WorldSprings’ Aufguss Sauna Has Drawn More Than 25,000 Guests Near Dallas
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The event sauna in The Colony runs more than 30 classes a week for about 50 people each, usually 80 to 90 percent full, and every session comes with a soak reservation.
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Fifty people on the benches, one towel, ten to fifteen minutes. That is an aufguss session at WorldSprings in The Colony, north of Dallas, and more than 25,000 guests have now sat through one, the company told SaunaNews on November 10.
WorldSprings runs more than 30 aufguss classes a week in its event sauna. About 50 people fit in each session, and they typically run 80 to 90 percent full. Sessions happen every day and come with every soak reservation, with no separate ticket or class fee, according to WorldSprings.
Aufguss at WorldSprings
- Where WorldSprings, Grandscape, The Colony, Texas
- Guests so far more than 25,000
- Classes more than 30 a week, every day
- Session size about 50 people, typically 80 to 90 percent full
- Length 10 to 15 minutes
- Cost included with a soak reservation
- Sauna masters eight new aufguss masters trained by Andrew Oliver
- Heat Harvia heaters
Eight new sauna masters
An aufguss needs someone to lead it. Andrew Oliver has trained eight new aufguss masters to run the sessions, WorldSprings told SaunaNews. Between rounds, guests can step out to 55°F cold plunges a few steps from the sauna door.
WorldSprings opened in The Colony in June 2024 and added the event sauna for its two-year anniversary, along with six other new saunas, Health Club Management reported in July. The property has more than 40 mineral pools and has welcomed more than half a million visitors since it opened.
Aufguss as part of the day
Because the class comes with a soak reservation, a guest who came for the pools can try one on the day, and with sessions running close to full, plenty of them do. Operators weighing their own program can read our look at the business of aufguss in the US and our guide to how sauna masters are trained.
WorldSprings also runs Iron Mountain Hot Springs in Colorado, home of its Sauna Summit.
