Smoke & Smudge Course

23 Aug - 24 Aug

Aromas - Smoke Rituals in the Sauna 

Price: 4800 NOK
Maximum number of participants: 12 people
Instructor: Jerome Richter / Aromas

Sign up: jeromericher2@hotmail.com

Description:
Join a 2-day course in smoke rituals in the sauna. This course provides you with a deeper understanding of how to integrate smoke, resin, woods, herbs, and spices into your own sauna rituals in a safe, sensory, and meaningful way.

Throughout the course, you will learn how smoke and incense have been used in spiritual, religious, and healing rituals for thousands of years. We will take a closer look at the use of resins and gums, such as frankincense, amber, copal, and gugul, various woods like palo santo, cedar, willow, and yerba santa, as well as herbs, flowers, leaves, seeds, and spices.

The course is suitable for sauna masters and aufguss masters who wish to expand their rituals with a deeper and more atmospheric dimension, and learn how smoke can be used to create ambiance, transition, intention, and wholeness in the sauna experience.

What will you learn?

• The history behind smoke rituals, their origin, spirituality, and cultural significance
• How smoke and incense have been used in rituals and traditions throughout history
• Health, precautions, and contraindications of using smoke and incense
• Different methods for burning herbs, resins, woods, and spices
• How to work with powders, coals, cones, fresh plants, and other forms
• Basic composition of scents
• Use of aromatic herbs, woods, resins, seeds, flowers, and leaves
• How to build smoke rituals with clear intention and structure
• Practical work with smoke rituals in the sauna
• Making your own incense sticks

Practical part:
During the course, you will gain practical experience with burning resins, woods, flowers, leaves, and other aromatic raw materials. You will also make your own incense sticks and work on how smoke can be integrated into sauna and aufguss rituals.

On day 2, we will work on the power of rituals, recipes, ritual building, and practical use in the sauna.

After the course, you will have a more secure understanding of how smoke rituals can be used as part of a holistic sauna experience, and how you can create more atmospheric, sensory, and meaningful rituals for your guests.

What you should bring:
Dressing gown, towels, fan/Aufguss towel, Aufguss peshtemal or kilt, phone or tablet to install the app.

Included in the price:
Course book, certificate, personal series code for the app, coffee/tea/water during the course, lunch both days, and entry to the spa/wellness area both days.

The course will be held in English if we have English participants