Community Bathhouse

February 21, 2023

Date and Time Details: Open hours are from 11am-7pm with space booked in 2 hour increments. Massage and other healing offerings are available and accommodations can be booked for the evening. All are subject to availability.

Location: Park in the lower lot under the prayer flags

Address: 1429 Beach Hill Road, Barton, VT, USA

    Wood-fired Bathhouse | Elemental Healing Sanctuary | Transformational Gathering Space

    Imagine a maple tree collecting sunlight into its branches for 7 long years. Then imagine a human finding that tree, felling that tree, cutting that tree up into logs, splitting those logs into firewood, stacking that wood to dry for a year, and then – log by log – feeding it to a fire for ~6 hours and heating 800 gallons of pristine mountain water to 104 degrees so that you, one human, can soak, relax, and renew for a restorative hour or two.

    As a culture we have lost sight of what things are worth, what the cost of comfort and convenience is, and how to be in our bodies and on this Earth. We have forgotten that wellness doesn’t mean constant comfort, constant ease, or constant certainty. Rootstock is a safe place to unfurl back into your truth and the elemental healing sanctuary and wood-fired bathhouse that is The Oasis is one path to reclaiming your right relationship with your body and the World. Now turn off your phone, take off your clothes, tip toe into the forest, and immerse yourself in the elements…

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    Tuesday Community Bathhouse

    Hours: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays from 11:00am-7:00pm (and some other days too!)

    Rootstock hosts a twice-monthly Tuesday Community Bathhouse from 11:00am-7:00pm on the first and third Tuesday of each month. Come enjoy 2 hours of rustic hydrotherapy for $44/person and consider adding on a massage, energy healing, or myofacial release session!

    The Oasis includes:

    • 5-person wood-fired cedar hot tub with cold plunge

    • 5-person Finnish Sauna

    • 2x 2-person wood-fired hot tubs

    • Outdoor shower

    • Clawfoot Altar with 2 tubs for ceremonial baths

    • Outdoor lounge with fire pit

    • Yoga/Meditation Deck

    • Hammock Lounge

    • 4-5 Person heated bunkhouse lounge & changing room

    • 2x Composting outhouse

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    Chemical- Free Wood-Fired Hot Water – We don’t use any chemicals to treat our water because we fill our tubs fresh regularly. It’s a serious amount of work to provide our guests (and ourselves!) fresh, mountain water but this is our commitment. Guests are asked to bath prior to soaking which improves the quality of the experience for all and helps maintain the purity of the experience.

    Clothing Optional Space – Reclaiming health and wholeness begins inside each of us. Coming back into right relationship with what it means to be in a body and on this Earth is a deeply personal journey for everybody and an invitation to be free is an important piece of that puzzle. Programming around beauty, health, safety, convention, and sexuality has most of our species tangled in knots and we seek to loosen that constriction and provide a deeply safe, dignified space for humans to exist in their natural state. Of course, folks may wear bathing suits if they choose, but they are not required.

    Reverent, Healing Atmosphere – If your voice is louder than the sound of the wind in the trees or the peepers in the pond across the street, you’re too loud and taking up too much space. The Oasis is here for our collective health and wellbeing and, of course, we welcome the weaving and connecting and spinning that comes with time in community but we ask that all folks here respect the quiet, meditative, retreat-like atmosphere. If you want to fill the hill with laughter with your friends and loved ones while bathing and playing, consider booking the Oasis for a private session and enjoy a bit more spaciousness.

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    Community Bathmasters

    The work required to provide our wood-fired bathhouse to the community is substantial. It’s time consuming, subject to the weather, and elemental in some beautiful and challenging ways. Community Bathmasters will help tend the bathhouse which may include: feeding fires, sweeping/shoveling paths, refreshing foot baths, gathering kindling, emptying composting toilets, landscaping/earth tending, cleaning the bunkhouse lounge, hauling/splitting fire wood, Temple tending at the Dragon Rock or Wheel of Time, helping with ad hoc projects, and orienting folks to the space as they arrive and depart. They exchange ~2-3 hours of support during the course of their 6 hour spa day guided by the managing Bathmaster, some checklists, and their intuition.

    Community Bathmaster Opening Shift: 8am – 2pm

    Community Bathmaster Closing Shift: 2pm – 8pm

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    Book a Private Bathhouse

    Subject to availability

    Gather up 10 of your beloveds, coworkers, or clients and enjoy a private Oasis experience. 4 lush hours of rustic hydrotherapy 1-10 people is $500 with an additional $44/person up to 20 people max. A non-refundable deposit of $250 is needed to reserve your date and will be applied to your balance. Add on some overnight dwellings or book the Tipi too and retreat yourself!

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    The Oasis at Rootstock Retreat Rules

    • The minimum age required for access to the spa is 18 years unless accompanied by an adult.

    • Towels and bathrobes are NOT included – please bring your own. Slip on sandals and a plastic water bottle are also encouraged.

    • Bathing is clothing-optional and nudity is held safely and respected. Swimsuits are also welcome.

    • Plan to showers prior to soaking. Biodegradable amenities are included and wildcrafted body oil is available by donation.

    • Our changing room is equipped with cubbies and hooks for storing your belongings. There’s no locked space available so trust the unfolding or leave your valuables at home.

    • The bathhouse will operate rain, shine, ice, or snow. Please note that the cold dunk and outdoor shower may be offline if temperatures are below freezing

    • Cancellations must be made at least 24 hours prior to the time of your scheduled visit, otherwise the total fee will be charged.

    • Contraindications — The advice of a physician is recommended for the following conditions : pregnancy, heart and respiratory problems, hypertension and diabetes.

    • Rootstock Retreat is a smoke-free environment, and the Oasis is a sober space. No person under the influence of drugs and / or alcohol will be tolerated on the site.

    • Phones and cameras are not permitted in the bathhouse so as to respect the privacy and serenity of all. Guests should plan to ‘unplug’ during their stay.

    • Please respect the tranquility of the spa adhering to the code of quiet everywhere. If your voice is louder than the sound of the forest, you’re too loud.

    • Guests are welcome to bring a picnic and snacks and commit to keeping food on the main deck of the Oasis. Guests promise to pack out all trash/recycling that they pack in, leaving the space as nice or better than they find it.

    • Rootstock Retreat is not responsible for any objects being lost, damaged or stolen on our site. Rootstock takes all the necessary measures to ensure its clientele’s safety and is not responsible for prospective discomforts, falls and / or accidents on the site.

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