I guess there’s no need to explain that sauna is held in highest regard in Finland – there is one in or around almost every house. In Kyläniemi, the sauna is located in about  100 meters distance to the Mökki and close enough to the lake to jump in. We go there about every second day.

With awareness being one of the major parts of integrative oncology, sauna is a good way to improve that skill: it teaches you to keep an open eye towards your body, to find out what’s good for yourself  and when something becomes too much.

And it is a comforting experience to sit in the heat, look out of the window and watch the waves on the lake and the branches of trees swing in the wind.