Selkie Sauna, Bar Harbor, ME (2026)

12/28/2025

🔥 Hydration is part of the ritual 🔥

Sauna sessions are powerful. Your body is detoxing, your circulation is moving, and you’re sweating with intention. But all that heat means one important thing: hydration matters.

Drinking water before, during, and after your sauna helps support temperature regulation, prevents dizziness, and allows your body to fully receive the benefits of the heat. Think of water as the balance to the fire.

To make staying hydrated easy, we’ve brought Selkie Sauna x bottles into our community saunas. Durable, reusable, and sauna-friendly.

💧 Available now at community saunas
🎨 4 colors to choose from (if you can!)
💵 $25 per bottle (cash, check, or Venmo)
🌊 Coming to the website soon

Sip often. Sweat deeply. Stay grounded.

12/27/2025

🧊 HOW TO HAVE A GREAT ICE-HOLE EXPERIENCE 🧊

One of our favorite winter sauna spots is at Pond’s End on Long Pond. We often get questions from new folks about their cold dip, now that the lake is frozen. Rest assured, we’ve created a dipping hole in the ice, so you can still enjoy the cold water between sauna rounds if you feel called to.

Cold water invites presence. Move slowly. Breathe deeply. Let your body lead. If you’re joining us at an upcoming fresh water dip, keep reading for a few important tips!

How to have a great ice hole experience:

• Wear footwear on the ice! Neoprene booties are ideal, and even a wool sock under your shoe can help protect your feet. Crocs or other water shoes will also work for safe walking to/from the sauna.
• Please don’t jump in! The hole is shallow—belly height—and cold water can take your breath away. Sit on the edge, pause, and ease in mindfully.
• Move slowly and intentionally. Cold water rewards patience and awareness.
• As always, your Selkie hostess is always nearby and happy to assist or answer any questions. You can also email us at selkiesauna@gmail.com with any questions ahead of your sauna session!

This is not about pushing…it’s about listening.
Warmth, cold, breath, and presence - all working together ✨

12/26/2025

Steam Stories is our way of listening - to voices, the pauses, and the connections that rise in the heat.

Today we feature - one of our founding members, who tends the larger rhythms of Selkie Sauna (overseeing operations/logistics and sauna transport). She holds the fire at the heart of our work so everything else can unfold with ease. Gail says:

“I sauna to get connected. It is a total and complete sensory experience - the heat, the smell of cedar, the hiss of the steam, the sweat, the breath, the contrast with the cold - all of it brings me back to myself in the moment.

Sauna moves at a human pace. It can’t be rushed. It makes room to notice the sky, the trees, the water. It reminds me that I belong to this landscape, to this community.

In the sauna, we share space. Sometimes we talk, sometimes we don’t. The sauna holds us while connection settles naturally between people. There’s a quiet understanding that we’re here together - even if all we did was sweat and breathe.”

📸: (first photo) and (second photo)

12/24/2025

Our Selkie Gail says :

’Twas the Night Before Sauna ♨️

’Twas the night before sauna on Mount Desert Island,
The ocean lay dark and the pines stood in silence.
We dreamed of warm benches, of löyly rising slow,
The spirit of steam welcoming us in from the snow.

A sauna on wheels by the edge of the tide,
Neighbors draw closer, winter set aside—
Dreaming of heat and a good honest schvitz under the wide sky,
Salt on our skin as the tide slips by.

In this dark stretch of winter, when light feels so far,
We find peace together—by heat, stone, and stars.

Sending you all warm wishes from Selkie Sauna

12/21/2025

✨ A Winter Solstice Blessing from Selkie Sauna ✨

On the longest night,
may you be held by the dark without fear.

May rest come easily,
and may the quiet reveal what has been waiting beneath the noise.

As the light begins its slow return,
may you trust that what is meant for you
is also finding its way back.

May warmth live in your body,
clarity in your breath,
and steadiness in your heart
through the turning of the season.

Blessed Solstice.
May you move gently into the light. 🙏

With love and light,
The Ladies of Selkie Sauna

12/15/2025

Have you noticed the smiles after a sauna?
The loose shoulders?
The quiet glow that lingers?

We read today that Finland has been ranked the happiest place on Earth for EIGHT years in a row — and they also happen to have one sauna for every two people (that’s over 3 million saunas across the country). Coincidence? We think not.

Heat softens the body.
Steam clears the mind.
And somewhere between the fire and cold water, joy sneaks in.

We see it every community sauna — big smiles, open faces, and people leaving a little lighter than they arrived.

Sauna makes people happy. 🔥🧊💧🌊☺️

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12/12/2025

Not sure what to give someone who already has everything? Give them something they actually need: time to slow down.

Selkie Sauna gift certificates are an invitation to unplug, warm up, and reconnect—with their body, their breath, and the season they’re in. Whether it’s a quiet solo sweat or a shared sauna session by the sea, it’s a gift that lingers long after the steam clears.

It could be a gift for:
🔥 those moving through transition
🔥 those who give endlessly
🔥 those craving quiet, salt air, and stillness
🔥 those who need warmth — in every sense

Available in any amount, to be used whenever the time feels right. No deadlines. No rush. No gift wrapping required. Just heat, water, and presence.

Email selkiesauna@gmail.com to purchase!

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12/11/2025

On Mount Desert Island, the woods and waters do the talking. Selkie Sauna simply offers a quiet ember-glow from which to listen.

What are your favorite sounds of coastal Maine winter? 🌲🌊❄️

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12/08/2025

And now for our second installment of Steam Stories…

This week, we’re grateful to share words from — someone who has been with Selkie Sauna from the very beginning, as a founding member, helping to tend the fire of this community with her presence, steadiness, creativity, and joy.

When asked why she comes to the sauna, she said:

“For me, sauna melts tension away. I can feel my muscles physically relax and I can feel my mind and soul soften as well. It’s a chance to just let go for an hour or so, lovingly connect with my body, and quietly connect with others.”

In her practice, you can feel what sauna truly offers: a slow unwinding, a softening into self, a gentle opening toward the people beside us.

We’re so honored to keep building this warm, restorative space with her — and with all of you.

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12/05/2025

MEET OUR SAUNA: The Otter 🦦🤎

Every sauna has its own spirit, and this one carries the heart of where Selkie Sauna began.

We call her The Otter — our OG sauna, playful and steady, a classic Finnish barrel-style sanctuary made by our own hands. She’s shaped from cedar, warm and golden, with two long benches facing each other so conversations and silences can unfold in equal measure.

A large glass door opens to the world outside, letting in light and the shimmer of whatever landscape she’s landed in. And behind you, a smaller rear window frames the view like a quiet painting, reminding you where your breath belongs.

Inside, a stove glows bright. Six people can settle in, shoulder to shoulder or knee to knee, strangers becoming sauna family.

Mobile and wood-fired, The Otter brings warmth wherever she goes. By lakes, by sea, under spruce shade or winter sky, she reminds us that sauna is simple, ancient, and meant to be shared.

Welcome to The Otter. The one who started it all.

📸: (Corey Lynn Tucker Photography)

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12/05/2025

THE ACADIA SLOW & SACRED GIVEAWAY

A collaboration between 🔥 🔥

Ready to slow down, breathe deeper, and experience Acadia in the most intentional way?

We’re giving one couple a restorative mini-escape to the coast:

✨️ The Giveaway Package ✨

50% off a 2-night stay at Arbor Camp (in one of their existing cozy units)

A private Selkie Sauna session for two in the Bar Harbor region

$600 off your elopement or vow renewal with Corey Lynn Tucker Photography

This is one combined experience — all three offers are meant to be enjoyed together and can’t be used separately or one-off.

A chance to ground, reconnect, wander the wild edges of Acadia, and savor the good kind of slowness that stays with you long after you return home.

To enter:

Follow all three accounts:

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Comment your dream partner to come with you to visit Acadia

Bonus entry: share to stories + tag us

Why we’re doing this:
We believe in intentional travel, wellness, and experiences that leave you more connected to nature (and each other). This giveaway feels like the most beautiful way to bring our communities together.

Fine print:

– Redeemable only as a combined package between May 15–June 19, 2026.
– Couple must be available to travel to Maine and redeem within that window.
– Winner must book their 2-night Arbor Camp stay at least 30–60 days in advance so all three of us can confirm the same dates.
– All parts of the prize (stay, sauna session, and elopement/vow renewal coverage) must happen on coordinated dates when , , and are all available.
– Must be 18+ and follow all three brands.
– Travel not included.
– Winner will be photographed/filmed and sign a model release so we can share the magic of their stay.
– Dates subject to availability.
– Not affiliated with Instagram.

We are stoked to collaborate and offer this DREAMY giveaway to one lucky couple!

Winner will be announced Wednesday, Dec. 10 via

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11/24/2025

As we move toward the Winter Solstice, the nights feel long, both in the sky and in the world. But even in dark times, we can choose to gather around warmth, breath, and community.

Here’s to tending the fire together. 🔥

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