Rising Women Retreat – Sauna Wings

Experience connection

Rise your sauna skills.
Grow through shared experience, rituals, and practice.
Reconnect to your feminine power.
Support your mental and emotional wellbeing.

The Rising Women Retreat

The Rising Women Retreat created by women, for women saunamasters Three days of self-discovery, blending the power of Aufguss, sisterhood, and body-mind practices with deep connection through empowerment circle, awakening your strength, confidence, and feminine energy.

Your Retreat Guides

Barbora Brožová

Four years ago, Aufguss transformed my life. It became more than work, it’s my passion and a space where I can fully express myself while creating moments of connection and presence. With my Physical Therapy background, I now share that knowledge with others.

Sigrid van Rijswijk

Aufguss crossed my path, and I embraced it fully. It has become my true passion, a place where my creativity flows not only as an Aufguss Master but also as a trainer, coach and show performer.

Victoria Brand

Rooted in connection, my work guides people back to themselves through voice, movement, and touch, drawing on kambo, sound healing, and bodywork to support release and transformation. I create safe spaces for surrender, expression, and embodied healing.

Beth Cragg

I help people reconnect with their bodies and access deeper layers of presence, self-love, and vitality. My approach combines practical body-based work, movement, and simple awareness tools to support real, lasting change, guided by respect for the body’s own intelligence.

Is this for you?

This retreat is for you, the woman walking the path of a sauna master.

Maybe you are just starting and want to build a stronger, confident foundation.
Maybe you have been performing for years and feel ready to refine your skills, expand your creativity and move with more elegance and depth.

Maybe you are in the middle of competition season.
Or maybe you feel tired.. physically, emotionally or energetically – from always holding space for others.

You can join whether you are a beginner or experienced.
What matters is that you feel the desire to grow and to be supported while doing so.

Why do we do this?

As women in this profession, we give a lot. We lead, perform, hold the energy in the sauna, and support guests. But how often are we the ones being held?

The Rising Woman Retreat was created because women need a different approach to growth.

We need community, bonding and safe spaces where we can learn, share and be understood without comparison or pressure. For centuries, women gathered in circles. They shared wisdom, supported one another and grew stronger together. This retreat brings that spirit into the world of sauna.

Here, your femininity is not something separate from your work. It is your strength.

What you will walk away with

You will leave feeling more confident in your sessions, clearer in your style and more connected to your movement and music. Your towel, your body and your presence will feel more united and intentional. You will gain inspiration, new ideas and practical tools that elevate your professionalism but in a way that feels authentic to you. You will also leave feeling restored. Your body will feel cared for. Your mind will feel calmer. Your nervous system will have space to reset. You will experience what it feels like to be supported instead of always supporting. To share openly with other women who truly understand this path. To learn from each other’s wisdom and grow together.

Most importantly, you will come back to yourself.

Stronger in your craft.
Softer in your being.
Supported in your journey.

What we have prepared for you

Villa in Limburg

From the 3rd to the morning of 6th of May, we will call this beautiful and serene villa our home a place where time slows down, where you can unwind, recharge, and truly feel at ease.

A wellness day at Elaisa

Elaisa Wellness opens its doors for us to experience true rest and deep healing. A magical journey awaits for you! A feminine Temazcal ritual with raw sounds, herbs, and heat led by Victoria, Barbora, and Sigrid, followed by a special Pirts Spirit Experience with Beth.
We close the day in the heart of Elaisa with a powerful Live Music Aufguss by Barbora & Sigrid, accompanied by incredible musicians.

Aufguss Waving Workshop

Barbora & Sigrid will guide you through the art of graceful, elegant movement, deepening your understanding of the body and unlocking your unique beauty through Aufguss and towel-waving techniques.
A full day in a beautiful yoga studio is dedicated to theory and practice, with a program focused on expanding your personal style, learning new transitions and techniques, and working deeply with music.

Healing Ceremonies

Victoria’s work is rooted in connection, guiding you back to yourself through voice, movement, and touch. During this retreat, she will invite you to soften into presence, to listen not just to the silence around you, but to the silence within.

Pilates & Movement

Beth will guide your mornings with gentle, body-based practices rooted in breath, movement, and sound, opening a deeper connection to your body’s wisdom.
Together, you will explore practical tools that support vitality, longevity, stress regulation, and emotional balance.
She will also guide a Pirts Spirit experience created especially for women, inviting deep listening, release, and renewal. Throughout the retreat, Beth supports you in listening to your body, setting healthy boundaries, and rising into a more grounded, authentic version of yourself.

Delicious Gatherings

Enjoy nourishing meals that feed not only your body but also your spirit, shared with a beautiful community of SaunaMasters.

Are you Ready to say Yes to yourself ?

Confirm your reservation by paying the advance (220€)

Cancel with full refund up to two months before the retreat

Feel free to ask me (Barbora) any questions before signup, send an email or a direct message via instagram:

Past Reviews

I was proud to be part of the very first Rising Woman Retreat. Connecting with like-minded women, supporting one another, and sharing our passion for Aufguss was truly special. I was deeply moved by how Aufguss allows us to express both professional skill and personal stories. I’m grateful for the guidance, new techniques, meaningful conversations, and the warmth we shared—from grounding yoga mornings to joyful evenings filled with laughter. It was an unforgettable experience I wouldn’t have missed for the world.

I joined the first retreat to learn from women I admire. Some moments, like early morning yoga and sharing around the fire, were far outside my comfort zone, yet they grounded me in unexpected ways. Beyond new sauna & aufguss techniques, the retreat gave me a deep sense of belonging: a supportive community built on shared passion, growth, and becoming our best selves. That’s why returning for the second retreat felt natural.

I loved to be part of the Rising Woman Retreat with its atmosphere of deep feelings, harmony and everyone sharing parts of their beautiful souls. Besides to new waving techniques and the way to connect them I learned a lot about how to move my body while waving. I learned to connect the waving to what I want to express during aufguss - to the combination of my feelings, the chosen oils and the heat. Sigrid and Barbora managed it very well to bring beginners and advanced together. Training in level-groups and also in the big group together brought me so much joy and I learned a way of waving in such a short time that I would have never imagined that I would be able to do.

Photos from last edition

Retreat Location

Are you flying in?

Amsterdam Schiphol: 2:20 hrs (two trains and a bus)
Brussel Airport: 3:10 hrs (3 trains and a bus)
Dusseldorf Airport: 3:20 hrs (2 trains and 2 busses)

Let us know your travel plans, perhaps we could find a carpool

Reserve your spot

We currently have 14 Places left

Feel free to ask me (Barbora) any questions before signup, send an email or a direct message via instagram:

Retreat times: 3 May from 16:00 4 May full day, 5 May full day, 6 May until 11:00

Confirm your reservation by paying the advance (220€)

Cancel with full refund up to two months before the retreat

Note this is a women only retreat, if you wish to join but are legally not- but identify as- a women, contact us before booking.