Meet the team behind SchwitZen Saunas

SchwitZen: pronounced *Shhh-vit-Zen*

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Martin and Laura are Fremantle locals. They’re in love with music, nature, finding moments to cherish in the here-and-now, and each other.

No big surprise - they love to sauna!

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We are conscious of our impact on this earth and believe in a circular economy. We make every attempt to minimise our ecological footprint.

Our saunas are new, but almost everything else in our studio has been sourced second-hand or upcycled.

Reduce, re-use, repurpose, recycle.

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Meet Martin

As a German native and Australian citizen, Martin grew up engaging in regular European style sauna, which mixes traditional Finnish sauna (think lots of wood, white towels, variable humidity and steam controlled by ladling water onto hot rocks) and Kneipp therapy. When he immigrated to Australia, he found the sauna culture incredibly different and thus he began searching for the perfect way to experience the kind of sauna he most enjoys.

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Meet Laura

While traveling Europe, Laura was able to experience sauna the traditional European way (an initially confronting experience considering the amount of skin and strangers!) but found that she loved it and has always sought a similar but more private experience in Australia. Laura has a background in physiotherapy and health care, and advocates for mindfulness and mental health practices.

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While engaging in sauna during a visit to family in Germany in 2019, we envisioned developing our own space in Australia. 

Several years later, we are finally here.

Welcome to our Zen space -  glückliches Schwitzen!