Sauna Papi Lifestyle

Luis Leonardo, the Sauna Papi, and his right hand man, Harrison Klein are pioneering the development of protocols to optimize human health & performance and take control of your life!

Serving as their own lab rats, on a search for the most universal performance and wellness enhancing routines, they discovered the power of applying breath and intentional practices to sauna, cold therapy and movement modalities. Luis, an ex-professional triathlete with over 3 decades in the health & fitness industry, who is the founder and owner of Embrace North a sauna and cold therapy service in Minneapolis (now with 800 subscribers), teamed up with Breath & Movement Specialist, Harrison Klein, who is endlessly curious about expanding the human spirit, to open their gym, called Built To Breathe that implements a “breath first” approach to all of the current training modalities. They are combining concepts from Embrace North/Built To Breathe and now facilitate “Sauna Papi” exposure workshops combining nature, movement, breath-work, cold water immersion and sauna therapy. Understanding how stress and our relationship with stress shapes our human behavior is a key part of what they are pursuing.

Their core objectives are to tear down the traditional blocks in breathwork practices, remove any stigmas behind suffer culture in the fitness industry, and make these tools available to all audiences, regardless of the entry point.

These two believe breath control is the most powerful tool for improving resilience, managing stress, and enhancing human performance for EVERY living human. After years of working in the fitness and wellness world, they have realized we need to get back to the fundamentals, find space in this chaotic society and understand our relationship with stress.

The craft harnesses and integrates respiratory (breathing) with mental focus into modern day recovery modalities and movement training approaches to give rise to the power we all hold within us. The protocols, programs and techniques are used to accelerate and enhance mental and physical performance in professional athletes, top executives, musicians, health of people suffering from pathological issues and all the way to your everyday human.

They now want to share these amazing experiences they are facilitating and practicing daily with the masses, as they serve as a strategic launch pad for people to experience personal transformation while also moving the needle to humanity by educating and spreading awareness of the benefits and approach to this work. The Sauna Papi Lifestyle app challenges your mental game just as much as physical and emphasizes the importance of recovery in the form of breathwork, intentional movement, sauna and cold therapy. This app and collections highlight how when we connect to the deeper layers of the body it gives you the control over how you think, feel and perform. We are all about looking for the opportunity in challenge, embracing change and growing.

“Control your breath, control your life.” - Harrison Klein