FINNISH SAUNA 80/90°, 15% humidity The Sauna, which is a Finnish term, was born and widely used in ancient times in the cold northern countries.

Typically the sauna was in huts built near to lakes or rivers, made from seasoned fir or birch trunks, untreated so that the wood was able to absorb and ooze the steam.
To contrast these high temperatures, the body begins a heat-regulation process that aids heavy sweating, opening all the skin pores and eliminating toxins, with excellent cardiovascular and muscle toning results. The cycle involves alternating exposure in the very hot hut to dives in icy water, in the lakes or rivers, followed by a massage to aid the reaction between hot and cold and to stimulate the self-defence process, preventing inflammation, flu and colds. A hot bath and a quick cold shower terminate the cycle.

The use of the sauna, with men and women together of all ages, was a special rite and had a precise behaviour code. Silence was compulsory, the people laid down on the benches nude, gently whipping their backs with birch branches to aid circulation, and then they dried naturally in the outside air without using bathrobes.

The sauna was invented to treat both our body and our spirit.