Elina Mäkinen was the first Finnish woman to complete the Ice Mile. Here are her top ice bathing experiences, from plunges under the Northern Lights to paying homage to Arctic gods. From the ...

Most of Finland's bathing waters, about 93 per cent, have been classified by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) as excellent or good. That’s one percentage point lower than in the ...

The Finnish tradition of a sauna followed by a plunge into icy water or a roll in the snow is spreading around the world. What does science say about the claimed health benefits? Sometimes I wonder ...

Though the general health benefits of sauna bathing have been known for a long time, the use of saunas for preventing brain diseases (like Alzheimer’s disease) is a more recent subject of research. In ...

HELSINKI, Finland, Jan. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Over the past couple of years, scientists at the University of Eastern Finland have shown that sauna bathing is associated with a variety of health ...

Though the general health benefits of sauna bathing have been known for a long time, the use of saunas for preventing brain diseases, like Alzheimer’s disease, is a more recent subject of research. In ...

Spending time in the sauna may help lower your chances of developing high blood pressure, say the authors of a recent study in the American Journal of Hypertension. Finnish men in the study who used ...

In the past, Finnish people took baths and soothed their aching muscles in warm wooden rooms in the evening after laboring hard on their farms in the daytime. Finnish Ambassador to Korea Matti ...

Finnish sauna bathing — short-term exposure to temperatures between 80° and 100° C approximately one to three times a week — lowered the risk for CVD and eased conditions such as the common cold, ...

Here’s a bit of good news for folks who enjoy sitting in a super-heated room and sweating profusely: Finnish researchers say regular sauna bathing may help men to live longer. The study, which was ...

Rochester, MN, August 1, 2018 - Sauna bathing is an activity used for the purposes of pleasure, wellness, and relaxation. Emerging evidence suggests that beyond its use for pleasure, sauna bathing may ...

Enjoying the fragrance of a hinoki bathtub is one of the great pleasures of Japanese bathing culture. Now imagine being completely enclosed in a hinoki sauna with the steam drawing out those same ...