04/16/2025
Irony - "a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result"
I started this company 9 months ago to bring people together to sauna. I believe that gathering with loved ones, and meeting new people, is essential to human happiness and health. From research, we know that those who maintain close relationships are more likely to live a longer life, on average, than those that don't. In addition, I believe that saunas are wonderful for your health and happiness as well. Finland, the country that just ranked as the happiest again 8 years running, has more saunas per capita than anywhere else in the world, by a wide margin. They also happen to live a long time.
Together, the health benefits from sauna, and spending time with others in a sauna, is the cornerstone of Elemental Saunas. I want to connect people through sauna not just to experience the health benefits, but to share them with others. Through the mobile saunas and custom builds, I hope to bring people together, and to build a culture of sauna in the White Mountains.
The irony is that over the last 9 months, I have spent the majority of my time alone, freezing my fingers and my butt off. Early mornings sending emails, late nights working on the website, and long days building have left me to my own thoughts more than I care to admit, and they are not always pleasant. Building through the winter season meant that most of the time I couldn't feel my extremities.
But, for brief moments after I complete a project, I try and share the new build with friends and sauna lovers. These photos capture such a day.
I am so grateful to be working towards my dream of building a sauna culture here, where I live. And incredibly thankful to share that dream, and the journey of building it, with such a wonderful community.
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