How It Started

Hey, I'm Zach, the guy behind SF Sauna.

When I was 27, I was working on a farm and messed up my back.

This injury spiraled into three years of debilitating pain and muscle tension throughout my body.

After trying many other ways to fix my back and heal from pain, I tried using my gym sauna before starting my physical therapy exercises.

I noticed two big things— I felt more "in my body" and attuned to physical sensations, and it was the first time in three years where my muscles felt loose.

I started to rely on this routine and felt so much better on days when I used the sauna. Now my pain and tension was getting better, but my life revolved around getting to gym to use a sauna seven days a week.

I wanted a sauna at home, but after looking into options, I realized the process was a mess— all traditional saunas required extensive home electrical modification, and the installation process was a hassle.

This was surprising and frustrating, and it seemed obvious to me that there could to be a better way. I became obsessed with making a sauna that avoided the complexity of every other sauna (removing the need for electrical infrastructure upgrades was the biggest one).

I spent months building and testing new sauna designs in my backyard until I made something I was happy with.

I realized other people might want something like this too, so I started SF Sauna to make it happen.