Does a cool, relaxing wellness and sauna bathing holiday interest you? – 3 different saunas and a cooling opportunities await you
The Farm “Maalaistalo Sipilä” has 3 saunas surrounded by silence in the Finnish countryside. One sauna is inside the house. The two others are separate buildings nearby.
We have unconsciously known it when building this countryside house in Finland: It is just balancing to relax, to clean yourself and to cool off after the sauna bath during the evenings. We have constructed three totally different saunas onsite.
The science is recognizing the sauna benefits
Now the science, too, is constantly recognizing the holistic benefits of sauna bathing.
Benefits are as follows:
- Cardiovascular Health: Similar to the effects of moderate exercise, sauna bathing can increase heart rate and improve blood circulation, potentially enhancing heart function and reducing blood pressure.
- Stroke Prevention: Regular sauna use could significantly lower the risk of stroke through beneficial impacts on blood circulation and vessel function.
- Respiratory Enhancement: Sauna bathing may aid in opening airways, helping clear mucus, and improving lung function.
- Pain Management: The heat from a sauna session can relieve pain from arthritis or headaches by relaxing muscles and boosting blood flow.
- Immune System Boost: Frequent sauna visits strengthen the immune system, potentially reducing the occurrence of colds and infections.
- Mental Well-being: Sauna sessions help alleviate stress, promoting better mood and sleep patterns.
- Skin Health: Sweating in the sauna helps remove impurities and opens pores, which enhances skin health
These are the benefits due to the warmth. (Source: Sauna from Finland; https://saunafromfinland.com/news/finnish-sauna-and-cold-therapy-boost-well-being/)
Cold exposure makes the sauna experience more holistic
Moreover, also cold exposure and cooling after the sauna visit belongs to the Finnish practises. You can go swimming in the lake or just cool off outside and perhaps enjoy a cool drink. Of course, in the winter you can “bathe” in the snow or dip in the icy lake if you have made a hole in the ice.
There are terraces in front of each of our saunas. The largest terrace is the one on the beach sauna. You can walk with clean bare feet from the lake and the pier to the sauna and admire the sunset at the same time.
The terrace of the yard sauna is nicely surrounded by lilac bushes. From the sauna inside of the house there is the living room terrace that also faces west towards the sunset.
Summer evenings and autumns are wonderful timings for sauna bathing
Even if the day temperatures in June-August may reach about 25 degrees Celsius, in the evening and after the sunset there temperature cools down as low as 5 to 10 degrees? In the autumn beginning sometimes at the end of August the water temperature in the lake is really cooling but it stays melted until November, sometimes December.
The sauna tradition in Finland is not only about physical health but also about connecting with nature and sustaining cultural heritage. As more people worldwide discover and adopt these practices, they find this powerful tool for enhancing resilience, reducing stress, and nurturing a deeper connection with themselves and their environment.
Start a little more relaxing lifestyle at Maalaistalo Sipilä´s farm
Get to know and start a little more relaxing lifestyle here at the farm “Maalaistalo Sipilä” as the Eurovision Song Contest candidate from Sweden (/Finland) suggests you.
Send a short questionnaire to us telling which dates you are interested and how many persons you are, and we´ll soon get back to you :- )