For over fifteen years, I’ve experienced the health benefits of sauna use firsthand. Every other day, through night shifts, long hours and broken sleep, sauna has been my reset button.
When you finish a twelve-hour shift and your head is still racing, your body still wired, and sleep feels impossible, sauna has always been the reset button. Twenty minutes of heat, followed by cold, and something shifts. Muscles drop. Breathing slows. The noise settles.
It isn’t complicated. It’s heat, steam and time.
The Health Benefits of Sauna Use Explained
Used regularly, the health benefits of sauna use are noticeable. Better sleep. Less tension. A clearer head. More resilience.
What Regular Sauna Use Actually Does
There’s a lot of noise now around cold plunges and biohacking. Most of it overcomplicates something that’s been simple for centuries.
Traditional sauna use follows a rhythm:
Heat.
Steam.
Cool down.
Repeat.
Long Term Health Benefits of Sauna Use
Done properly, regular sauna sessions can support circulation, muscle recovery, relaxation and stress reduction. The biggest change for me has always been mental.
After a proper session, I sleep deeper. I wake clearer. Especially after night shifts. Four hours broken sleep used to feel brutal. Sauna afterwards made me feel steady again.
It became non-negotiable.
Why I Built My Own Wood Fired Sauna
For years I used wherever I could. Gyms. Spas. Occasional trips to Scandinavia where sauna is just part of life.
But in Suffolk, access to traditional wood fired heat wasn’t easy.
Physical and Mental Benefits of Regular Sauna Use
More people are discovering the health benefits of sauna use. Not as a luxury. As part of a routine.
So alongside Luke at Cyder Farm, we built something simple. A wood fired horsebox sauna beside the lake.
Not spa lighting. Not infrared pods. Proper timber, proper stove, proper steam.
You can see what we’ve created here:
👉 https://saunahus.co.uk/sauna-in-suffolk/
If you fancy following the build then have a look at the Sauna Hus Journal.
Bringing Sauna To The Local Community
Sauna Hus now sits at Cyder Farm between Bungay and Halesworth, close to Beccles and within easy reach of Norwich.
It’s for people nearby.
For shift workers.
For parents.
For people running on empty.
For anyone who needs a reset.
You don’t need to be into wellness culture. You just need to sit in the heat and breathe.
If you want to experience it yourself, sessions can be booked here:
👉 https://saunahus.co.uk/sauna-booking-suffolk/
Opening 25/04/2026
Why Consistency Matters
One sauna session feels good.
Regular sauna use changes how you cope with stress, fatigue and long weeks.
That’s why I built my own.
Not because it’s trendy.
Because I’ve lived it for fifteen years, every other day, and I know what it does when you stick with it.
Heat. Steam. Cold. Reset.
Simple.
