Wellbeing
Sauna and longevity: what the Finnish research says
A 20-year Finnish cohort study found frequent sauna bathing associated with lower cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. What it shows, and what it does not.
The journal
What we know about heat, written down.
Engineering notes, honest science, and the heat traditions this climate already knows. No promises beyond what the sources say.
Wellbeing
Sauna and cold: building a contrast-therapy ritual at home
Heat and cold, paired deliberately, is one of wellness's fastest-growing rituals. A practical, honestly framed guide to contrast therapy at home in Thailand.
Planning
Choosing timber for a tropical sauna
Cedar, aspen, and hemlock behave differently in Thai humidity than in a Finnish winter — and why a sauna's shell and its surrounds are rarely the same wood.
Heritage
From Wat Pho to löyly: Thailand's own heat heritage
Long before the Finnish sauna arrived, Thailand had op samunphrai and yu fai — its own heat traditions, and the instinct they share with löyly.