Sauna Storyteller
Fleur has been teaching philosophy and telling traditional stories to people of all ages for over 30yrs. She’s been telling stories in saunas since June 2018.
Photo by Katie Bracher from Wildspa Wowo
STANMER SAUNA GARDEN
I often tell stories at Stanmer Sauna Garden on Saturdays 11-1pm
I’m available to be booked for events, festivals, retreats and celebrations at other saunas. Contact by email for requests.
Sauna Storytelling
@stanmersaunagarden
Seasonal Stories Saturdays 11-1 pm
Dates for Summer Stories 2026
20 June The Sun Princess and the Prince, Lithuanian folk tale
27 June The Little Mermaid, a collaboration with my sister Charlotte Xerri to bring singing to our sauna storytelling session.
£28.50 for a 2-hour session + Optional £5, pay it forward for those who need a little help.
Sauna Storytelling Workshop, at Wild Spa Wowo
Learn how to work with story in saunas. Learn how to take stories off the page and put them on the tongue.
This course suitable for Sauna Practitioners and curious Storytellers who want to develop their story application.
4 September - As Above, So Below. Celestial Story Folklore. Bond with the Universal Bodies who see us from the skies. We will invite treasured Baltic Stories to help us practice our sauna craft with skill. These workshops welcome sauna owners and practitioners who are interested in working with story. And storytellers, who are curious to find out more about sauna storytelling. Or, if you are a beginner storyteller, who wants to work with story, in a nourishing sauna environment.
6 Week Storytelling Course HEARTH STORIES
NEW DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
At my home nr 7 Dials, Brighton. Thursday Evenings, 2026 6.30pm-8.30pm 8 places, £120
Develop your own story practice. You will learn how to work with traditional stories so they are alive in and around you. You will learn how to research, choose, respect, learn from, and share stories that have both literary and oral origins. We will work with folklore, folktales, fairy tales and myth. Playful and informative, you’ll develop skills in oracy, improvisation, repertoire and philosophical thinking.
Weekly Themes
What is the stuff of story?
How is structure significant?
How to respect tradition and share stories excellently.
Forming, sustaining, and ending relationships with story.
Applied storytelling; how you bring story into your life.
Sharing Circle: receiving to learn how to give.
.What will we do in a typical 2hr session?
Begin with a 10 min check-in.
I will tell a story, relevant to the theme of the week.
Then, you will be given a series of fun exercises that build on each other. They will help you accumulate your understanding at your own speed. Discussion time.
There will be a break with SOUP - drink and nibble contributions welcome.
Another exercise and discussion time.
Activity for the week. Close.
What will you do at home during the week?
Complete a 20 min daily story exercise that will help you habituate yourself into a life-long practice of working with story.
Send email to express interest…
Sauna storyteller, combining the arts of traditional oral storytelling and sauna ritual practice.
