Gentle Saturday 22-24 May 2026

Gentle Saturday – a wellness weekend for recovery, light and inner renewal

The pace of everyday life accelerates, responsibilities pile up, and stopping is easily the last thing we do. Yet that is often what we miss most – a moment to breathe, relax, and listen to ourselves.

Gentle Saturday wellness weekend is an invitation to step outside of the hustle and bustle. For three days, we will descend together into a bubble that calms the nerves, nourishes the body, and clarifies the mind, where nothing is more important than your well-being.

Spring is a time of renewal, light, and inspiration. It offers the perfect moment to stop and ask ourselves: “What do I need right now?” This weekend you will have the space and support to find the answer.

During the weekend you will experience:

• gentle, restorative exercises
• mind and body workshops
• creative, intuitive work
• a forest trip into spring nature
• purifying outdoor sauna steams
• nutritious, tasty food
• time for yourself – without pressure to perform

PRICE €210 /PERSON

The price includes:

• accommodation in a double room
• full board meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner and evening snack
• program
• Free use of Sport Spa during public hours

Price for a single room €280

Why participate in the Gentle Saturday wellness weekend?

By participating, you will above all get a real breather everyday life – a space where your body and mind can recover without the pressure of performance. After the weekend you will feel calmer, lighter and more balancedYou will learn new ways to calm your nervous system, strengthen your own resilience, and listen to your inner voice.

You return home:

• body rested and refreshed
• with a clearer mind
• inspired and connected to yourself
• as well as concrete insights and exercises that you can use in your everyday life in the future.

In short: you will get exactly the gentleness, peace and empowerment you know you deserve.

This weekend is for you who long for peace, softness, clarity and gentle stillness. For you who want to descend into your own body, hear the whispers of your heart and give yourself the care that is otherwise easily forgotten.

With gentleness and warmth – just for you. ❤

Gentle Saturday wellness weekend program

Get to know the instructors of the Gentle Saturday wellness weekend!

“We are physical education instructor students and we are in our second year at the Southeastern Finland University of Applied Sciences. We got to know each other with this group last fall when we started our studies in Savonlinna.🌟

It all started last fall, when our course “Sports services and the implementation of sports services” set out to build a wellness event called Gentle Saturday. Our team consisted of eight sports instructor students from our class. Starting from our own idea, we created the entire event ourselves. Our event was organized on November 23rd last year from 12-16 pm. Our day-long event included: gentle body care, relaxation exercises, a workshop to support recovery, a shared tea time, deep relaxation and a raffle.🍂

Based on this event we organized, we wanted to set bigger wheels in motion and got the idea to create our own wellness weekend.🤎 In the picture on the left you can see Siiri Hietikko, next to Ninni Lehto, Kaisu Holopainen ja Elina Poutanen. Here comes the upcoming Gentle Saturday wellness weekend!”

The course is a liberal arts education program, which is regulated by the Liberal Arts Education Act (632/1998).