I bonded with COVID vaccine sceptics over saunas and Mother Earth rituals – this is what they taught me: I was standing in a forest at night, by a dark lake taking part in a Mother Earth ritual. Shaman drums echoed between the cliffs. The witch leading the ritual suddenly encouraged us to sound like …
From saunas to flesh-eating bugs: great long reads of 2021: The year began with robots and ended with seances – well, it did on the Insights’ desk anyway. The Conversation’s long-form series is all about variety, and that is certainly what 2021 brought. Our authors have been carrying out research across the world on a …
Why saunas really are good for your health: Shutterstock Things are hotting up in the world of sauna research. Previously, anecdotal claims of possible benefits were rarely backed up by medical evidence. But recent studies have shown that taking a regular sauna can be extremely good for your health – alleviating and preventing the risk …