Infrared Sauna & Steam Sauna News

I knew those Finns were suckers for punishment but this is taking it a bit far. Apparently, in the past - not so much today, it was common for Finnish women to give birth in the sauna! Perhaps those hardy Finns felt that child birth just didn’t present enough of a challenge.

To gets things into perspective you must remember that theses guys consider sweating to near death over long periods as a sport and run competitions each year for who can last longest. So it only makes sense to start the child’s training early I guess!

They say you learn something new each day - we’ll I’d like to think I lean more than just one thing but that’s besides the point - I just learnt that there is such a thing as the Sauna Gnome!

Actually I should clarify - I just learnt about the sauna gnome of fairy-tales, the legend. This isn’t breaking news that the real sauna gnome has been discovered so don’t get your hopes up.

Saunatonttu is his name and this roughly translates as sauna elf. Apparently he’s the sauna police - if you behave badly in the sauna, he’s gonna come down hard on you. Bad things will happen. If you’re caught doing any of the following in the sauna then you should be affraid - sleeping, playing games, arguing, being noisy, anything else which might cause your mother to blush. Oh - and you should feed him too! Leaving it outside is ok apparently.

If anyone has any more on the origins of Saunatonttu, then please leave some comments as I’d love to learn more about the little guy.

Narconon of Georgia, a drug rehabilitation Center, uses saunas as part of the treatment of drug users.

According to their web site “The purpose of the New Life Detoxification Program is to purge the body of drug residues, thus greatly reducing or completely removing cravings.” They accomplish this with a number of methods, one of which involves periods in a low heat sauna to promote perspiration.

This is another example of saunas showing their use as an effective method of detox. Go saunas!!

M ore information about the program can be found here