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I Can’t Sleep

Sauna – The Art and Culture of Steamy Relaxation

I Can’t Sleep

Benjamin Boster & Glassbox Media

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Saunas: hot, sweaty, and weirdly good for you? This episode covers the history of saunas, their sleep benefits, and why some people think sweating in a wooden box is the key to relaxation. Need more ways to drift off? Visit icantsleeppodcast.com for more episodes and sleep-friendly content. Want More? 💤 Request a topic: icantsleeppodcast.com/request-a-topic 😴 Listen ad-free & support: icantsleep.supportingcast.fm 🛒 Shop sleep-friendly products: icantsleeppodcast.com/sponsors Wikipedia Attribution: This content is derived from the Wikipedia article on Sauna, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to the I Can't Sleep podcast, where I read random articles from across the web to

0:46.8

bore you to sleep with my soothing voice. I'm your host, Benjamin Boster.

0:53.0

Today's episode is from a Wikipedia article titled Sauna, and was sponsored by Marla Malaspina.

1:01.3

Thanks, Marla, for sponsoring this episode.

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1:13.8

A sauna, Finnish sauna, is a room or building designed as a place to experience dry or wet heat

1:22.0

sessions, or an establishment with one or more of these facilities.

1:32.3

The steam and high heat make the bathers perspire. A thermometer in a sauna is typically used to measure temperature.

1:37.3

A hydrometer can be used to measure levels of humidity or steam.

1:43.3

Infrared therapy is often referred to as a type of sauna, but according to the Finnish sauna organizations,

1:51.0

infrared is not a sauna.

1:56.0

Areas such as the Rocky Orkney Islands of Scotland have many ancient stone structures for normal habitation,

2:04.6

some of which incorporate areas for fire and bathing.

2:08.6

It is possible some of these structures also incorporated the use of steam in a way similar to the sauna, but this is a matter of speculation.

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