HealthHype CheckEditor ExperimentsI Sat in a Sauna Every Day For a Month - and Honestly, I'm Happier For ItBy Hayley FolkUpdated on May 1, 2026 at 3:30 PMGetty | AleksandarNakicGetty | AleksandarNakicA few years ago, a classmate in a nonfiction creative writing course I took in college turned in an essay that I've never quite forgotten: a 25-page piece all about her Finnish origin and her family's practice of daily saunaing.