This article explores the benefits of sauna and cold therapy, inspired by the author's Finnish partner and their experience with this traditional practice.
I only wish I’d started earlier. Arguably, hot and cold therapy is not the most obvious choice in the peak of winter especially since the ‘cold’ involves an outdoor 2 degree cold plunge pool. Despite this, the instant feel good hormones made it easy to stick with everyday for a whole month and in my opinion, it was better than caffeine.
Winters in the UK can feel long and dreary, and every year as autumn sets in, I notice the toll it takes on my mental well-being, energy levels, and even my skin, to name a few. While this season should ideally encourage rest and slower living, modern life rarely allows for that, leaving us running on empty in colder months. Determined to change that, I decided to incorporate something into my daily routine that would truly energise me. And a quick conversation with my Finnish partner gave me the perfect inspiration. Sauna, which is an ancient Finnish word, has been around for thousands of years and is a large part of Finnish culture.Whenever I visit my partner’s hometown in Northern Finland, I’m always amazed to find that even a friend living in a small studio flat will often have a built in sauna, it’s like Scandinavian bidet. It’s more of a need than luxury, and at first I didn’t fully understand it but I learnt to love it - especially during winters where the temperature can plummet to -30°C. In Finland, you are raised going to sauna everyday just before dinner time with families and grow up to socialise with friends at weekends having ‘sauna’ meets for the whole evening. The ‘cold’ or contrast therapy is often a dip in snow or a hole in a frozen lake. Recently, saunas have transcended Finnish tradition, becoming a global wellness phenomenon. Recent studies on the Finnish population show proven links between contrast therapy and improvements in overall health and wellbein
SAUNA COLD THERAPY WINTER BLUES FINNISH CULTURE WELLNESS
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