[ffritz]

I have been going to the sauna of the nearby gym everyday for about 2 years now, rarely skipping it.

It is honestly hard to express how much I love the effects of it and how much I attribute to it. I can not live without it anymore.

If I wake up after a bad nights sleep and feel extremely groggy, sauna fixes it.

If I am overworked to the point where my head is pulsating, sauna fixes it, and I get another 2 hours of extremely focussed work done afterwards.

Bad mood, a cold, sore muscles, even certain types of headache, a sauna can fix.

I should mention that a sauna for me includes a cold shower immediately after leaving it, as cold as the shower will go. This is the key, the shock will make all the difference. Then you lay down, at least 10 minutes.

I do 2 rounds most days, it’s about 80C, I manage between 12-15 minutes in the first sitting, then 8-10 in the second.

I can not recommend it enough, it has changed my life.

[rakejake]

Sauna seems like a good remedy for sinus issues, and a lot of the problems you mention sound to me like symptoms of sinus congestion

[brational]

So 12-15 mins + 10 laying down. Twice. ~ 40 mins or so per day you’re taking to sit/lay and do nothing (I assume you aren’t on the phone or reading/listening).

I wonder how much of this is simply the meditation effect / you’re just taking true mental breaks.

[ffritz]

Yes that’s about right, no phone or anything, I just close my eyes. Sometimes I fall asleep.

It is very possible, that this is simply what it takes to sent my mind into a mental break.

I have tried Headspace and all that stuff and I see the benefits, it is just much easier to send your mind into relax mode after above mentioned schedule.

[kritiko]

I've meditated a fair bit and done sauna a fair bit. The heat is definitely adding something different and a bit euphoric.

[costcofries]

I do this too but with a steam room.

[ffritz]

There also is a steam room adjacent to the sauna and from time to time I use it as well, but I feel like the heat does not penetrate as “deep”. What’s nicer is how the steam soothes the airways in comparison to a Finnish sauna.

[mmsnberbar66]

how much do you pay?

[ffritz]

It’s a regular gym that also has a sauna. Around 40€ per month will get you a gym with sauna in most cities in Germany I would say.

[cma]

A trashbag sauna is a few cents but it is possible the effect is placebo from going to a fancy place or sunk cost of owning a fancy one.