Sauna Use Guidelines
These sauna use guidelines explain how sessions at Sauna Hus are designed to be safe, calm, and comfortable for all guests. Sauna is not about endurance or pushing limits. It works best when you listen to your body and move through each stage at your own pace.
Guests are encouraged to read this guidance before attending to understand how sessions typically flow and what to expect during their visit.
A calm and traditional approach to sauna
Sauna Hus follows a traditional, wood-fired sauna approach rooted in Scandinavian sauna culture. Sessions are unhurried and designed to allow guests to move naturally between heat, cooling, and rest.
There is no expectation to remain in the sauna for a set amount of time. Most people stay in the heat for a few minutes at a time before stepping out to cool down. Short, repeated rounds are often more comfortable and beneficial than longer stays.
Listening to your body
Everyone responds differently to heat. Guests should leave the sauna immediately if they feel dizzy, uncomfortable, or unwell. Cooling down, hydrating, and resting between rounds is encouraged.
Following these sauna use guidelines helps ensure the experience remains relaxing rather than challenging. Sauna should feel restorative, not demanding.
For more detail on how sessions typically run, guests may wish to read our What to Expect page before attending.
Health, comfort, and safety
Sauna use may support relaxation, stress reduction, circulation, and general wellbeing when used regularly and sensibly. However, sauna is not a medical treatment and should be avoided if you are unwell, feverish, or unsure whether heat exposure is suitable for you.
Our Health & Safety page provides further information about supervision, fire safety, and how the sauna space is managed during sessions.
Sauna Guidelines
Sauna use can also be part of a wider wellbeing routine. We’ve created a series of pages exploring how sauna may support relaxation and stress reduction, respiratory comfort, and general wellbeing when used regularly and sensibly. These pages look at traditional sauna practices, breathing, calm environments, and simple additions such as music or essential oils. Guests are welcome to explore our Relaxation and Stress Reduction, Respiratory Comfort, and Wellbeing Practices guidelines to learn more about how sauna fits into a balanced approach to rest and recovery.
Respecting the shared space
Sauna Hus is a shared environment. Guests are asked to be mindful of others, keep noise low, and follow staff guidance at all times. The stove is operated by staff only, and water should only be added to the heater when advised.
Our approach reflects traditional sauna practice and guidance commonly shared by organisations such as the British Sauna Society.