Wild wellness · Teesside, UK

Come for
the heat.
Stay for the
connection.

Wood-fired sauna, cold water and good people—gathered in the places that make us feel alive.

The experience

Less wellness theatre.
More feeling alive.

No marble spas. No hushed voices. Just real heat, open water and a welcoming space to switch off, open up and meet somebody new.

Sauna + sea

Wood-fired heat on the edge of the North Sea, with space to dip, breathe and come back to yourself.

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South Gare · Public sessions

Riverside reset

A slower rhythm beside the River Leven: sauna rounds, cold water and conversation that lingers.

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Yarm · Seasonal sessions

Bring the heat

A roaming sauna for retreats, festivals, run clubs and private gatherings—built around your people and place.

North East + beyond · Enquiries open

What’s on

Your next good story
starts here.

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Dress to Sweat

A night of connection on the beach: soundtrack-led yoga with Andy Ankers, dancing with Blake, then wood-fired sauna and sea dips as the sun goes down.

Where: Teesside coast
When: 5pm until late

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Dress to Sweat event artwork: one sauna, one sunset and one dancefloor at South Gare Beach — Movement, music, heat and sea air on the Teesside coast.

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The story

It began before sunrise, in very cold water.

The Melting Pot grew from a small Tuesday-morning dipping group and a simple realisation: the best kind of wellbeing brings people together.

What started at 5:30am on the Teesside coast became a roaming wood-fired sauna, then more than 40 gatherings across beaches, riversides, retreats, festivals and run clubs. Every format changes. The feeling never does.

“Not somewhere to escape life. Somewhere to feel fully in it.”

Now brewing

The sauna was only
the first spark.

The Melting Pot Project is becoming an ecosystem for good coffee, music, movement and the kind of community that makes a place matter.

The Pot.

Speciality coffee, without the cold attitude.

A mobile coffee bar bringing properly good coffee to coastlines, events and the moments after the sauna.

Arriving next

Gatherings

More ways to move, listen and reconnect.

Breathwork, sound, yoga, music and collaborations—curated as experiences, never added as extras.

In the works

A permanent home

One place for the whole idea.

Coffee, food, music, heat and community under one roof: a place you arrive at and never want to leave.

The big dream

Let’s make something memorable

Want to bring
the heat?

Retreats, festivals, private gatherings and collaborations across the North East and beyond. Tell us what you are planning and we’ll come back to you.

Prefer to write directly? melting.sauna@outlook.com

Come forthe heat.Stay for theconnection.

Less wellness theatre.More feeling alive.