SaunaGlo

10/04/2026

Yes — Sauna 𝙘𝙖𝙣 change the world! The International International Sauna Congress 2026 in Oslo planted a flag for a shared future with this bold declaration.

If you want to know how world peace and sauna fit together: Substack alert! Our dear friend and Doctoral Researcher Becky Pelkonen Becky Pelkonen just dropped her write-up summarizing some of the most powerful take-home messages with resonance that will last a long time.

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10/01/2026

10/01/2026

One week ago... time stood still in Norway. 🇳🇴 a country unmatched for its magical wonders. We got chills listening to these powerful words and emotions — aufguss bumps during these moments of awe.

600+ sauna nerds from around the globe.

at the 19th Worldwide Sauna Congress 🌐 — the epicenter of our field’s thought leaders…

as we celebrating our growing cultural movement 🔥

And protect it as we promote the critical sustainability factors of this heritage of humanity: the sauna sweat bath

Sending our love and light to the newly minted father, estigarild of and the man of the moment:

At the community level, women are leading the way, and we can’t help but hold on to our connection to of , of and of and

HUGE thanks to and for the still photos and the fuel for our collective fire here in North America.

09/16/2026

Death is hard. Sudden loss, even more. The worst? Self-inflicted death. Su***de is heavy.

134 beautiful humans die 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙮 in the U.S.

~50,000 per year 💜🩵

Prevention is critical to save lives — and starts before a crisis

We’ve got to work together. It’s the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S. and the 2nd leading cause of death for young people 15-34

We all have a role to play: from families and schools to workplaces, public saunas, faith communities and health care systems.

Su***de-related deaths were 4x higher among boys / men. We know sauna can help everyone, and especially men, connect.

When people feel connected, valued, and supported, they are more likely to seek help. And when communities come together around a shared commitment to prevention, lives are saved.

We’ve got to break the stigma! It’s not uncommon — 14.3 million adults who struggle with thoughts of su***de. Our co-founder Michael has lived this experience. And you probably know someone too.

A 2026 study published in International Journal of Circumpolar Health cites findings how sauna can make a difference:

ꜱᴏᴄɪᴀʟ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀɴᴇꜱꜱ ᴡᴀꜱ ʀᴀɴᴋᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇ ʙʏ ᴍᴇɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ-ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ ʙʏ ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ. ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴇɴ, ᴡʜᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ꜰᴇᴡᴇʀ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇ ꜱᴏᴄɪᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀᴄᴛꜱ ᴏᴜᴛꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴘᴀʀᴛɴᴇʀ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱʜɪᴘꜱ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ ᴅᴏ, ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴀᴜɴᴀ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴀɴ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ ꜱᴏᴄɪᴀʟ ᴀʀᴇɴᴀ, ᴀꜱ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ꜱᴏᴄɪᴀʟʟʏ ᴀᴄᴄᴇᴘᴛᴀʙʟᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴏᴄɪᴀʟɪꜱᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴀʟᴋ

And the report concludes:

ꜱʜᴀʀᴇᴅ ꜱᴀᴜɴᴀ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇꜱ ꜱᴛʀᴇɴɢᴛʜᴇɴ ꜱᴏᴄɪᴀʟ ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ ... ᴀ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀꜰᴜʟ ꜰᴀᴄɪʟɪᴛᴀᴛᴏʀ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜ-ᴘʀᴏᴍᴏᴛɪɴɢ ʙᴇʜᴀᴠɪᴏᴜʀ. ꜱᴏᴄɪᴀʟ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀɴᴇꜱꜱ ᴇɴʜᴀɴᴄᴇꜱ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴇᴀɴɪɴɢ, ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪɴᴄʀᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴘᴏꜱɪᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴀꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇɪɴꜰᴏʀᴄᴇ ɴᴏʀᴍꜱ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ꜱᴇʟꜰ-ᴄᴀʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴄᴏᴠᴇʀʏ … ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴏᴄɪᴀʟ ᴅɪᴍᴇɴꜱɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴀᴜɴᴀ ʙᴀᴛʜɪɴɢ ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛꜱ ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜ ᴘʀᴏᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴ ʙʏ ᴇᴍʙᴇᴅᴅɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇʜᴀᴠɪᴏᴜʀ ɪɴ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴᴀʟ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱʜɪᴘꜱ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇʙʏ ᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ ɪᴛ ᴀᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱɪʙʟᴇ, ᴍᴇᴀɴɪɴɢꜰᴜʟ, ᴀɴᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇʟʏ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴍᴀɪɴᴛᴀɪɴᴇᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛɪᴍᴇ.

We know and we hope more people discover its power and potential.

08/31/2026

The real truth about SaunaGlo? Yes means more ... when we say no first. We say no where it counts.

No to a profit-first focus.

No to what’s fake & hollow.

Sorry not sorry for sharing some of our “hot takes” about the wild west of an ever-expanding public sauna provider field.

It’s not to preach, but teach. We come in ☮️

1. To take sauna is to steam bathe. Water makes steam. It isn’t optional.

2. We don’t keep the meter running — lose yourself fully, the clock isn’t ticking. Day pass = all day. No time limits.

3. Sauna caretakers are equals: We train our crew to be real, relate, & expect equality with each guest, not be invisible ‘spa attendants’ who must lose their humanity for the sake of a perfect “guest experience”

4. Fancy spas exclude. Public saunas invite. We cater to the very young + our elders because ageism is ugly. All ages 7 days a week. Judgment free.

5. There’s 10+ millennia of tradition here: Bio-hacking, leveling-up and merit badges don’t align.

To call any heated room a sauna is to call a folded-up slice of Wonder Bread a taco. It’s culturally tone-deaf.

08/11/2026

What a Summer of Wild Success for access ♿️ 🎉💰🤯 𝙲𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 & 𝚂𝚊𝚟𝚎

We’re blown away. 🤯 The Metro grant vote results are in: WE DID IT!! 🎉

The #1 project in the Voters Choice contest is our pet project: Open Water Swimming Access at Milwaukie Bay Park 👏 across from SaunaGlo with ♿️ ADA design!

The City Council just approved the project budget dedicating $166,400 in funding. They also voted to explore construction of a non-motorized swimming dock ✔️✔️✔️ Thank you to Human Access Project and City of Milwaukie, Oregon

To mark the moment, it’s our best deal ever: the extra special 5 pack is back for a limited time at a total steal of a deal:

Just $11 per Day Pass 🙌

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We’re also celebrating the 1st-ever Kids Bike Bus Kidical Mass PDX community bike ride connecting Milwaukie to Sellwood!! We saw more than 60 people join-in the fun. One more cheers for the brand new public park we opened this summer with live music for all: Porch Fest by Milwaukie Arts Committee

08/07/2026

Come ride bikes with us tomorrow!! A summertime bike bus is going down Saturday August 8th at 10AM — AAAAAAND all riders 14 and under can enter A RAFFLE PRIZE drawing to win a brand new woom bikes USA WOOM bicycle!!

Partnering with friends from SMILE Sellwood Community House Kidical Mass PDX for a kids’ Bike Summer Bike Summer ride.

We’ll meet up at The Shack at Sellwood Park and ride to Milwaukie Bay Park to the river front and back again. Thanks for spreading the word! Hope to see ya there 😝❤️

Go by Bike 🚴🏽 and save some $

We’re proud announce our new Helmet Discount offer 📣

Inspired by our friends at Cafe Cinco Siete in Sellwood! CincoSietePDX

All guests who visit SaunaGlo on 2 wheels get $2-off their Day Pass! 🪩

That’s just $17 to sauna on weekdays before 2pm

And did you know? We don’t have 1-hour timeslots or 90-minute sessions…

No tricks: Day Pass means ALL d@mn day!

The best value in town, just got better. 🤑

We also have lots of support for riders:

Loaner bike locks
Free E-bike charging (BYO cable)
A tire air pump
A handy multi-tool 🛠️

So proud of the for leading the way: installing bike parking all over downtown sidewalks and investing in safer cycling routes around town.

Let’s fill those racks this summer and reduce our reliance on cars to take us where we want to go.

Huge thanks to SaunaGlo+ member Robert for including our saunamoji logo on his helmet. You are the coolest… erhm… hottest? 🥵🥶🤪

07/22/2026

Hot off the press!! Congratulations to on winning the Best of Portland reader choice award! Incredible space that elevates PDX as a world-class thermal destination. And one way to level up even more: please add a bucket and ladle in your sauna 🪨💦♨️

Interestingly, doesn’t go for steam in the sauna either! Thankfully one on this list is lifting the spirits of the löyly, since 1978, Portland’s O.G. bathhouse:

Guests at SaunaGlo are highly encouraged to go to town with the steam — we provide a huge ladle, a 5 gallon basin of water that’s always full, and over 500 pounds of stones surrounding our dual heaters.

Real sauna requires the freedom for folks to bathe in the moisture at-will. It’s a softer steam that should always cradle and caress, never sting.

🇫🇮 The term in Finland: Lämpömassa, which is the Finnish word translating to “heat mass” and relates to the thermal capacity of the sauna stove and the characteristics of how a high-fidelity sauna provides a pleasing steam experience with depth and enveloping, fresh air flow rather than a knockoff ‘sauna’ that stifles and stings. Lots of rocks are requisite! Thanks .com_ for all crucial guidance and wisdom… wind in our sails 🌬️

04/04/2026

Love coming back to this event! Thank you Nordic Northwest!!