About the Society

Our story

The gap we kept seeing

Sauna Society Singapore was founded by practitioners who kept seeing the same gap over and over: world-class sauna and bath houses run without the craft they deserve, and a lack of etiquette knowledge amongst sauna-goers. We exist to close this gap: to set the standard, spread the culture, and build the community that carries it forward.

A sauna in the hands of a master is not a facility, it is craft with lineage. The culture of sauna and banya was formed and preserved across Central and Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, the CIS and the Baltic states: home of the löyly, parenie and Aufguss.

Our purpose

Why we exist

To establish, promote and uphold the standard of sauna and bathing in Singapore, to educate on its culture and traditions, and to build the community that carries it forward.

What we believe

A craft with lineage

Sauna is a craft, not a commodity. We draw from the sauna and banya traditions of Central and Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, the CIS and the Baltics, and we teach and promote them.

Wellbeing, done well

Sauna and cold plunge are good for body and mind when they’re done right. We champion their benefits and hold venues to the standards that keep them safe and clean: hygiene, air, water and etiquette.

A place for everyone

In the sauna, everyone is equal. We keep the culture open and welcoming, whoever you are, and grow a stronger sauna community that lifts every venue, practitioner and guest.

Our founders

The people behind it

Co-founder

Yana Mihos

Raised inside Kazakhstani, Russian and Scandinavian sauna culture. Japan-trained in Aufguss under leading masters, and the pioneer of Aufguss in Singapore and Hong Kong. She founded Sauna Society Singapore to close that gap.