SaunaGlo

06/10/2026

🫵 You have the power to direct public funding

The scenic Willamette River is a vital public cold plunge to cherish, protect and promote.

Please unite with us to support the proposal:
A new SAFE & ACCESSIBLE swimming spot for all ages and ability levels at Milwaukie Bay Park across from SaunaGlo.

The new Voter’s Choice Grant Program is a “participatory” democracy.

The official voting for ***Nature in Neighborhoods*** takes place online, and it’s open now until June 15th 🗓️

Find the link in our bio!

Anyone over the age of 10 who lives in the Portland Metro area is eligible to submit their own Voters Choice ballot at the Metro Agency website.

Presently the park at Milwaukie Bay offers a single option for accessible water entry point — a boat launching ramp.

No one wants a tragic injury or death.

It’s commonplace to see kids swimming near boat propellers, and it’s commonplace to see reckless boating.

Further, urban swimming isn’t just about recreation. It’s about public health, community connection, and environmental stewardship.

According to the Alliance swimmable waterways promote physical and mental wellbeing, climate resilience, and ecological awareness. They also help reclaim urban rivers as shared civic spaces, fostering a deeper connection between people and nature.

Further, cities around the world have seen major economic boosts from investing in swimmable urban spaces. A swimming area at Milwaukie Bay Park would attract families, visitors, and water enthusiasts — bringing more foot traffic to downtown shops, cafes, and events.

This project also serves as a catalyst:

This first step would realize a gradual-slope sidewalk leading down to a water entry point. It’s a low-grade ADA accessible plan and would offer predictable footing for bare feet rather than rocks. The vision also includes swim buoys to signal a no-wake zone to boaters.

A follow-up step then could realize a bonafide floating swimmer’s platform and kayak launch dock (great for paddleboarders too!)

Let’s continue to manifest our dreams with optimism and determination, working in unity for good!

05/07/2026

The language of love: Her Mother Tongue. 📣 Speak it often and speak it true. QT? Gifts? Service? A thing more intimate?

Speak the right love language for her

Your partner
Your mother
Your sister-in-law
That friend of long ago

So many women to appreciate this weekend, and lots of ways to make her feel seen, heard, and loved.

Who are those incredible women in your orbit who’ve got a heart of gold and always makes your life better?

Reach out and show her your heart.

Consider our special massage gift bundle but maybe she’d rather make some great memories this Saturday evening at our event, Family Nite Out this weekend.

Check it out and consider signing-up ❤️ and maybe invite grandma to join the fun!

Or buy the bundle that says it all:

𝙼𝚘𝚖’𝚜 𝚁𝚘𝚢𝚊𝚕 𝚃𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝
𝒶 𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻-𝒸𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒷𝓊𝓃𝒹𝓁𝑒

Here at SaunaGlo we’ve crafted something special sure to make a great gesture of appreciation and love:
90-minute massage - deep tissue ashiatsu or relaxation by Vanessa Kapka - just 1 block from the sauna

Premium loose leaf tea - selection of 7 varieties

Day Pass to SaunaGlo for before **&** after massage

All-day downtown parking permit - no parking tickets!

Handmade chocolate truffle by Enchante Chocolatier

Glass of wine, cider, beer or a zero-proof feel good wellness beverage over ice 🍾

04/22/2026

We’re rowing together for Mother Earth! We celebrate our plant for Earth Day 2026 with a big update:

SaunaGlo founders Katie and Michael recently partnered with the City of Milwaukie to jack-hammer away 128 square feet of “concrete jungle” on our block downtown for an urban re-greening project.

This brings more than 100 new native plants and 4(!) street trees to our sidewalk in downtown. 🎉

Why distance nature from everyday life?

Excessive pavement and sparse tree canopy cause “heat islands” in urban areas as pavement absorbs and re-emits solar heat, harming insects, flora and fauna.

Learn more from

Also, a mighty thank you to the crew and

Climate change requires a radical shift: Remember that 116ºF record high temperate “heat dome” of 2021? 🥵

A real wake-up call to protect the planet.

SaunaGlo is proud to invest in a “collector corridor” for the Pollinator Pathway building off the work of countless community volunteers in our neighborhood:

Rotary Club
Milwaukie Garden Club

The City of Milwaukie

Thanks for lighting the way! 🕯️

As so, we’re called to remove invasive weeds and non-natives in order to plant corridors with drought-tolerant native grasses, flowers, shrubs, vines and trees.

So, what the heck is a Pollinator Pathway?

“A public or private corridor of native plants that provide nutrition and habitat for pollinators.”

Butterflies, Lady Bugs, Bumble Bees, Birds, and Bats too will love us for this work! 🪻🦋🐦‍⬛🐞🦇🐝

We should love them back: 1 out of every 3 bites of food you eat is thanks to pollinator creatures. Sadly, pollinator populations are in decline due to habitat loss.

Environmentalism is in our own best interest!

Our Main Street “Insect Highway” helped earn Bee City USA certification to encourage pollinator conservation.

A big thank you to Sauvie Island Natives nursery 🙏 and Lisa Gunion-Rinker

If you feel inspired, join up on Saturday 4/25 at 9:30am for a big volunteer event to clean-up downtown to celebrate Earth Day 2026!

Think globally. Act locally.

04/04/2026

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

03/12/2026

Genuine bliss. Kissed by the spirits of the steam. Aufguss. This Sunday is your indelible memory of aromatics, music, choreographed movement and lots of heat + heart. Those smiles in the sweat tell the story.

Join us for Aufguss Sauna with .in.the.sauna

📅 Sunday, March 15
⏰ 2:00 pm
➡️ $39 per person • $10 members
✨ Enjoy the entire facility before, during and after the performance
🔗 Booking link in bio

03/10/2026

Our nervous system regulates the body based on perceptions of threat and safety.

Sauna gives us both:
• cradling warmth, moisture, peace
• controlled physical stress to reduce baseline threat response

Our facilitator helps hold this safe container for insight, perspective & wisdom that naturally emerge through presence & witnessing.

The spirits of the steam draw the body + mind toward release, rebirth & feeling lighter-than-air: a real medicine for the moment.

There’s still time to sign-up or share with a friend.

JOIN THIS PRACTICE
Thursday 3/12
8:00 PM

Celebrate your gifts and reflect on your inner light this Thursday night.

Consider making it a monthly practice that sets you and your beautiful journey as your intentional focus for healing, heart and wholeness.

An embodied practice for release, clarity, and reorientation — please reach out to Naomi with any questions you might have. She’s a kind soul who’s answering her own call to be of service to the women around her.

Sign-up link in bio or SaunaGlo.com/Events

03/06/2026

The fatigue of switching seasons is real. And 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝 sauna is in season 💯 It’s the full-strength recipe here at SaunaGlo: Intense warming. Deep steam. Gentle cooling. Loving kindness. An alchemy for magic making and mood-boosting surrender. 🪽

And to be in like company around shared ritual, routines, and real down-to-earth humans? That’s the ticket to ride. 🚀

3/7 — 8AM
Running Club & Walking Group

Led by all are welcome! This is a ‘fun run’ vibe we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We take a pedestrian-safe route. It’s always an out-and-back, or an easy loop. Then everyone enjoys a sauna social afterwards. First Saturdays ••• $0

3/12 — 8PM
Guided Sauna Reset for Women

Led by — help your innate wisdom emerge with more insight. Let the combination of heat & heart-centered wisdom work its magic ways in this facilitated after-hours event. First Thursdays ••• $55

3/14 — 5:30PM
Family Nite Out

Join founder at our family fun sauna social when parents connect and kids make fast friends.Second Saturday every month ••• $49

3/15 — 2PM
Aufguss Sauna

Goosebumps in a 200º sauna? .in.the.sauna whips up the warming wind vortex. A multi-sensory ritual inside the sauna combining steam, aroma, music, choreography, and towel-waving movements ••• $39

3/18 — 8PM
Men’s Fire Circle

An intentional circle of gentle men who can share, listen, and reflect, in likeminded company. Join local guys who take off the macho mask and walk a path of growth, respect and love. 1st + 3rd Wednesdays ••• $20-$60

3/19 — 5PM
LGBTQIA+ Sauna Social

Q***r, trans, gay and here for it. Join us in a safe space to sweat, plunge and connect with a friend, or make new ones! Build community at this exclusively LGBTQIA+ space → We love you allies but this one’s for us. All ages welcome ••• $29

3/21 — 8AM
Sunrise Rhythms

Guided by Indigenous song and flute and ancestral energy, experience the vibration of didgeridoo, woodwinds and percussion instruments in order to open pathways of restoration and reflection. Join Patrick Shendo, a tribal member of Taos and Jemez Pueblos of New Mexico, for a musical journey of clarity and renewal ••• $65

02/07/2026

🤩🤩 Wow-za!! Huge thanks to the and for helping this dream become a reality!

The big debut for Sauna Fest next weekend with hundreds of spectators will be pure magic!

Photo Credit: Milwaukie Parks Foundation

01/30/2026

sanctuary and solemnity. some moments are social. others are quiet introspection. we welcome all who need a head-to-toe embrace of the mother nature’s element of humanity: heat.

01/13/2026

Yes!!!

We’re live!!!🔥

Our National Sauna Week conference lineup has been launched! Register now for all 14 sessions (plus a bonus one coming soon!!) February 15-21, online.

Plus: find a sauna near you!!! Deals and discounts from our wonderful sauna partners across North America.

You’re getting warmer!!

It’s all at: NationalSaunaWeek.com

👉https://www.nationalsaunaweek.com/sessions-and-registration