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Scotland Outdoors

Saunas and the Sea

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7709 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Two working mothers in Fife set up Wild Scottish Sauna during lockdown after seeing the popularity of wild swimming.

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts.

0:07.3

Hello, I'm Kimberly Wilson. I'm a psychologist, and in my new podcast, Complex, I'll be your guide

0:14.4

through all the information and misinformation that's out there about mental health.

0:19.0

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0:21.9

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0:24.2

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0:25.9

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0:27.3

so we can understand ourselves a little better.

0:30.5

Complex with me, Kimberly Wilson.

0:33.0

Listen on BBC Sounds.

0:36.4

This Scotland Outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland.

0:45.3

I've got my swimming costume and my towel

0:52.5

and I'm walking along Kingsburn's Beach near St Andrews.

0:57.2

I'm heading to a sauna, a Finnish-style wooden sauna,

1:02.4

because I'm here to speak to the owners of Wild Scottish Sona.

1:06.9

They've got five sites like this one along the East Coast, which probably says a lot about just how much demand there is for this kind of experience where you sweat it out in the heat and then go for a cold dip to cool off.

1:25.1

I'm Rachel Stewart and I want to find out what it is about this that really

1:30.3

draws people in and I suppose ultimately what they get out of it.

1:36.3

Hello, Rachel, come on in. Come on in to the lovely heat room.

1:46.0

Now you are Jane.

1:48.0

I'm Jane from Welsh Scottish Sona, yet one of the two co-founders and Jamie is my business partner but unfortunately she can't be here today.

1:57.0

Ah no problem. Now it is hot. I can see that you've got the fire on. Do you actually know what the temperature is in here?

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