Declan standing in front of a mountain scene

Member of the Month - June

Alicia Melville-Smith

2 min read

We recently shared that we’d like to start highlighting our members each month and we had a great response. Thank you to everyone who agreed to share their story with us so far. If you’d like to be featured, please email us at folkestoneseasauna@gmail.com and we will be in touch.

Meet Declan!

Tell us a little about yourself? 

I am Declan Cawley, Irish chap, born and fled!

I have lived in Folkestone / Sandgate / Kent for about 17 years.

I am a consultant in the NHS but currently making a career move to become a reformer pilates instructor. This has been spurred by the need to align mind, body and soul as we get older but to keep well, as we age.

I love pilates, yoga, open water swimming, crossfit and hiking in the great outdoors, to immerse myself in as much of nature as possible.

When did you join the sea sauna?

I joined just when it opened and have loved every moment and visit since.

What do you love most about the sauna?

I love the unexpected faces that I have the pleasure in seeing through the sauna, both old and new friends. The variety of the conversations, to the humour and community of people that the sauna attracts, fills the soul with joy.

Anything else you’d like to share?

I am currently going through a career move, and the sauna has been a real place of contemplation, as well as a meeting of different minds, supporting change. For that, I’m very grateful.