Menopause and sauna: share your reflections, experience, and resources

Health & Science Menopause & Sauna
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This thread is an open space to share reflections, lived experience, and relevant research or resources related to sauna and the menopausal transition.

You might use this space to:

  • share personal experiences of sauna during perimenopause or menopause
  • reflect on what you are noticing in sauna spaces or communities
  • post articles, studies, or resources you’ve found useful
  • note emerging or ongoing research or areas of interest

This is not a space for medical advice or instruction. Please share with care, respect, and curiosity, and allow room for different experiences and perspectives.

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Sorry I missed a lot of the webinar . Glad it was recorded . I hope this is the start of more research around sauna and menopause and more chats on this space!

Will be interesting to see what people find out about different types of saunas and menopause .

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Great online event this evening, thank you all for organising. This research paper is specific to cold water and menstrual and menopause but will help with the contrast part of contrast therapy. Checking your browser - reCAPTCHA

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Thank you for the article Tara.

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Here is the link to the webinar for those that want to rewatch it or missed it. A huge thanks again to all the panelist.

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Here are 2 studies that have been shared with us which might be of interest:

2025-Lennkvist-et-al-Women s perceptions of sauna bathing and its impact on health and well-being- a cross-sectional study.pdf (678.6 KB)
Sauna Is My Nest Sense of Community Among Korean Middle-Aged Women Enjoying Sauna Bathing (1).pdf (1.8 MB)

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Also an interesting webinar on Women of the Sauna: Keepers, Healers, and Future Builders form National Sauna Week 2026.