PLANNED OPENING TIMES (we are not officially opened yet)

Wednesdays 6pm - 8pm (biweekly)

Friday 2pm - 8pm

Saturday & Sunday 9 am - 6 pm

NATTIU is an early-stage wellness venture focused on delivering evidence-informed heat and cold exposure experiences that support physical recovery, stress management, and overall wellbeing. The initial pilot is planned for Cramond Foreshore in Edinburgh, offering wood-fired sauna sessions, guided Aufguss experiences, and cold-water immersion as part of a structured contrast therapy protocol. Growing research suggests that regular sauna bathing and controlled cold exposure may contribute to cardiovascular health, recovery, relaxation, and social wellbeing when undertaken safely.

The business will launch with a small-scale sauna operation and is designed to scale through a trailer-mounted mobile sauna and, ultimately, a floating boat sauna on Edinburgh's waterways. NATTIU aims to provide accessible outdoor wellness experiences while contributing to Edinburgh's growing health, tourism, and blue-green economy sectors through a distinctive, science-informed service model.

The Background Story

NaTTiU began as an idea during an innovation weekend nearly four years ago, in 2022. I was placed into a team with complete strangers from very different backgrounds, and together we developed and pitched my project — a concept that has evolved and changed many times since then.

But one thing never disappeared: my love towards a good sauna session.

Through every pivot, challenge, and new direction, sauna times remained constant. It became my place to slow down, reset, and think clearly. A quiet ritual that kept me grounded. I loved the feeling of stepping out into the cold air afterwards and realising something had shifted: breathing deeper, thinking differently, feeling lighter somehow.

What started as curiosity soon became an obsession with the ritual itself: the glow of the fire, the crackle of wood, the scent of steam rising from hot stones, and the sharp awakening I felt after the cold water. But beyond the contrasts of heat and cold, sauna sessions also awakened something creative in me. Ideas flowed differently there. Conversations became more honest. Silence became comfortable.

In January 2023, after meeting Aurora in Iceland for the first time, that curiosity deepened into something much bigger. I began exploring Nordic sauna traditions, cold immersion, thermal rituals, and the culture surrounding sauna spaces across Europe. What fascinated me most was the simplicity of it all: fire, water, wood, stillness, and human connection.

To me, sauna became more than wellness.
- It became a reset.
- A creative space.
- A moment of presence in a world that rarely slows down.

NaTTiU was created to bring a small piece of that atmosphere to Scotland: a nature-inspired space shaped by wood, steam, minimalism, a good habit, warmth and cold. Somewhere to pause between busy days. Somewhere to breathe, reflect, create, and reconnect.

Whether you arrive for recovery, reflection, connection, creativity, or simple curiosity, the intention remains the same:

to leave feeling lighter than when you arrived.

:)

“ Saying Yes to…challenging the limits our minds perceive as boundaries… always… “