Emily Meinke

Owner of beem® Light Sauna

Emily Meinke is excited to introduce beem® Light Sauna—specializing in light therapies like infrared sauna, red light therapy, and chromotherapy—to Sarasota in early 2025. 

Emily believes incorporating these therapies into daily routines fosters holistic health and provides many benefits including removing toxins, reducing stress, boosting immunity, stimulating metabolism, renewing skin, and relieving pain. 

“When we feel better mentally and physically, we are able to be the best versions of ourselves at home for our families and perform at optimal levels in our professional life,” she says. Emily, who holds a psychology degree from Michigan State University, transitioned from a 15-year career in finance where she faced challenges having to constantly prove her competence as a woman in a male-dominated field. “Don’t let others dim your light,” she advises. She encourages women to be their own advocates, trust in their own abilities and seek environments aligning with their values. 

Emily lives in Sarasota with her husband and two young children and loves “the vibrant energy of the city, the spirit of the small business community, the diversity that the focus on the arts brings, and the gorgeous beaches we get to enjoy year-round.”

Her life journey has taught Emily much about resilience and advocacy. A Mason, Michigan native, she competed as an elite gymnast and would later disclose childhood sexual abuse that spanned her entire gymnastics career and into adulthood.

She received the Foundation for Global Sports Development’s Humanitarian Award, the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at the ESPYs, and was one of the honorees of Glamour magazine’s Women of the Year Award.  Emily helped launch The Army of Survivors, serves on the Junior League of Sarasota board, the Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center auxiliary, and volunteers with RISE, a coalition of sexual assault survivors and allies.  

Text by Carol Brzozowski | Photo by Nancy Guth

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