Tips, insights, and news about saunas, wellness, and outdoor living.
Foundational research suggests heat therapy may help sleep not by keeping you hot, but by helping the body cool down afterward. Studies on warm baths, showers, and passive heating point to faster sleep onset and better sleep efficiency, with sauna fitting into that broader framework.
Read moreIf you’ve got an HSA or FSA, you may be able to get reimbursed for Simply Sauna rentals using pre-tax funds. It’s not a “swipe your HSA card at checkout” thing — you qualify first through a quick Flex consultation, get a Letter of Medical Necessity if approved, then book your sauna like normal and submit your letter + receipt for reimbursement. The whole eligibility check takes about 2 minutes to start, and your letter (if you qualify) can be valid for a full year.
Read moreA sauna can turn an STR from “nice place” into “the place with the private sauna.” It boosts revenue by supporting higher nightly rates, improving off-season demand, and increasing listing conversion. This article breaks down the ROI on a $9,000 sauna and explains two ways to add one: host through Simply Sauna’s STR Sauna Amenity program or buy/install permanently.
Read moreMost “sauna longevity” claims trace back to a Finnish study of traditional sauna use. This piece breaks down what the study actually found, why traditional sauna is not interchangeable with infrared or steam, and what later research adds to the case - without overstating what the evidence can prove.
Read moreCan frequent hot sauna hurt male fertility—and does icing “the boys” during sessions actually help? We walk through Bryan Johnson’s experience, the existing research on heat and sperm, and what a sensible sauna strategy looks like if you’re trying to conceive.
Read moreThis article looks at Bryan Johnson’s sauna experiment alongside Finnish sauna studies and John Ioannidis’ “Why Most Published Research Findings Are False,” to show how n=1 data and published research can both be useful—and both be misleading.
Read moreSimply Sauna now offers Pay Over Time at checkout with Klarna or Affirm (subject to approval), giving customers a flexible way to book mobile sauna rentals in NJ or move forward with a sauna purchase without paying everything upfront.
Read moreCan sauna really help with microplastics and chemical “detox”? We walk through Bryan Johnson’s before-and-after tests, the small but interesting research on toxins in sweat, and why the honest answer is “promising, but far from magic.”
Read moreCurious what Bryan Johnson actually does in the sauna? This piece walks through his full routine step by step and then suggests how an ordinary person can borrow the structure without turning their life into a full-time experiment.
Read moreCurious about Bryan Johnson’s sauna routine? This article walks through his exact protocol and lab results, then stacks them up against Finnish sauna studies to see where they converge, where they’re unclear, and what a normal person can realistically take from it.
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