First Slomo tee off the press thanks to @teemillstore … @josiedabank is designing a full collection in our house colours so watch this space #slomo #contrasttherapy

We’ve teamed up with the lovely folk at @deuslodge and @jimmysicedcoffee to give one lucky winner (and + 1), a complimentary day at Slomo’s Nordic Spa Christchurch, a night’s stay inc. breakfast at Deus Lodge and a year’s subscription of Jimmy’s Iced Coffee! Open every weekend, Christchurch is the best Slomo location yet. Overlooking the River Stour at Elkins Boatyard, it is home to two large saunas and three ice baths with parasol shaded lounge areas and beach hut style changing rooms. A session there is the perfect antidote to the neverending chitter-chatter of 21st Century life, whilst enjoying the views. Slomo is the brainchild of Camp Bestival co-founders Rob and Josie da Bank who are passionate about bringing wellness through contrast therapy to the masses. With a bar, restaurant and beautifully curated stylish rooms, Deus Lodge offers everything for a comfortable and relaxing stay. Only a five mins walk from Boscombe beach too. TO ENTER: - Like this post. - Follow @slomo_wellness, @deuslodge and @jimmysicedcoffee - Tag the person below you’d love to take with you. Ts & Cs: - This competition ends at midnight on Monday 23 September, after which the winner will be randomly selected. - The night at Deus Lodge has to be taken on one of the following dates: 28.09, 5.10, 19.10, 16.11. - One prize bundle only for one winner only. - Entrants must be over 18. - No cash or prize alternatives.

New session 🚨 Saturday Night Sweat is an adults only, quiet sauna time and dose of super relaxation at our Christchurch venue for those of us who aren’t ready to hibernate with the 📺 and radiators quite yet. A special elongated session lasting two hours designed for aimlessly drifting between our wood fired saunas, ice baths and riverside deckchairs and includes free tea, salty snacks and optional Scandinavian whisking! Go alone or take a few friends … Bookings open now in bio… and Isle of Wight crew don’t get FOMO as we have some super exciting expansion news for you very soon 🙏

Looking like a wonderful weekend for a sauna … sat atop a cliff on the Isle of Wight or in between two meandering rivers at Christchurch we’ll be fired up and ready to welcome you with open arms, wood fired stoves and cold plunges or open seas … private and communal bookings in 🔗 in bio #slomo #saunafulness

We can be a bit shy about shouting about what we’ve achieved as we love being busy, working hard and sometimes forget to reflect … but am super proud of what me and Josie (and our amazing team) have done in the last year on @slomo_wellness … with 6 saunas now up and running across the UK and 2 really exciting additions coming this winter it’s gonna be a steamy autumn and this is just the start … saunaing and getting in cold water as often as we can has changed our mental and physical health in some many positive ways.. and you don’t have to own a sauna to do it! Just use one of the amazing UK sauna community’s … guaranteed there will be one within 20 miles of you.. or there will be by next week ☺️ 🥵 🥶 awesome 🎥 by @samscadgell

We don’t care what you wear in the Slomo saunas… though stilettos and wetsuits aren’t recommended … 👠 🤿… we encourage everyone to bring a towel to sit on for hygiene and a towel to dry off and swimwear might work for you but otherwise come as you are… private and communal sessions available this Saturday and Sunday Isle of Wight and Christchurch.. if it’s raining you’ll stay dry and warm and if it’s sunny you’ll stay chilled 🥰

September! It’s the new New Year.. why wait until January to get yourself feeling good again! Summer’s nearly over, the kids are back to school and we’re possibly feeling like we need a burst of fresh air and a vital organ detox so the Slomo meadow on the Isle of Wight is waiting for you… With our hand crafted double level yurt fully furnished and interior designed by @josiedabank with capacity to sleep 6, fully fitted toilets and starlit shower, oven, hob, fridge and wood burning stove.. nestled in a wild flower meadow with access straight into the sea for wild swimming or use the free kayaks and paddleboards for an aqua adventure to Yarmouth or up the coast to Newtown Creek if you’re feeling strong! You can also add on meditation lessons with Robby, yoga and fitness classes, bike hire and as much free local advice as you need. DM us for more info ℹ️ 🛖 🏕️

STOP THE PRESS!! After a long debate and many discussions our insurer and the insurer of many of our sauna peers have decided it is ok to insure children under 16 in our saunas. This is epic news for families and sauna fans who do sauna with their kids in a safe, responsible way. On our trip to Finland this year we realised just how far behind countries with much longer sauna traditions we are… which is fine but the quicker we can address it the better our overall health will become and we’ll start to catch up with the happiest countries in the world .. anyway back to Slomo.. we realise many people use the sauna as a quiet escape and place of solace or to be honest the one place they can escape from their own kids 😉 so from this weekend we will be welcoming familles and kids who are accompanied by an adult but we’ll keep the earlier and later slots to adults only 🔞… and we’ll see how it pans out and adjust as necessary … me and Josie have saunas every week with our 8, 14, 16 and 18 year old and they all treat it respectfully and love the peace and quiet and gentle steam so why not give it a try.. we’ll do a seperate post on dos and donts of saunaing as a family but thanks @blythinandbrown_ for your help and vision 🧒 👧🏼 👦 🥰 thanks @benjamin.a.cooke Uffa and Eti for the 📷

Shout out to @infernowellnesswarrior aka Jesse who not only knows how to run a mean sauna, roll out some righteous rituals and help even the most fearful person through an ice bath but is also fastidious with her cleanliness … thanks for deep cleaning Sauna #1 (we must come up with a better name) @nationaltrust Compton Beach to sparkly perfection … 🧽 🧼

Despite the weather which we always welcome at Slomo (whatever it is) it was an awesome weekend at both our sites on the Isle of Wight and Christchurch and we’re getting busier every week with more returning customers and newbies eager to experiment and enjoy contrast therapy…. Shout out to our sauna hosts and hard working crew @infernowellnesswarrior @niktorrens Joe and Simon… as we head into September we’re deep cleaning our saunas, refreshing our treatment offerings and getting excited for Autumn… or possibly an Indian Summer 🙏

We might not have quite the same location as this wondrous sauna in British Columbia but we do feel our Isle of Wight and Christchurch saunas are close on the UK best views front! Both saunas are open Saturday and Sunday this weekend for cosy communal sessions or bring ya mates private saunas… 🔗 in bio ✨

How many dippers can you fit in a tin? More than you think! It was great to have local sea-swimming group, Nipple Dippers of Avon Beach, down for a private hire on Sunday. With two saunas and a number of plunge pools, all of which offering something a little different, Slomo Christchurch is perfect for large groups. The whole site hire is available for just £150, and you can bring up to 16 people, such great value! Whether it is a special occasion of just a group get-together, book yourself in for a sauna hang-out. The fun of jumping into the ice cold plunge together never gets old - our Nipple Dippers had a Monkey’s Chorus going on a one point - all those oohs, and ahhs and howls of laughter. Thanks for coming, gang! #slomo

SEPTEMBER dates are now going live … with a super busy July and August under our belts we’re aiming to autumn at both our sites … every month is a good one for saunas and cold plunges.. if it’s hot outside the 🥶 feels great if it’s cold outside the sauna 🔥 warms us up… and we get healthier and happier to boot… ps we do know it’s a bit more scientific than that but we’ll talk about that on another post! This weekend busying up on both sites and on tour @campbestivalshropshire so check 🔗 in bio to book ✌️🙏

That moment when you realise your hobby has taken over every living minute of your life #saunaaddict #slomo

We were thrilled to see Slomo’s Isle of Wight, Compton Bay sauna included in a write-up in The Guardian magazine on ‘Ten New Reasons to Visit the British Seaside this Summer’. Isle of Wight is the motherland of Slomo Wellness and where it all started, followed by the recent opening of the Slomo wild spa at Elkins Boatyard in Christchurch. Plans for more openings soon too. Watch this space 👀 Seeing everyone experience the fun and benefits of sweat and ice bathing over the past few weeks has been a real joy. As well as The Guardian and a lot of local press, we’ve also been included in The Mirror as well as Cosmopolitan’s recent travel guide on the Isle of Wight. Hit our current stories to read all three articles in full. Available in Press Highlights forever more 👆 #theslomoway #contrasttherapy #icebathing #sauna #slomowellness #elkinsboatyard #isleofwight #comptonbay #dorset

So @josiedabank and @robdabank1973 started Slomo as a collaborative, inclusive movement to spread health, happiness and joy through contrast therapy … after 30 years working together (and sharing the same 🛌) we love working with other people … @haar.sauna on the incredible St Ninians Beach in the Shetland Isles and the Slomo sauna on @nationaltrust Compton Bay are two of the finest spots in the UK … and just about as far apart as you can get in the British Isles … approx 829.1 miles to be exact! Who’s been to both?! Shout out to the whole UK sauna community for being so open and helpful .. Isle of Wight 📷 by @samscadgell 🏊‍♀️🔥🩳👙☀️ 🧊

Slomo captured beautifully @wildernesshq by @paulwf 📷

Spend your weekend slowing down at Slomo at our two sites on the Isle of Wight and Christchurch … opening hours and slots left avail in bio 🩳🩱👙☀️

Dancing for joy at Slomo Wild Spa @wildernesshq … day three and we have such incredible feedback.. we could have sold out three times over so thanks all who came and sweated and iced and got a bit slower for an hour or two… this is just the beginning of the Slomo journey with @robdabank1973 and @josiedabank and our amazing team as we take this beautiful practice from the seashores and fields to the high street and beyond over the next few months and years… we’ve had so many transformational experiences from folk over this weekend and in the past year and it’s plain to see how 🔥 and 🧊 can help so many people .. us included.. thanks @i.am.i.mo for inviting us and huge sweaty shout to @infernowellnesswarrior for holding the space for everyone at all hours.. you rock! Also our amazing team @niktorrens @guychitt @sarah_wildernesspr @intunedrinks for keeping us mellow and the wild people of Wilderness … see you next Compton Bay, Isle of Wight, Elkins Boatyard @club_casita Christchurch and @campbestivalshropshire 🏖️