Forest Hill's first Sauna and Cold Plunge!

Aim

We are opening an 8-person outdoor sauna and cold plunge deck in the heart of Forest Hill which champions affordability and community!

We are Mind Yoga and Pilates - a mindful movement studio that puts community at its core. We have been open in the heart of Forest Hill for just over two years, and we are dedicated to ensuring that moving your body is not reserved for only those with expensive activewear. We stand for intimate, safe, and professional classes designed for people with normal bodies and normal bank accounts. We are so proud of everything that we have created in this short time being on the high street, and we have been looking for new ways to grow this community without simply raising our prices to meet rising running costs.

Cue PROJECT SAUNA...

We would like to utilise our downstairs garden space by creating a serene wooden deck with an 8-person sauna, a tiled outdoor shower and 2 cold plunge baths. We will also be sprucing up the whole of our lower floor with a brand new changing room, complete with changing cubicles and a cosy seating area for post-sauna chilling. 

We hope to create this space keeping the Mind ethos at its core. In the studio, we pride ourselves on offering those personal touches at no extra cost that make a class special: free yoga mats, complimentary toiletries, and sanitary products. The sauna will be no exception to this: free towels for use when you visit, as well as herbal teas and refreshments in our changing room. We also hope to keep our design as bright and serene as our main studio - think cosy energy - a covered outdoor deck with plants, soft lighting and atmospheric tunes playing. 

As a business that has put affordability at the centre of everything we do - we do not quite have the funds available for a project of this scale. For this reason we are looking to YOU - our wonderful community to support this project in any way that you can to help us open Forest Hill's first hot/cold therapy space. If everyone that has ever been through our door gave just £20 we would greatly exceed our goal. A small price to pay for a brand new local staple.

Should we raise enough to complete this project, we aim to be open on a variety of weekday mornings, evenings and weekends and at times that are highly compatible with our class schedule. Picture the scene - you are up on a Saturday morning with a yoga class, followed by a sauna session, before heading off to your favourite coffee spot. If this sounds like a piece of you, we have multiple ways that you can get involved from small one-off donations, all the way up to buying a founding sauna membership. We have lovingly curated packages that come with many benefits as a huge thank you for supporting this small business and helping us take our next step. 

The timescale of this project is highly determined by the speed at which we can raise this money, however our aim is to begin renovations towards the end of the year.

If you have any questions, we are always open to hearing them. Pop us an email anytime at [email protected]

We can't wait for you to see what we have in store for this exciting new chapter!

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 19th November 2026 at 12:36pm