Many fellow sauna enthusiasts find ourselves looking up at trees between sauna rounds. Our eyes are attracted to trees. Often starting at the trunk of the tree and following it upwards to the branches and leaves. Looking up at trees

The term was first coined by thermal connoisseur Grant Whittle while on the bench at Sauna Days 2023, Two Harbors, Minnesota, USA. The term was picked up in national media via a recent New York Times article about saunas also

Guest post series continues, as we check in with Michael from Portland, Oregon. Michael and his wife Katie are deep in the weeds, building SaunaGlo, their first brick and mortar sauna. While discussing the magic of sauna vs. the over

As more and more undertake the building of their own saunas, it’s good for us to keep in mind the power of good over trying to seek perfection. Those of us who built our own saunas can look to help

Polarizing politics, complicated culture yet our saunas exude simplicity. Visual simplicity Be it a centuries old smoke sauna or a newly purchased kit sauna, as we look around the hot room, we are welcomed by visual simplicity. For example, note

New York Times food editor Sam Sifton has coined what he calls Pizza Cognition Theory which semi jokingly states: “The first slice of pizza a child sees and tastes (and somehow appreciates on something more than a childlike, mmmgoood, thanks-mom level),

Well, I had a dream IStood beneath an orange sky Yes, I had a dream IStood beneath an orange sky. And this dream is in the near future, as we pull ourselves out of the global pandemic, as we emerge

Let’s review the cycles of a good sauna session: Hot room: Settling into the soft light and silence (or some ambient sauna music), we are brought right into the present moment. Cold plunge: A cold shower, jump into the lake

Around the world, and in North America particularly, sauna is becoming exceedingly popular. As with anything that becomes popular, there becomes a race to the bottom in terms of compromised quality, suspect claims, louder marketing, etc. More than ever, we

the authentic sauna ladder For many, authentic sauna nirvana is achieved via a series of steps up the authentic sauna ladder to good heat. It can start with a marketing brochure or steamy instagram click through ad from an aggressive