13/05/2026

You might recognise Tom. A familiar face at our sauna’s, a big cheerleader of all progress and a willing participant in to test any new offering 🌿 ❤️‍🔥

Tomorrow he’s taking on a challenge… walking 25 miles to raise money and awareness for a cause close to his heart, raising funds for Mermaids UK, so that trans young people and their families can continue to access the wonderful support Mermaids offer.

And in true Tom style, sauna is part of the journey. He’s sandwiching the full 25 miles between sessions, starting in the morning with us at Granton, and finishing at Hot and Bothy in Archerfield.

Help us wish Tom well for the miles ahead. If you’d like to support, you can donate via the link in bio.

30/04/2026

Beltane Eve ✨
�Tonight we say goodbye to the Cailleach, the winter witch, winter’s last embers and we welcome Brigid, her sister of spring, the bright one who walks with fire and bloom.

Celebrations this evening will be around the old fire festival, when the land wakes up and the veil feels thin. Traditionally, faces were washed in the dew of the grass at dawn for beauty, luck, and renewal.

Whether it’s the slopes of Arthur’s Seat, the fields around Dalkeith, or the salty breath of the North Sea ~ tomorrow morning belongs to the earth. Rise early. Touch the land. Let the dew bless you.
Hello May 🌸🔥

Edinburgh DawnRituals

01/04/2026

🌊🔥 April🔥🌿

A beautiful mix of quiet moments, connection, and community this April:

👨‍👩‍👧 Friday 3 April – Family Sauna Sessions
�Dalkeith 10:30, 14:15�Portobello 11:30
�A gentle, joyful way to share sauna with your little ones. Slow down together, breathe deeply, and experience the warmth as a family.

🤍 Saturday 4 April – Silent Saunas
�Portobello 9:15�Dalkeith 18:00
�A quiet, meditative sauna space to fully switch off, slow down, and sink into the heat.

👨‍👩‍👧 Monday 6 April – Family Sauna Sessions
�Dalkeith 14:15�Portobello 9:15, 12:45
�A gentle, joyful way to share sauna with your little ones. Slow down together, breathe deeply, and experience the warmth as a family.

🌿 Friday 10 April – WanderWomen x SWS - Portobello 10:00
�An outdoor mindful experience combining reflection, a gentle beach wander, breathwork, and self-care, followed by a sauna session with guided rituals.�
🤍 Saturday 18 April – Silent Saunas
�Portobello 9:15�Dalkeith 18:00
�Slow down, switch off, and immerse yourself in the heat in a quiet, restorative space.

✨ Thursday 30 April – Stories, Steam & Sisterhood - Portobello 19:45
�A warm, supportive space to gather, and discover a tale from Women Who Run With The Wolves, exploring myth and the wisdom of the wild feminine.

Book now 🌿

26/02/2026

March by the sea 🌊

Gentle gatherings by the water, made for slowing down and reconnecting - see what’s coming up in March.

🤫 Silent Sauna | Portobello�A quiet and reflective sauna session with the shoreline beyond and the fire gently cracking. Come to step out of your busy mind and rest into stillness.

📖 Stories, Steam & Sisterhood with �An intimate sauna gathering, weaving storytelling, sound, and shared warmth. A space to soften, listen, and be held by story and steam.

🌿 WanderWomen x SWS �Join WanderWomen for a gentle beach wander, reflection, breathwork, and self-care, followed by a sauna experience with a variety of rituals.

We can’t wait to see you on the bench. Book via our website.

10/12/2025

🎄 Christmas Gifts 🎄

Gift joy, relaxation, wellness and permission to self-care to those around you, find the hygge moment and true contentment.

We’ve put together a small collection of gifts that we hope will bring comfort and joy this Christmas. There are sauna vouchers for shared moments, sauna hats to top the moment or hoodies to cosy into afterwards as well as beautiful lino-printed cards created by our very own Katharine, you can find her artistry here .

Soul Water Sauna Gift Certificates come with a full year from the date of purchase. Let your recipients savour the anticipation and use them whenever they’re ready to unwrap their wellbeing adventure. You can purchase from the website and you’ll receive a code to send to the recipient.

Everything is available online, and you’re welcome to collect from our Granton or Dalkeith bases anytime between now and Christmas. Collect from Portobello by arrangement.

If you’d like something posted, our friendly *saunatonttu will be doing one special mailing, choose first class postage at checkout before midnight on December 17th, we’ll be in touch.

*saunatonttu is a protective spirit, some say similar to a gnome. They are said to watch over the sauna, keeping the space safe for everyone who steps inside, although only for those who treat the sauna respectfully - go gently.

🔗link in bio

03/11/2025

We’re so honoured to be invited by the Scottish Documentary Institute to open a special screening of Smoke Sauna Sisterhood on November 5th at the Edinburgh Filmhouse.

The champions the power of documentary films; sparking empathy, critical thinking, and inspiring positive social change.
This film is especially close to our hearts at Soul Water Sauna.

From its Scottish premiere in Glasgow (October 13th, 2023), when I, Kirsty met for the first time (fan girl moment!), to sharing the experience with Pippa (soon opening ) and Karel, our beloved Estonian host, the film has woven itself into our sauna story.
Just two days later, 15 of us, hosts and guests alike gathered at the Edinburgh Picturehouse to watch it again and hear Anna’s stories, introduced by Amy Hardy, filmmaker and lecturer at Edinburgh University, where Mai (one of our wonderful hosts) studies Documentary Film. Mai even joined Anna and Amy for dinner afterward, a dream conversation about film, connection, and community.

This Wednesday, Mai will introduce the film, share how it connects with us, and how you can discover your own Saunahood.

🔥 On a night when the air fills with smoke and sparks, we invite you to step into another kind of heat. Smoke Sauna Sisterhood draws us into shared warmth and emotional release, the perfect counterpoint to Bonfire Night’s fiery celebrations.

🎬 Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
📍 The FilmHouse Edinburgh
⏰ 5pm
📆 November 5th

Aitüma! x

https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/checkout/showing/352723

01/10/2025

Self Care Saturdays are back 🌿🌊

An opportunity to pause and stop time.

To reflect on life, relax, and take care of YOU for 2 blissful hours.

To switch on all the senses and be nurtured in the company of like-hearted mamas.

These postpartum sessions are all about taking some precious time out, connecting with yourself and nature, laughing and chatting in the warmth ~ and maybe even an invigorating dip in the sea.🌊

You’ll leave feeling refreshed, inspired, and reconnected with yourself and others.

A beautiful collaboration between Kin Collective and WanderWomen.

📅 Saturday 11 October
🕙 10:00

26/09/2025

🚨🔥 New Training Alert! 🔥🚨

We’re SO excited to be hosting Rimas Kavaliauskas from the International Bath Academy for two additional days of sauna seminars and workshops at Soul Water Sauna.
Rimas will first appear at Soul Gathering (.gathering) Festival on 18 Oct, then return to guide us through Wild Bathing: The Soul of Water & Fire on the Scottish shoreline.

🌿 20–21 October | Soul Water Sauna

Day 1: The Craft of Wild Sauna (20 Oct)
A practical, hands-on day for new sauna owners and survivalists. Learn how to build, heat and operate your own sauna in the wild.

Highlights:
Origins and history of heat
The ancient stone pile at the heart of sauna
Survival ways of heating
Art of Heat: elements of Wild SPA

Day 2: The Soul of Wild Bathing (21 Oct)
A transformational celebration of bathing culture, open to both Day 1 participants and newcomers. Less technical and more immersive, this day blends ritual, ecology and sensory experience.

Highlights:
Building of ancient sauna
The Great Wild Bathing Ritual
A curated journey of the senses
Sauna Peace with Nature Declaration

🎟️ Pricing
Day 1 £220
Day 2 £170
Both days £350 (save £50)

💌 Newsletter subscribers can access a special discount.

📧 For more information, email bookings@soulwatersauna.com

👉 Spaces are very limited. Secure your place now!

26/09/2025

🚨🔥 New Training Alert! 🔥🚨

We’re SO excited to be hosting Rimas Kavaliauskas from the International Bath Academy for two additional days of sauna seminars and workshops at Soul Water Sauna.

Rimas will first appear at Soul Gathering (.gathering) Festival on 18 Oct, then return to guide us through

Wild Bathing: The Soul of Water & Fire on the Scottish shoreline. 🌿 20–21 October | Soul Water Sauna

Day 1: The Craft of Wild Sauna (20 Oct)
A practical, hands-on day for new sauna owners and survivalists. Learn how to build, heat and operate your own sauna in the wild.

Highlights:
Origins and history of heat
The ancient stone pile at the heart of sauna
Survival ways of heating
Art of Heat: elements of Wild SPA

Day 2: The Soul of Wild Bathing (21 Oct)
A transformational celebration of bathing culture, open to both Day 1 participants and newcomers. Less technical and more immersive, this day blends ritual, ecology and sensory experience.

Highlights:
Building of ancient sauna
The Great Wild Bathing Ritual
A curated journey of the senses
Sauna Peace with Nature Declaration

🎟️ Pricing
Day 1 £220
Day 2 £170
Both days £350 (save £50)

💌 Newsletter subscribers can access a special discount.

📧 For more information, email bookings@soulwatersauna.com
👉 Spaces are very limited. Secure your place now!

10/09/2025

SALT & STEAM 🎬❤️‍🔥

A poetic dive into the UK’s sweating & bathing culture and its history.

From Bronze Age remains of possible ancient sweat houses, to the luxurious Roman Baths, to the ingenuity of Victorian vapour machines, we peer into the past and find a forgotten relationship with heat and sweat.

The exciting new wave of UK sauna culture is not just an appreciation of sauna practices from overseas - it is a movement rooted in our own deep historical relationship and very much has a home on our wild, wintery Island.

Our film will be screened 13th & 14th September in for

The last clip is from me (Kirsty) watching the very first public viewing. I was sat in our original sauna in Portobello with members of our Friday Sauna Club with the flickering glow of the stove being the only light, what a wonderful memory to hold. ❤️‍🔥🌿💫

Special thanks to the sauna goers and hosts who gave us their time and voices to show just how rich modern sauna culture on this island really is. We wish we could have shown more of the UK’s amazing saunas, there is always next time…

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Editor - Annabel Moodie
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