02/10/2026
🌿 AUTOIMMUNE & CHRONIC CONDITION SAUNA SESSIONS AT SONDER 🌿
Do you live with an autoimmune condition, chronic fatigue, persistent pain, stress or anxiety?
Perhaps you’ve got MS, rheumatoid arthritis, another inflammatory condition, Raynaud’s, ME/CFS, or simply a body that seems to have forgotten the instruction manual.
We’re building a small community at Sonder for people who want to explore whether sauna, cold exposure and contrast therapy can become part of their wellbeing toolkit.
And we want more people to join us.
There’s growing scientific interest in heat and cold exposure and their effects on circulation, the cardiovascular system, stress responses and psychological wellbeing. Research in rheumatic conditions also suggests that non-drug approaches and psychological/stress-management interventions can have meaningful effects on things like fatigue, pain and quality of life.
But we’re not claiming that sauna or cold water cures autoimmune disease. The evidence simply isn’t there yet.
Instead, we’re interested in something much more useful:
Could carefully adapted heat, cooling, breathing, relaxation and time with other people help some of us feel better?
That’s what we’re exploring.
🔥 Lower or gentler sauna temperatures when appropriate
🧊 Adapted cold exposure, or no cold at all if that's not suitable
🌿 Time to rest and recover
🤝 A supportive group of people who understand that living with a chronic condition can be bloody exhausting
💬 No pressure, no competition and absolutely no requirement to prove anything
The sessions are almost free, (we ask a donation of £5 if possible, but no pressure if that's not doable) because we want cost to be as little of a barrier as possible while we learn together.
We've also created a WhatsApp group for people interested in the sessions, where we can share dates, talk about experiences and build a little community around it.
If you have an autoimmune condition, chronic fatigue, persistent pain, anxiety/stress, or another long-term condition and you're curious about sauna/contrast therapy, we'd love you to join us.
⚠️ A sensible note: these sessions aren't medical treatment and aren't intended to replace medical care. Some conditions can make heat or cold exposure unsuitable or require significant modification. In particular, MS can involve heat sensitivity, and cold exposure may not be appropriate for everyone with Raynaud's. We'll take an individual, gentle approach rather than assuming one protocol works for everyone.
Come and explore. Listen to your body. See what it tells you.
📍 Sonder Experience, Lopemede Farm
🌿 Wild sauna + cold plunge + countryside
💚 Almost-free autoimmune sessions
📲 Join the WhatsApp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/C8wWqDVFmgsFsnKsQwAyZk?mode=gi_t
