13/05/2026
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week. As a sauna owner, here’s why sauna is genuinely part of my toolkit.
When the thoughts won’t stop, the rumination, the racing mind, that feeling of being completely stuck in your head, it’s so easy to reach for something that numbs rather than something that actually helps.
And honestly, numbing makes sense.
Feeling our feelings is uncomfortable, in fact it’s heavy stuff. Sitting with anxiety, grief, sadness or just the weight of everyday life is hard.
For some people that becomes alcohol, a substance, doomscrolling, any behaviour to avoid being truly honest about where they’re at.
But numbing isn’t resetting. It just delays the conversation you’re having with yourself and that can snowball into deeper mental health problems.
The sauna is where I learned to land. Heat and stillness have become one of the effective ways I’ve found to genuinely regulate my nervous system, to get out of my head and back into my body.
When everything feels loud, this is where I come back to quiet. There’s a gentle rhythm in heat, cool, rest, repeat.
The science backs it up too. Regular sauna use has been shown to reduce cortisol, support mood regulation, and activate that deep parasympathetic calm we often chase through other means.
What’s in your toolkit? I’d love to know. 🌱
