Pause Studio Venice

13353 Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

Pause Studio Venice is a clean, modern contrast therapy studio built around private suites — each equipped with an infrared sauna and dedicated cold plunge, so every session is completely yours with no shared facilities and no scheduling around strangers. The Venice location sits on Washington Boulevard, a few minutes from the beach, and offers the Pause-recommended protocol: roughly 9 minutes of sauna, 3 minutes of plunge, 3 minutes of rest, repeated through a 30 or 60-minute session. Sessions include an extra 15 minutes in the private suite afterward to shower and get dressed, so the 30-minute option clocks in at about 45 minutes door-to-door. The chain also offers float therapy, meditation pods, and IV drips at some locations, but the bread-and-butter here is private contrast therapy — a format that's become the default introduction to sauna-and-plunge for Westside regulars. Because everything is private and coached by the app's protocol timer, Pause is an excellent starting point for people trying contrast therapy for the first time, or anyone who wants to skip the social dimension of bigger bathhouses. Drop-ins, multi-session packs, and monthly unlimited memberships are all available.