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Club rules

Honor the space, yourself, and each other.

This is a sacred space dedicated to recovery, clarity and connection. Ten rules, all of them the same rule.

  1. Know your limits

    Start slow. Heat acclimation takes a few sessions, so do not overdo it on your first, second or third visit. Less is more to start. Heat and cold are powerful. Listen to your body and move at your own pace. If you feel lightheaded, overwhelmed or unwell, pause immediately. Please do not attend if you are feeling unwell.

  2. Rinse between rounds

    Cleanliness is part of the ritual. Shower before entering any sauna or plunge, and rinse in the rinse shower between rounds.

  3. Clothing is required

    RITUAL is a co-ed community environment. Appropriate swimwear or athletic attire at all times. Coming from an APEX or yoga pod class, change into clean clothes first.

  4. Respect the environment

    Use a sauna towel when sitting or reclining in the heat. They are provided. Before you pour water for löyly, ask the sauna first and defer to whoever has been in the room longest. Return towels to the bins. Belongings go in lockers or cubbies. Leave the room better than you found it. No glass, no phones.

  5. Substance-free sanctuary

    No outside food, drinks, alcohol or substances. Anyone appearing intoxicated will be asked to return another time.

  6. Use common sense

    Do not touch the heaters, they reach extreme temperatures. Move mindfully on wet surfaces. Drink water and electrolytes, both are available along with filtered fountains.

  7. Elevated presence and conversation

    Keep conversations grounded, respectful and elevating to the collective. Bring awareness to your tone, topics and energy. Speak with intention. Listen with presence.

  8. No phones

    Phones and devices stay outside the sanctuary. No filming, no calls, no notifications. Smart watch, put it on do not disturb. Once you enter, be here fully. The one exception is a content session, about once a month. Those go on the schedule well in advance so you can pick a different hour, and nobody is filmed who has not said yes.

  9. Adults only, with exceptions

    18+ for safety and the integrity of the experience. Guests 14 and over can be approved by management with guardian-signed waivers.

  10. Honor the ritual

    This is not just a club. It is a practice, a community and a sanctuary. Treat yourself, others and the space with reverence.

A note to our male guests

How men show up here matters.

Come here to restore and connect with community, not to observe.

Know what leering is. Not just an obvious stare. Repeated glances, letting your eyes linger, visually tracking a guest as they move through the space — that is leering, and in a sanctuary where guests are exposed and open it has no place. If you are unsure whether your gaze is appropriate, it is not. Reported once, we will ask you to make sure it never happens again. Twice, we will ask you not to return.

Normalize leaving someone alone. If a guest does not initiate conversation, that is not an invitation to start one. Silence and solitude are valid choices here. Honor them without taking it personally.

Mind proximity. In a small hot room with minimal clothing, how close you sit matters. Give other guests room to breathe when space allows. Sitting unnecessarily close to someone alone is uncomfortable regardless of intent.

Your presence sets a tone. Be the guest whose presence makes others feel safer, not less safe.

Wellness is not weakness. The sauna has been a place of masculine ritual for thousands of years across dozens of cultures. Sitting in vulnerability and letting your body reset takes a courage our culture rarely names. You are not doing something soft. You are doing something ancient.

What divine masculinity looks like at RITUAL

Not masculinity defined by dominance, performance or emotional suppression, but strength in service of others, presence and integrity. The warrior who knows when to be still. The man secure enough to have nothing to prove.

  • Presence over performance. You are not here to be seen. Sitting quietly in the heat without agenda is a rare practice.
  • Protection without possession. Women should feel more at ease because you are here, not less. Through restraint and awareness, not authority.
  • Strength that serves. Ask before you pour. Give up the bench. Hold the door.
  • Emotional courage. Own the fact that you came.
  • Integrity when no one is watching. Be the same man whether staff is present or not.