sauna bath

“It is like sitting inside one big sauna bath for a solid two months after the rainy season ends,” a longtime Tokyo resident named Robert Whiting wrote in an op-ed for The Japan Times in 2014, arguing against a July-August bid.

I do think most Americans are in too much of a hurry to enjoy a sauna bath.

It’s a good idea to exercise as well as enjoy a sauna bath.

The men who took just one sauna bath a week were at the highest risk of developing high blood pressure, the authors found after adjusting for factors such as body mass index, smoking, alcohol intake, cardiorespiratory fitness and socioeconomic status.

Traversing the Finnish region of Northern Ostrobothnia in the depths of its deadly winter, Moore treats himself to the “broiled claustrophobia” of a daily sauna bath, making him an overnight expert on the custom: “The sauna is an invention cobbled together from Finland’s most abundant natural resources: wood, water and vowels. To call it a popular national tradition would be like calling respiration a hobby.”