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Ritual Heat Sauna Master Training, San Francisco, January 2027

A three-day sauna master and aufguss certification course from Ritual Heat at Alchemy Springs in San Francisco, with online lectures to finish before the first day.

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Alchemy SpringsSan Francisco, California, United StatesUS
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Water pouring from a ladle onto the stones of a sauna heater
Fig. 01Water on the stones. Photo: HUUM.

Ritual Heat's Level 1 sauna master training runs January 14 to 16, 2027, at Alchemy Springs in San Francisco. The company calls it an aufguss certification, and its trainers include US sauna masters Nate Daubert and Alycia Wong. Students finish recorded lectures and worksheets online before the in-person days.

The course covers classic and modern aufguss, towel-waving technique, essential oils, safe use of water and ice, and contraindications. Ritual Heat says the curriculum was developed with European aufguss and sauna schools, which it doesn't name, and bills its optional textbook as a translation of the Deutsche Sauna-Akademie curriculum.

Event details: January 14 to 16, 2027. Alchemy Springs, 939 Post St., San Francisco. $1,795.

Source: the organizer's course page, checked October 30, 2026.

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Alchemy Springs939 Post St94109 San Francisco, CAUS
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