Saunas

Foreign, but calming word “sauna” originates from Finnish and means a form of bath that was wide-spread in Finland: on every shore of countless lakes and rivers, on the shore of Baltic sea are small houses that are called “saunas”. Sauna is most often recognized as small wooden cabin in which we indulge in this unique bathing experience. Whole point lies in fact that you can’t get burned sitting on a wood. This is the reason why we use it even in unusually high temperatures of 60 up to 100 C that are common in saunas.

Air in sauna must be sufficiently dry so sweat can quickly and efficiently evaporate. This evaporation cools down and protects the skin from getting too hot. When we support this cooling effect by puring water on heated rocks, we create hot irritation. After having the temperature of your body shoot up, we continue our sauna experience with regulated cooling down. Fresh air is one of the quickest way to cool down your lungs. Skin is best cooled down using cold water or even snow. SSauna is alternating bath: you get hot in hot and dry air of sauna cabin and proceed with cooling down in fresh outside air and cold water. Freshening part of cooling down is at least as important as calming and relaxing heat if you gradually let your body get used to the temperature changes.

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