Aufguss Alchemy celebrates Winter Solstice

An invitation to celebrate the arrival of the winter and the shortest day of the year. The distance of the earth with the sun would be the longest on this Saturday at 10 o'clock. The winter solstice also pinpoints the starting of the arriving of the light as it slowly increases around 1 minute everyday. Both light and darkness has its significance and celebrating the darkness and its turning point into more light underline the wisdom of impermanence. Can we welcome all that there is with awareness and gratitude? Can we allow our light and shadow with equanimity? During this aufguss session we wish to celebrate our being, with time for caring, giving ourselves the space to look inside, in silence and soft contemplation of our inner life. Closing a season, allowing us to leave what does not serve us anymore. This solstice and turning point welcomes the arriving of the light and a new cycle to come. This session will have 3 aufguss in total and a more spacious sauna with only 18 spots. WHEN Saturday 21th of December 10:00-12:00 PRICE Guest 200 SEK Member 150 SEK per session You can become a member of our association "En stad för alla(a city for all)" on site. Membership för 2024 is 100kr and you can swish to 123-037 88 28. Contact us if you have any questions. Please observe that the price shown is the member price. CANCELLATION POLICY: If you cancel 24 hours before the event, you will receive a refund minus peachs booking fee. If you do not show up, or cancel on the same day, 100% of the cost will be charged. PLACE Öresund's Funkis Ribersborg, Malmö The premises are accessible https://maps.app.goo.gl/1eg1JfijUBwbEAH4A?g_st=ic ABOUT THE SESSIONS This fridays journey consists of four meditative aufguss sessions that are about 15 minutes long. We work with different meditative tools to allow us to center, be present and to release mental, emotional and physical tensions. Between each session we have 10-15 minute breaks where you have the opportunity for sea bathing, reflection and enjoying our herbal tea. The essential oils we use in the sauna are organic and of the highest quality. Our hope and goal are for participants to experience feelings of total presence, euphoria and deep relaxation. ABOUT THE LOCATION At Öresund Funkis there are separate changing rooms with cabinets for storage, you need to bring your own padlock. In the sauna you choose what you feel comfortable with, swimwear, only a towel to sit on or to cover yourself with. Regardless of the choice, you should have a towel to sit on to protect the wooden bench. As the bathing pier is a public place, we recommend wearing swimwear or covering yourself with a towel down to the water. ABOUT THE SAUNA The temperature in the sauna will be between 70 and 80 degrees and the design of the sauna allows us to have longer aufguss sessions without it being too hot and exhausting. Since the sauna heater is one meter above the ground, this means that the first row in the sauna does not get too hot, which suits those who are not used to high sauna temperatures. For us, it is important that you feel safe and comfortable during your visit. If you feel that it is getting too hot or that your body is signaling, you are always welcome to take a break in the middle of our sessions. TO BRING Towel to cover yourself with/sit on Towel to dry yourself afterwards Padlock Water bottle (no glass bottles) Bathing slippers can be good as it is 100 meters to the bathing pier. Swimwear An open mind TIMES The doors open at 10:00 for changing and landing where you will be offered herbal tea. We lock the doors at 10:25 and start the first session at 10:30. Should you arrive later, you will have to wait until the first session is completed. We aim to finish the last session around 12:00ish WHAT IS AUFGUSS: Aufguss is a traditional sauna ritual that originated in Germany and Austria. The term "aufguss" comes from the German "aufgießen," which means "to pour" or "to pour on." During an aufguss session, a sauna master pours water onto hot stones in the sauna to create steam. The water contains organic essential oils to enhance the experience. Aufguss sessions are often a combination of heat, steam and scent. The sauna master uses a customized aufguss solar spring or towel to swing and whirl the hot steam through the sauna, distributing the heat evenly. The goal of the aufguss is to enhance the sauna experience by increasing heat and humidity and adding aromatherapy. It should provide renewed energy, supple skin and a cleansing effect. Due to its known health benefits and relaxing nature, aufguss has become popular worldwide. AUFGUSS ALCHEMY: The Aufguss Alchemy concept was born more than a year ago and is based on a creative combination of aufguss with various therapeutic and meditative tools and cold baths. We have discovered that the heat of the sauna helps us to center ourselves and thus more easily enter the feeling of conscious presence. Our aufguss masters place great emphasis on working holistically and involving all our senses in a natural interaction with each other. Using herbal tea, music, various meditation techniques, movements, use of voice, cold baths and other tools, our sauna masters create the conditions for releasing deep mental, physical and emotional tensions and freeing latent stored energy in the body. After the sessions, you experience feelings of total presence, ecstasy and deep relaxation. THIS WEEKS SAUNAMEISTERS Emir Mujezinovic Emir works at the intersection of artistic expression and well-being. He is inspired by Balkan traditions of herbal medicine, poetry & storytelling and humanistic music therapy. From his own experience of sauna and cold baths as a recipe for harmony and well-being, he has deepened his knowledge of aufguss and how they can be used in the best possible way for relaxation. His focus is on guided imagery where participants are allowed to create and evoke images from within, while practicing creativity and abstract thinking, they are also guided to a deep journey of relaxation, self-acceptance and non-judgmental listening. Helena Fernández Cavada Helena is a multidisciplinary artist that works from a holistic perspective and in the last years her work has focused on coexistence and existential wellbeing. https://helenafc.com/ A warm welcome! Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/aufgussalchemy/ Photo by https://locvotos.mypixieset.com/about/