Club Rules

1. Know Your Limits

Heat and cold are powerful practices. Listen closely to your body and move at your own pace.

If you feel lightheaded, overwhelmed, or unwell, pause your session immediately. Please do not attend if you are feeling unwell.

Your safety and presence support the collective energy of the space.

2. Rinse Between Sessions

Cleanliness is part of the ritual.

Please shower in the provided showers before entering any sauna or plunge, and rinse again between rounds.

This keeps our environment pure, respectful, and aligned for everyone.

3. Clothing Is Required

RITUAL is a co-ed community environment. Please wear appropriate swimwear or athletic attire at all times.

If you are coming from a prior APEX or yoga pod class, please change into clean clothes.

If you need guidance or support, our team is here to help.

4. Respect the Environment

Honor the space by keeping it clean, orderly, and ready for the next person.

Use a sauna towel when sitting or reclining in the heat. We provide them across from the saunas, please use them.

Return towels to designated bins. Please do not use sauna towels for showering in the locker rooms, we have large shower towels for rent at the front desk.

Place your belongings in the locker rooms or cubbies. 

Leave the room better than you found it - this is part of the ritual. No glass, no phones allowed.

5. Substance-Free Sanctuary

To maintain a clear and conscious environment, no outside food, drinks, alcohol, or substances are permitted.

Anyone appearing intoxicated will be asked to return another time.

We keep this space safe and centered.

6. Use Common Sense

Do not touch the sauna heaters—they reach extreme temperatures.

Move mindfully on wet surfaces and stay aware of others moving in and out of heat and cold.

Take care of your body and take care of the space. Drink lots of water and electrolytes. (We have both available for purchase and multiple filtered fountains).

7. Elevated Presence & Conversation

RITUAL is a sanctuary for renewal and connection.

Please keep conversations grounded, respectful, and elevating to the collective.

Bring awareness to your tone, topics, and energy so everyone can find clarity and calm.

Speak with intention. Listen with presence.

We share the same inclusivity and comfortability policies as APEX | yoga pod and those can be found here.

8. No Phone Environment

Phones and devices must remain outside of the RITUAL sanctuary.

No filming, no conference calls, no notifications. (If using a smart watch, please turn on do not disturb).

Once you enter RITUAL, you enter a sacred space of connection. Be here fully. 

9. Adults Only with exceptions

For safety and the integrity of the experience, RITUAL is an 18+ environment. Children 14 and over can go through an approval process with management and additional liability waivers signed by guardians.

10. Honor the Ritual

This is not just a club - it is a practice, a community, and a sacred sanctuary.

Treat yourself, others, and the environment 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. Eyes are powerful — use them with care. Know what leering is, it's not just an obvious stare. Repeated glances, letting your eyes linger on someone's body, or visually tracking a guest as they move through the space — that's leering. In a wellness sanctuary where guests are at their most physically exposed and mentally open, it has no place. If you're unsure whether your gaze is appropriate, it probably isn't. We do not tolerate this behavior. If this is reported to us, we will ask you one time to ensure it never happens again. If it does, we will ask you not to return.

• Your presence sets a tone. Be the guest whose presence makes others feel safer, not less safe. That is the standard we hold every member of this community to — and we ask men to carry it with particular intention.

• Wellness is not weakness. RITUAL is a space where men can engage in rest, vulnerability, and community without performance or pretense. We're glad you're here. Honor the space that makes it possible.

• Normalize leaving someone alone. There's something powerful about explicitly naming that not engaging is the respectful default — especially for women who may feel obligated to respond to conversation in a confined space.

  "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."

• Physical space and proximity. In a small, hot room with minimal clothing, how close someone sits matters enormously — and men often underestimate this.

  "Be conscious of where you position yourself in the sauna. When space allows, give other guests room to breathe. Sitting unnecessarily close to another guest — particularly one who is alone — is uncomfortable regardless of intent."

What is divine masculinity, and how can you embody it at RITUAL?

Divine masculinity is the fullest, most integrated expression of masculine energy — not masculinity defined by dominance, performance, or emotional suppression, but by strength in service of others, presence, protection, and integrity. It is the warrior who knows when to be still. The provider who leads with generosity. The man who is secure enough in himself that he has nothing to prove.

It is not softness as a replacement for strength — it is both, held at once.

At RITUAL, divine masculinity looks like this:

Presence over performance. You are not here to be seen. You are here to arrive fully in yourself — to sweat, to breathe, to be still. The man who can sit quietly in the heat without distraction or agenda is practicing something rare and powerful.

Protection without possession. A divinely masculine presence makes the room feel safer for everyone in it. Not through authority or control, but through restraint, awareness, and genuine respect. Women should feel more at ease because you are here — not less.

Strength that serves. Ask before you pour. Give up the bench. Hold the door. These are small acts, but they are the language of a man who leads by elevating the people around him.

Emotional courage. Coming to a wellness space, sitting in vulnerability, allowing your body and mind to reset — that takes a kind of courage our culture rarely names. Own it. The sauna has been a place of masculine ritual for thousands of years across dozens of cultures. You are not doing something soft. You are doing something ancient.

Integrity when no one is watching. The sanctuary asks you to be the same man whether staff is present or not. That consistency — that wholeness — is the heart of what divine masculinity means.