Sweating has long been a therapeutic practice where the sauna, derived from the Finnish word for “bath”, uses heat, sweat and steam for cleansing. Traditionally, saunas were heated pits dug ...

Before the ice bath I’d warmed up in a vast sauna with a dozen other participants. Our infectiously upbeat sauna master guided us through meditation, breath work (i.e. breathing) and stretching.

Ice baths and saunas are everywhere right now, with wellness enthusiasts swearing by their potential benefits. If you’ve been curious about trying them at home, now’s your chance. From a $60 ...

Teammates Harry Thacker and Jake Woolmore run a small business offering saunas and ice baths at Leigh Court near Bristol.

For those looking to reap more of the relaxing and restorative benefits of sauna use in the new year, it’s worth investing in a home sauna. But these systems aren’t exactly inexpensive ...

When you visit Community Sauna, its definition of sauna combines both the contrasting hot and cold. Charlie explains that a ...

The sauna can have benefits for mental health, too. Chris is a huge fan of jumping into a cold bath after being in the sauna. The cold bath provides mental clarity for Chris and many others and ...

Hackney Wick’s hugely popular Community Sauna Baths has been offering cheap and cheerful doses of heat therapy and cold water exposure for some time – and similar options are bound to pop up ...

To do this, apply salt or honey to the skin before going to the sauna. In the steam bath the pores are opened by the heat. This provides a deep cleansing effect on the skin. These treatments are ...