A place to sēk your best self.

Why we built it

Cat was a working mom juggling training, work, stress, and family. Thirty minutes in an infrared sauna was the one thing that always helped. She wanted a place to do it right.

We looked, here and around the country. Most places had shared saunas that were not clean or private, and menus that did not add up. So we built our own. sēk opened on Liberty Pike in July 2021 with Sunlighten infrared pods and a full-size cabin, Celluma red light therapy, and pressotherapy, each in its own room. The cold plunge came later, once we knew it belonged.

Five years on, sēk is still independent and still ours. Cat and Lisa are on the floor most days. John works behind the scenes.

How we run it

Our mission is simple: improve the health, well-being, and quality of life of every sēker (our word for clients, teammates, and friends) with services that support a healthy life inside and out. Here is what that looks like day to day.

• Your own room, every time.Nothing at sēk is shared. Not the sauna, not the plunge, not the table. Close the door and leave the day outside.
• Clean is the standard.Every room is reset between guests, and the time to do it is built into every booking. Cat is a self-described germaphobe, John comes from restaurants, and Lisa runs the floor. A spotless room is the minimum.
• Therapies that work together.Heat, then cold. Light for the skin. Compression for the whole body. We sell full studio access because the results come from the combination.
• Equipment chosen on the evidence.Sunlighten infrared saunas. Celluma red light therapy, FDA cleared. A professional pressotherapy system. We say what each is studied to support, nothing more, and we use them ourselves.
• We will talk you out of the wrong purchase.If a session or package will not do what you are hoping for, we tell you before you pay and point you to what will.
• Everyone is welcome.Whatever brought you in, this is a safe place to work on it.

The place

We built the studio around one word: flow. Water is in the logo, and the space follows it. Cat set the look: mid-century lines, plants in every room, soft shapes, few right angles. The recovery lounge has a blue geode mural, teal and navy stone veined with gold. That mural became the look of this website.

• The roomsFour infrared sauna pods and one full-size cabin, a red light therapy room, a pressotherapy room, and a cold plunge room. Each is yours for the session.
• The detailsA star ceiling in the pod rooms. A split-flap board in the lobby. A hydration bar, a Vitamin C shower, and a Sisyphus kinetic sand table in the recovery lounge.
• Where1201 Liberty Pike, Suite 121, Franklin, TN 37067. Minutes from Cool Springs, Brentwood, and Thompson's Station.
• Hours

  Monday to Thursday

  9am to 8pm

  Friday

  9am to 5pm

  Saturday

  10am to 5pm

  Sunday

  11am to 5pm

• Reach usCall or text 615.614.3461 or email hi@seksauna.com. A real person answers.

Cat, Lisa, and John

sēk is woman-owned. Cat and Lisa are the faces of the studio. John co-owns it and works mostly behind the scenes. Our sēk Specialists round out the team.

Co-founder and owner

Cat Bryson

Cat spent her career in fitness before sēk: Fitness Director and personal trainer at Prairie Life Fitness, and a Lululemon Ambassador. You will often find her at the front desk, walking a first-timer through a session. She also writes Cat's Corner, the studio blog.

Studio manager

Lisa

Lisa runs the studio day to day. She is Cat's best friend, and together they are the face of sēk. If Cat did not greet you, Lisa did. They know most regulars by name.

Co-founder and owner

John Bryson

John comes from restaurants and works mostly behind the scenes: cleaning standards, systems, and the website you are reading. Outside sēk it is family and live music.

Cat and John live in Franklin with their three kids and a cat named Barney. Behind the desk with Cat and Lisa are our sēk Specialists, the team who help you with every session and will learn your name.