Carl

Co-owner, Product Design, Sales & Marketing Manager. Carl is a 50-year-old Australian expat based in Bangkok. Before co-founding Sisu Sauna, he spent two decades in the music industry as a journalist and photographer, touring with rock, metal, pop, and techno acts worldwide. He lived hard — and by his late forties, his body presented the invoice: 130kg, chronic arthritis, and eczema that dermatologists had shrugged at. A 40-day professionally supervised sauna detox changed everything. The arthritis cleared in two weeks. The eczema was gone in a month. He lost 42kg within a year. But Carl’s sauna knowledge goes back 25 years. His father was a Queensland carpenter and wood turner who taught him to respect timber and craftsmanship. He’s studied traditional Japanese timber construction across dozens of trips, and before the music industry took over, he was an A-grade squash and cricket player who understood training, recovery, and pushing through discomfort. Today, Carl handles sales, marketing, and customer relationships at Sisu. He’s not a wellness guru — he’s someone who found something that worked and enjoys helping others figure out if it’s right for them.