Inside a small sauna: a dark stove with its door glowing, sauna stones on top, steam drifting over the wooden benches

Slow down.

A sauna in Tallaght, under the Four Wellness roof. Opening soon.

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Round one

Sit in the heat.

Find a spot on the bench, close your eyes and let the warmth do the work. Stay until your shoulders drop and your breath slows down, often around ten minutes. Listen to your body, not the clock.

Nobody is timing you. Nobody is talking shop. That is the point.

Flames curling round a log behind the stove glass

Split logs stacked by the door, lit warm from the side

Outside a dark timber cabin at blue hour in light rain, a grey towel on a peg above a wooden bench

Cool down.

Step out into the cool air, or under a cold shower. Let the heat leave you on its own. Breathe in through your nose, slowly. Then breathe out longer than you breathed in.

A plain wooden bench by a tall rain-streaked window, a linen towel and a glass of water on it

Breathe in.
Breathe out.

Rest about as long as you were in the heat. Have some water. Say nothing, or say plenty. Then, when you are ready, go again.

Water poured from a wooden ladle onto hot sauna stones, steam rising

Round two

Water on the stones.

The Finns call the steam that rises löyly. The same word once meant breath, or spirit. Ladle on a little water and the room comes alive.

Find your still.

Less noise. More heat. Opening soon in Tallaght.

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Rain on a window at sunset, the low sun blurred behind the drops

Cool down again. Slower this time.

Two or three rounds is plenty. You will walk out lighter than you walked in.

Opening soon.

Still Sauna opens soon at the Four Wellness building in Tallaght. Tell us when you would come and we will let you know first when the doors open.