Red light therapy in Sydney

Float and sauna studio on Oxford Street in Paddington with private float rooms, private infrared saunas, Fire & Ice suites pairing a sauna with an ice bath, red light and compression. Infrared sessions run 45 or 75 minutes, for one or two. Monthly memberships include one session a month, with extra sessions at the same rate.

P3 Recovery's first New South Wales centre sits inside the Entertainment Quarter at Moore Park. It has contrast pools with ice bath and warm pools (60 minute sessions), infrared and traditional saunas (30 minutes), a compression lounge (45 minutes), a hyperbaric chamber and a red light bed. Casual sessions, weekly memberships and a 14 day intro pass are sold, booked through the P3 app.

Tsavo Wellness is a private-room studio on Spit Road in Mosman, on Sydney's Lower North Shore. It has full spectrum infrared saunas with in-room showers (50 minute room bookings, towels supplied), a whole body cryotherapy chamber, a red light bed, mild hyperbaric chambers and a lymphatic compression suit. Sessions are booked online. Weekly memberships carry a 12 week minimum, and a separate day spa offers massage and facials.

Body WRL is a recovery studio in The Cannery on Morley Avenue, Rosebery. It has private infrared sauna suites for two or four people (the larger suite has its own shower), a DreamPod float tank, a whole-body cryotherapy chamber, a NovoTHOR red light pod, a hyperbaric oxygen chamber and Normatec compression. Sessions are booked by time slot, mostly 30 to 90 minutes. Weekly sauna and combined memberships run with a four week minimum.

Private traditional sauna, then a cold plunge. 50 minutes at your own pace.

City Cave on Oxford Street in Bondi Junction, with private float rooms, private infrared saunas and massage rooms, open every day. A float runs 60 minutes and an infrared sauna 45 minutes, couples pay a little extra, and there is a sauna-and-float combination. Weekly or monthly CaveClub memberships carry a three-month minimum. Red light is available as an add-on.

City Cave on Wentworth Street in Glebe, by Broadway, with private float rooms, private infrared saunas and massage rooms, open every day. A float runs 60 minutes and an infrared sauna 45 minutes, couples pay a little extra, and there is a sauna-and-float combination. Weekly or monthly CaveClub memberships carry a three-month minimum. Red light is available as an add-on.

City Cave on Albany Street in Crows Nest, with private float rooms, private infrared saunas, massage and compression boots, open every day. A float runs 60 minutes and an infrared sauna 45 minutes, couples pay a little extra, and there is a sauna-and-float combination. Weekly or monthly CaveClub memberships carry a three-month minimum. Red light is available as an add-on.

Recovery studio on Falcon Street in Crows Nest with infrared sauna, red light, compression and massage rooms, and a full lymphatic drainage menu. Lymphatic sessions run from 45 to 90 minutes, including full body, pregnancy and dry brushing sessions, a facial add-on, and a massage paired with 30 minutes of infrared sauna. Wednesday and Thursday hours are split between morning and evening.

Balmain outpost of the Nature's Energy bathhouses on Darling Street. Infrared and traditional saunas, steam room, hot spa, ice baths, pail showers and red light room in a smaller, quieter space than Glebe, with the same ninety-minute session and Sunrise pricing. Massage and facial rooms on site. Hushed-tones policy throughout. Groups up to 20.

Day spa and bathhouse on Glebe Point Road with three infrared and two traditional saunas, a steam room, hot spa, ice baths, pail showers and a large red light room. Ninety-minute sessions include a towel, locker, sea salt scrub and herbal tea, with sixty-minute Sunrise sessions before 9:30am. Massage, facials and day spa packages bookable alongside. Groups up to 36.

Nature's Energy's King Street venue, the smallest of the three, with a bathhouse that can be hired privately for groups of up to ten. Infrared and traditional saunas, steam, hot spa, ice bath and red light room, with the same ninety-minute session as Glebe and Balmain. Later weekday opening than the other two venues. Massage and facials on site.

Reset Studio is a sauna and ice bath studio on Knox Street in Double Bay. The 50-minute Reset Circuit is a communal session for up to five guests with a traditional cedar sauna, two ice baths, a eucalyptus steam room, a magnesium spa and a vitamin C-infused shower. Private suites offer 50-minute contrast sessions for one to three guests, plus a Himalayan salt cave, full body LED light and Normatec compression boots. Session packs are sold online.

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Private infrared sauna suites on Howard Avenue in Dee Why, each with towels and a shower, booked for an hour by one to three people. Contrast suites add an ice bath, and red light runs during sauna sessions. First visits are discounted. The studio is accessible and has parking. Check opening hours when you book.

Private infrared sauna studio on Malabar Road in Maroubra, with standard rooms for up to two people and larger rooms for three. Red light therapy is an add-on used inside the sauna during the same session. Sessions run 40 minutes. There are no showers; bring your own towel or hire one for $3. Packs, an intro offer and a weekly membership are available.