Marching on
and off the sauna bench
Sauna Days
One month from today, Sauna Days returns to Two Harbors for its 7th annual gathering—a full takeover of Larsmont Cottages along Lake Superior. With a dozen-plus mobile saunas, speakers from far and wide, and a thriving sauna village atmosphere fostering an inspiration for sauna villages popping up all over. I have a limited number of weekend passes secured—use code SaunaTimes. And you can get your tickets here.
Sauna Bathe-ing
Writer Dan Woods explores the Sauna Days inspired “Culture of Bathe-ing” festival at Domino Park in New York City—Therme Group’s 15-sauna village that turns skepticism into a surprisingly authentic urban sweat experience here.
Sauna Authors
In this special Sauna Talk episode, I sit with authors Yuval Zohar, Emma O’Kelly, and Bill Gifford on a sauna bench at the 2026 Culture of Bathe-ing Festival in NYC. They discuss global sauna traditions, the “sauna high,” and the rise of community bathing. Visit us here.
Sauna Life
For the past three years, I’ve worked with my thermal soul brother Tom to create a coffee table photo book celebrating Sauna Life, from the lens of hundreds of fellow enthusiasts. Early viewers call it a “stunning visual collection.” Tom and I will be presenting and sharing proof copies of the book at Sauna Days next month. More here.
Sauna Talk
Adam Bamba Tanaka of Therme Group US interviews me, Glenn from SaunaTimes, live from the New York City sauna village. We explore mobile saunas, sauna building, public saunas, floating saunas, and rising sauna tides—straight from the bench here.
Sauna Rules
Ever slogged through sauna social media mud? Markus Raty’s guest post takes on sauna dogma and online referees. From Finnish smoke saunas to backyard builds, he reminds us that good löyly, clean air, and real experience matter more than bench heights or airflow diagrams. One of my most resonant guest posts since SaunaTimes began in 2008, Markus helps reclaim sauna’s open, welcoming spirit. Read it here.
Sauna..”Why not?”
I recently bolted a Homecraft 6 kW Slim electric heater onto my backyard wood-fired sauna, unlocking even more possibilities. With their new road tested non margin stacked $525 WiFi controller, I’m hitting “on” at all hours, enjoying spontaneous “why not” saunas. Is dual fuel right for you? I can help you. More on my journey is here.
Sauna Circuits
Finally, let’s head over to Vancouver where Valterri, a Finn living in British Columbia and co-founder of the West Coast Sauna Summit, takes us through his adopted city for this Sauna Circuit. More is here.
Val will be there with us at Sauna Days, and I hope to catch up with you there too. Either way, I’ll see you back here next month for more heat, steam, and some added hot air ventilation.