Soul Water Sauna

🧠 This ADHD Awareness Month, let’s explore how thermal contrast can enhance focus and well-being.

🌿 Whether you’re diagnosed, self-diagnosed, or curious, you’re invited to join us for an evening of healing and connection.

🧬 ADHD affects millions worldwide, and raising awareness helps promote better understanding and support.

📍We’ll meet at 7pm and the sauna portal opens at 7:15. Starting with a grounding Tai Chi session, followed by a sauna experience where you can share, listen, and unwind. We’ll close with calming tea and connection.

✨ Let’s embrace balance together this month.

📣 WE’RE HIRING 📣

Would you like to be part of our wonderful team?
Bring your brains, braun and spirit to the collective!

You’d be one of the faces to greet our guests when they arrive. You’ll heat the saunas, clean the benches, haul the water, fill the cold plunge and more manual work 💪👣🌿🧹🧽🛠🔥🪵💦

You’ll learn about sauna and share this with our guests. From how to listen to your body to making a safe space so guests can relax and enjoy themselves 😊

You might already work as a joiner, student, councillor, artist, gardener, writer, herbalist, and you’d perhaps like a little bit more, or a bit of something different 👩‍⚕️👩‍🌾👨‍🎓👩‍🎤👩‍🍳👨‍🎤👩‍🏭🧑‍🎨👩‍🚒🧙‍♀️

Our job is to help care for the saunas and our guests, but its also to help create an environment where we care for each other. Working collaboratively to create the best work space possible 🫶

Come and join the dream team!

Prop us a DM with your CV and a short video telling us why you’re interested in the role, or email [email protected] for more info.

Closing date Oct 31st 🎃.

Self Care Saturdays are back

This is your opportunity to join our postnatal sessions to pause and stop time, reflect on life, relax, and take care of YOU, over 2 blissful and nurturing hours.

Join us for a mindful and reflective beach wander, cocoon in the healing warmth of the sauna, enjoy an invigorated dip in the sea (optional!) and even some silence with your wonderful host Anna.

These postpartum sessions are all about some precious time, connecting with yourself and nature, laughing and chatting whilst being hugged by the saunas heat.

We are committed as a group to create positive social impact and as such have a limited number of partially funded tickets available and also offer guests to pay it forward. If you’d like more info please contact [email protected]

Book via the website

As the seasons shift to cooler days, it’s the perfect time to pause, recharge, and prioritise yourself. For me, that means taking time in the sauna – a ritual that resets my mind and body. 💆‍♀️🔥

There’s a beautiful quote by Donna Ashworth that says, “You can’t waste time by resting, by walking in nature, or by connecting with those who matter. That’s what time is for, my friend.” 🌿✨

Every sauna session followed by a cold plunge leaves me more energized, clear-headed, and focused. It’s my secret to showing up better for my guests and my family – and it can be yours too!

Whether you’re new to hot and cold therapy or it’s already your go-to, this is your reminder: take the time to rest and recalibrate. It’s not a luxury, it’s a necessity. You deserve it! 🧖‍♀️

Ready for your own moment of relaxation and clarity? Book your seat – your mind and body will thank you!

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The weather is turning, there is no denying that Autumn is on its way.

Come warm your bones and fill your heart in this outdoor Mindful Experience. There we will share time for reflection, a gentle beach wander, breathwork and selfcare alongside a sauna experience with various rituals.

Connect with like-minded women and their stories, step back from the everyday busy-ness of life and relax in nature. You will leave topped up with hot tea and a healthy snack, feeling refreshed, invigorated, connected, inspired and happy to be alive!

If you’d like more information prior to booking please email [email protected]

Sauna Club - Join the wellness revolution!

Moving into our next round of Sauna Club and we have a rare opportunity one individual to join our Friday evening sessions.

Each week we will share something different, perhaps a little intro to aufguss, a luxurious Dook face mask, play with leaf whisks, or maybe there is something you’d like to know more about sauna, culture, health benefits, just let us know as we love sharing with you.

Fridays Sauna Club runs from 8-10pm and offers you a blissful two hours of perfection. There is no better way to end your working week or to start the weekend on a natural high.

These sessions offer social connection, sense of wellbeing and health benefits by the bucket load.

Come and bathe with the same people at the same time each week, allowing you to be more consistent within your sauna practice, and reap the mental and physical benefits we all love.

📣 “As a regular I was surprised after few club sessions how different and special it was. I miss it so much already and can’t wait for next sessions and for Club community to grow” 📣

📣”I’ve really enjoyed sauna club. I don’t know what I expected, but it’s been so much more… I have loved trying different new bits each week and learning more”📣

Book on the website www.soulwatersauna.com

Our Silent Sauna sessions offer space to be exactly as you are. Enjoy the view of the shore line beyond, whilst listening to the gentle crackling fire.

Escape the treadmill or to do list, get out of your busy mind and listen to your heart.

Sitting with others in the heat and silence can deliver a solace akin to no other.

Currently Silent Sauna sessions are Fridays at 3:45pm (60min)

Posted • What a beaut of a day we all had at ‘s con-VAN-tion event yesterday. Huge thanks to everyone that visited, the ETL team, everyone who showcased their brilliant vans and of course to the fab and for making the day so lovely. Dips, drinks, vans and more💛

This Sunday, 1st September we’re popping up at our soon to be second site at where are running Con-VAN-Tion.

Join us by the sea for a day of street food, fun and van-related skills and idea sharing within or around the sauna.

Check out the programme for Con-VAN-Tion and book spot - tickets are £2 and all proceeds go to ETL!

Sauna seats can be booked via our website link in bio 🔗

Book the Con-VAN-Tion via (www.citizenticket.com/events/the-pitt/etl-con-van-tion-van-themed-show-and-tell/)

SWS Beach Clean & Social Sauna

The stretch of beach in front of the Portobello sauna usually seems clear of rubbish and litter. However in the short hour a lovely team of saunavores were strolling along, we managed to collect three buckets of all sorts of rubbish. Lots of broken down plastic bottles and food containers, rag (things that shouldn’t be flushed down the loo) and a selection of nurdles.

Many of the eager team didn’t know about nurdles, so here’s a little 101. Nurdles are small plastic pellets about the size of a lentil. They are melted down to make almost all plastic products, there are around 600 in your average water bottle. Billions of nurdles are used each year to make products, but thousands of tonnes also spill directly into the environment around the world. Nurdles are the second largest source of primary microplastic pollution globally. Each year an estimated 445,970 tonnes of nurdles enter the environment worldwide.

For more info or to log your nurdle finds take a look here
https://www.nurdlehunt.org.uk/the-problem.html

More Beach Cleans & Social Saunas will be scheduled, keep an eye on here or in our newsletters.

Let’s take a moment to discuss these oranges 🍊

These beautiful orange jewels are from this season. The taste is just incredible, sweet, refreshing and somehow gentle (how is that, anyone know?). The peel is so soft you can eat it, I can imagine it would be delicious thinly sliced in a salad 🥗

Every guest received a refreshing slice of goodness at the sauna adding to the multi sensory experience. Never eaten an orange in the sauna? You’re in for a treat!

Robbie & the team pick mouthwatering fresh fruit & veg and lots of other locally made and ethical, dried, jarred and baked produce. Take a trip to their well stocked Aladdin’s cave of goodness on our High Street in Portobello, pick up an orange when you’re passing, or maybe fill your basket with scrumptious goodies.

What a lovely mention in The Herald by our regular sauna guest .

Feeling blessed ☺️

“Once upon a time, it was enough to go for a quick dip at your nearest beach and call yourself a wild swimmer. But Scotland’s restless tribes of swimmers are now looking for more than that: other experiences to add into the mix.

The latest trend in swimming is to take your cold with some hot, and, with the sea in Scotland never much above 18C, it’s possible to alternate those thrills by visiting one of the growing number of shoreside saunas. My favourite regular towel spot is at the Soul Water Sauna right on Portobello promenade, just a hop across the sands to the North Sea, and providing spaces in community sessions as well as group bookings. But there are also the wonderful Elie Seaside Sauna, Haar on St Ninan’s beach, Shetland, and Wild Scottish Sauna at Kingsbarns, plus many more firing up this year.”

Read the full article for more ways to enjoy the sea https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24489663.boats-yoga-trips-wild-swimming/?show-onboarding=yes


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And other saunas on more stunning Scottish beaches I encourage you to explore

Foundation Training & Sauna 🦶🏻🧘‍♀️🤸🏽🔥🌊

If you’re in pain, or looking to improve the quality of your strength and mobility you might want to check your diary for 11am, Sunday 11th August.

Foundation Training teaches you a whole new way of looking after your body to ensure it stays healthy. The movement practice works to decompress the spine and rebalance the muscular system, teaching you principles that can be applied to any sport or activity and woven into all aspects of your daily life.

Mike and Mora teach workshops and retreats in the UK and Europe, working regularly with private clients from around the world online and in person. They are equally as excited to collaborate with us as we are with them. Heat therapy compliments the movement practice brilliantly and we can’t wait to see how much benefit this brings to you.

the session will start with an hours Foundation Training on the beach (or indoors should the weather not be in our favour) followed by a 90 minute guided sauna. This will bring you the perfect blend of learning a new skill, relaxation and decompression time 🙏

Book via the website or direct https://soulwatersauna.as.me/FoundationTraining

Immerse yourself in enchanting tales with Fleur Shorthouse at our Sauna Storytelling sessions 📖🔥🌿💦🤲

Experience ‘The Juniper Tree’ on Friday, August 9th at 5:45pm and ‘Silkie Stories’ on Saturday August 10th at 10:30am.

Fleur will lead a lovely immersive sauna storytelling session including scents, body treatments and Pirtis leaf whisking techniques. This event would not be complete without foraged whisks and other sensory delights.

Let the wisdom of nature and the soothing heat of the sauna transport you.






Book via the website, link in bio.

Reconnect with nature and yourself with WanderWomen & Soul Water Magic 🌿✨

Join this outdoor Mindful Experience of reflection, gentle beach wander, breathwork and selfcare, followed by a Sauna experience including various sauna rituals.

Connect with like-minded women and their stories, step back from the everyday busy-ness of life and relax in nature.

You will leave topped up with hot tea and a healthy snack, feeling refreshed, invigorated, connected, inspired and happy to be alive!

Next session Friday 2nd August, 9:30am. Booking via the website https://SoulWaterSauna.as.me/WWSWS

Many of our guests enjoy cooling down in the sea between sauna rounds as part of their connection with nature, there is also the beloved watering can available to give you the chills 🔥 🚿

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has indicated a high bacterial result in the water following analysis of routine samples. Temporary advice against bathing and paddling has been issued.
Sepa is working closely with the City of Edinburgh Council and Scottish Water.

Although the sea is currently off-limits, a cool down in the open air or the use of fresh water available on-site in our watering cans will continue to give you the thermal contrast liked by so many of you. If you choose to visit us, I ensure your experience with us is still positive and fulfilling.

I hope in promoting this unacceptable news more people will get behind and continue to pressure Scottish Water and CEC. Changes need to been made to protect our blue spaces in and around Portobello, Edinburgh and the rest of Scotland.

Sauna Club - Join the wellness revolution!

Moving into our next round of Sauna Club and Friday has SOLD OUT but fear not, we still have a few spaces on Sunday morning.

Each week there will be a little surprise for you and your fellow guests, perhaps a little intro to aufguss, a luxurious Dook face mask, play with leaf whisks, or maybe there is something you’d like to know more about, culture, health benefits, let us know as we love sharing with you.

Sundays Sauna Club at 9:15am offers you 90 minutes of perfection. A slow Sunday start and time for a mental check in, or check out depending on your mood.

These sessions offer social connection, sense of wellbeing and not to mention the health benefits no pill can provide without side effects.

Come and bathe with the same people at the same time each week, allowing you to be more consistent within your sauna practice, and reap the mental and physical benefits we all love.

📣 “As a regular I was surprised after few club sessions how different and special it was. I miss it so much already and can’t wait for next sessions and for Club community to grow” 📣

📣”I’ve really enjoyed sauna club. I don’t know what I expected, but it’s been so much more… I have loved trying different new bits each week and learning more”📣

Book on the website www.soulwatersauna.com

I’ve had my final sauna before our family break and am all ready for our holidays ✈️ 🇬🇷

One week in the sun and I’ll be back l refreshed, relaxed and ready to have some leafy sauna fun with you all again 🌿 💦 🔥

My awesome team of sauna hosts will be taking care of you over the weekend (seats still available!), couldn’t be more proud of what we’ve achieved and what’s about to come… roll on SWS 2.0 💦 🎉 🌊 🔥 🌿

Porty Pride organisers have a very positive message “LGBTQ+ people enrich Porty life, and we want to celebrate this within our communities” - this is SO true and just like in sauna the community, we are all better when we come together.

There is now just a couple of seats left in our welcoming and open sauna space for LGBTQ+ people living in and around Portobello. This is a trans and non-binary inclusive event; all bodies and identities are welcome.

Saturday 29th @ 11:30am
Sunday 30th @ 9:15am

Standard Ticket £14.50 - (£7 will be donated by SWS to charity)
Solidarity Ticket £20 - (£7 from SWS + a £12.50 donation from you, to charity)

Chosen Charity for this event LGBT Youth Scotland


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ADHD Support Sauna

There are so many health benefits of sauna for ADHD especially when combined with cold plunge. Whether diagnosed, self-diagnosed or even curious about ADHD - everyone is welcome.

Meet on the beach for some simple mindful movement with Tai Chi before entering the sauna portal.

This session is lead by Tom, a regular at Soul Water Sauna and active contributor to many ADHD support communities.



Booking link in the bio 🫶

Dear International Sauna Day,

Sometimes I get lost in conversations about sauna; its heritage, the science, the health benefits, the quickly developing culture here in the UK and in Scotland.

I’ll let you in on a little secret though, the thing that speaks to me, or my body more than any of these conversations is the leaves; plants, herbs, flowers and fruits we bring to sauna and share in their raw form, or made into simple or sumptuous treatments.

These transport me to another time, another place, perhaps some deep ancestral memory or simply a happy moment as a child playing in the woods. Either way, these moments when I can share my little sauna world with you, to see you learn and experience all of this in our wonderful sauna community, it’s pretty wonderful.

I celebrated you by sharing my knowledge and love of sauna, from guests who arrive with hand made whisks, to smushing avocado and honey into a bearded face, you have been wonderful. I fully embrace our wonderful sauna community, I want them to reap the benefits of being with other folks, in the heat, and with the leaves. Simple.

Viva la sauna 💪🌿❤️‍🔥🔥💦

All my love,
Kirsty

Our beautiful collaboration with was inspired by our love of authentic sauna traditions from Finland, Lithuania and beyond (naturally, we’re a little obsessed). Together we created three clay masks and a sauna body scrub using the finest natural, raw, and organic ingredients 🌿

Each product is designed to cleanse and nourish your skin, while you enjoy the sauna. Double the self care 🫶

Face Masks
Discover the Red Clay with Scottish Dulse to nourish, Green Clay with Spirulina to purify, and Yellow Clay with Irish Moss to plump and heal. The perfect add on to your next private sauna session 💆‍♀️

Body Scrub 🧖‍♀️
Our luxurious salt scrub is created using the Dook bath soak which is hand-blended with essential oils, Sicilian sea salt and Epsom salt, making it another ultimate sauna partner. Our scrub will soothe achy muscles, cleanse and exfoliate the skin and enhance the feeling of relaxation with its fresh and grounding woody, citrus scent.

Why not add a facemask and body scrub to your next private sauna booking and feel the benefits to your body and mind. You won’t regret it.

And yes, you can purchase and enjoy the masks, or soak in your own tub at your leisure—no sauna required, but it certainly elevates the experience when you join us.

Simply select your add on at check out. See you on the bench!

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🧜 EVENTS THIS WEEK 🧜‍♀️

Two wonderful events coming up this week with a couple of seats available.

Medicine Song Sauna ❤️‍🩹🎶
Thursday 7:15-8:45
Bring your voices & sing simple chants and songs that are easy to learn. Enjoy the powerful medicine of group singing in the healing setting of the sauna. Led by ceremonial singer and storyteller Joanie Bones.

WanderWomen + Soul Water Magic 🌊🌿
Friday 10:30-12:30
Join this outdoor Mindful Experience of reflection, gentle beach wander, breathwork and selfcare, followed by a Sauna experience including various sauna rituals.
Led by Anna of

📣 WE'RE HIRING 📣

Would you like to be part of our wonderful team?
Bring your brains, braun and spirit to the collective!

You’d be one of the faces to greet our guests when they arrive at our saunaS (did you notice the plural..? more on that later!). You’ll heat the saunas, clean the benches, haul the water, fill the cold plunge and more manual work 💪👣🌿🧹🧽🛠🔥🪵💦

You’ll learn about sauna and share this with our guests. From how to listen to your body to making a safe space so guests can relax and enjoy themselves 😊

You might already work as a joiner, student, councillor, artist, gardener, writer, herbalist, and you’d perhaps like a little bit more, or a bit of something different 👩‍⚕️👩‍🌾👨‍🎓👩‍🎤👩‍🍳👨‍🎤👩‍🏭🧑‍🎨👩‍🚒🧙‍♀️

Our job is to help care for the saunas and our guests, but its also to help create an environment where we care for each other. Working collaboratively to create the best work space possible 🫶

Come and join the dream team!

Prop us a DM with your CV and a short video telling us why you’re interested in the role, or email [email protected] for more info.

Closing date June 7th.

A massive well done to all those running today from our Soul Water Sauna family!!

Always an emotional day watching marathon runners and I’m sure very inspiring for all spectators.

Today’s weather was brutal, head on wind and a lot of rain ☔️ 💨 🏃

To the 35,000 runners, are my hero’s. You nailed it 🥇