TWIG MASSAGE LESSONS

Lithuanian osier twig massage is a popular sauna procedure, which is often performed on a massage bed right after whisking. The origins of this particular massage technique trace back to Japan. Twig massage helps relax your muscles, stimulates blood and lymphatic activity, and besides is a very pleasant procedure. The massage lessons are taught by renowned Lithuanian twig massage master Antanas Bagdonas. Having learned the massage technique, you can also purchase osier twigs. Sammage lessons can be combined with sauna program.

INTRODUCTORY SAUNA SEMINAR FOR EMPLOYEES OF EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

We invite employees of educational organizations to take part in Kaunas District Educational Centre’s certified competence-boosting seminar titled „Innovative methods for boosting physical, psychological, and emotional health, and their application in education about healthy lifestyle”. The seminar is lead by professional sauna master Audra – a friequent hostess of healthy lifestyle thematic seminars, Lithuanian whisking championship’s participant and jury, holder of double degree in pedagogy and psychology. Upon request, theoretical part of the seminar can be complemented by practice in sauna.

INTRODUCTION TO LITHUANIAN SAUNA AT YOUR COMPANY PREMISES

Should you be looking for an interesting and untypical seminar for you fellow employees, consider inviting a team of professional sauna masters to give a presentation on the history and current developments of Lithuanian sauna. A mobile sauna can be brought along – besides the theorey, whisking and massage will be given as a practical part of the seminar. Birch porridge will conclude the program of the seminar.

INTRODUCTORY SAUNA SEMINAR

Should you wish to deepen or broaden your knowledge about sauna, we invite you to the introductory seminar about Lithuanian sauna. At the seminar, you will learn about history of sauna, the basic principles of healthy living, how sauna can help improve your health, how to prepare for sauna, what beauty procedures can be done in sauna, and, finally, when you should avoid going to sauna. During the seminar, whisking technique will be demonstrated by sauna master (on a massage bed outside of sauna). Sauna master will answer your questions. Theoretical part of the seminar will be followed by practice in sauna. The seminar is lead by the hostess Audra.