The Finnish secret to happiness: Avanto and Löyly

Heta-Jemina Pudas is the owner of the only public bathhouse in Lapland where people ice-plunge straight in the Baltic Sea, not in a lake or a pool. Ms Pudas reveals all the secrets for a pleasant, healthy, and respectful Finnish sauna and ice-plunge experience, and dives deep into what to do and what not to do in the bath-house, answering to questions such as: Can you talk in the sauna? Should you be naked? How do you handle Löyly and Avanto, and what do these two quintessential Finnish wellness concepts mean?

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