What Is A Dry Sauna?
The term dry sauna is a bit of a misnomer. Many people may interpret this as an arid, blazing hot room that, if you spend too much time in it, you’ll have spiritual revelations. Obviously this is not the case. The term dry sauna is simply used to distinguish the traditional Swedish sauna from the steam based Finnish ones. The dry sauna isn’t dry at all. In fact sweat and steam are major elements in the performance of the dry sauna. The easiest way to understand the dry sauna is through two old cliché’s. “It’s Not The Heat, It’s The Humidity” We’ve all heard this one before. Essentially what this means is that even though the temperature is mild it feels much hotter than it is. This is due to the fact that humid air transmits heat far more effectively than dry air. That’s way you sweat so much on humid days. “It’s Hot, But It’s A Dry Heat” This phrase is most commonly attributed to the American South West. There temperatures can get as high as 114 degrees on an average summer day. Howev
