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The sauna, the steam, the mineral soak: everything the body does between 80 and 90 degrees.

A bather pouring water from a ladle onto the hot stones of the Finnish sauna at Navia Bathhouse — Water on the stones, held at 85.

The 80-degree question.

What happens to the body between 80 and 90 degrees, and why we hold the sauna exactly there.

Close view of the dark-tiled magnesium pool at Navia Bathhouse, a handrail and step descending into still water — Still water, held at 38 degrees.

The mineral soak, explained.

Magnesium, warmth, and the slow unknotting of a working body.