Social Sauna: Culture of Bathe-ing presents a new perspective on global sauna culture, ritual and design. By defining the essence of sauna and exploring how this practice is evolving for the 21st century, the book reveals how sauna can offer renewed benefits for health, wellbeing and community today.
Written and edited by Jane Withers Studio, this book is part of a more extensive project researching bathing cultures and providing strategic consultancy for the Therme Group, Social Sauna explores sauna culture from ancient global traditions of steam bathing through to modern experimental sauna practices.
This is an updated version of the original book, published as Social Sauna – Bathing & Wellbeing in 2022. The new edition includes an afterword by Robert Hammond charting bathing’s current resurgence.
Therme Group/Jane Withers Group, 128pp, 17cm x 23cm, illustrated paperback 2025