SUOMAA
therapeutic peat
is a national treasure with
health-promoting effects

100% NATURE

SUOMAA therapeutic peat sauna

A peat sauna is the inspiration for a full sensory experience – lightening the body and mind, softening the skin and promoting deeper sleep.

The SUOMAA method combines the Central European peat spa tradition, the Finnish sauna tradition and the physiological insights of gynaecologist Leena Larva.

The SUOMAA peat sauna experience is a continuum of well thought-out details based on optimal temperature, cleanliness, safety and attentive customer service. The overall experience is carefully planned. The protection of the walls and boards with absorbent natural materials ensures the right level of humidity for a peat sauna.

The SUOMAA sauna master is on hand to provide service with a smile and help ensure that each individual experiences the sauna with all their senses.

“For me, the SUOMAA peat sauna is care for the body and mind, relaxing and invigorating. It has undoubtedly saved me from many aches and pains–regular saunas are part of my basic healthcare routine”.
– Kirsti Kallio

“The skin feels wonderfully soft after the SUOMAA peat sauna, with a feeling of relaxation and calm. The peat sauna also helps in easing muscle pains from aerobics. In addition, it helps to improve the quality of sleep”.
– Marjo Seki

Art is the central element in ensuring successful peat treatment
Wellbeing through all the senses

Art is a key part of the SUOMAA peat sauna experience. The works of art in the sauna area transport the visitor away from their everyday worries even before entering the sauna. The hearing becomes keener in a new environment; the silence is allowed to speak for itself, or the sauna visitors can enjoy the music of their choice if they prefer.

Studies have shown that art can have beneficial health effects. (Konlaan, Bygren, Johansson. Kulttuurikokemukset ja terveys (cultural experiences and health), 2000): People who regularly visited art exhibitions, museums and participated in cultural events fell ill less often than others.

SUOMAA
therapeutic peat
is a national treasure with
health-promoting effects

100% NATURE

Unique Finnish SUOMAA therapeutic peat

Our therapeutic peat marshes were created many millennia ago, some before the Ice Age. Therapeutic peat is taken from the deepest layers of the marsh, where the marsh plants that thrived thousands of years ago have gradually transformed into a soft mass. When taken from the marsh, this peat is a sterile yellowish mass, almost like soft butter, which turns very dark on exposure to air. Bacteria, fungi or viruses do not live in the peat, and this property is retained after the peat is taken from the ground.

Finnish SUOMAA therapeutic peat stays on the skin well due to its fatty structure. It is at its most therapeutic when combined with the moist heat of the Finnish steam sauna. Peat acts on the blood circulation in the same way as heparin (a polysaccharide present in various body tissues and organs that is used therapeutically as an anti-coagulant) and destroys the herpes virus, for example. The health-promoting and healing effects of peat are combined with the effects of the humus substances and the acids found in them.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

The SUOMAA therapeutic peat sauna relaxes the body and relieves pain and swelling

Based on experience, the physician Leena Larva argues that generalised tension in the muscles slows liquid absorption from the tissues. Physical activity is known to promote the circulation of the body’s fluids, but there is also evidence to suggest that therapeutic peat applied to the skin increases the flow of lymph to the arteries. Many people who have enjoyed a peat sauna have said that they felt a vigorous “tingling” in the body afterwards.

SUOMAA therapeutic peat sauna has also been shown to relieve menopausal problems, such as sweating, sleeping difficulties, depressed mood, lack of sexual drive and lack of energy (Aino Klinikka unpublished research, 2008). As tradition has it, peat helps with a hundred different troubles. Almost everyone who tries a peat sauna experiences a velvety soft feel of the skin and a light feeling in the body.

A SUOMAA therapeutic peat sauna is guided social therapy that is also aimed at increasing happiness.

The guided SUOMAA experience lasts about three hours, including the relaxation period at the start and end of the session. Everything needed is provided at the sauna: sauna textiles, a robe, slippers, water or tea to drink, and savoury bites.

The trained SUOMAA sauna masters are present the whole time, helping to guarantee a safe, research-based therapeutic experience. It is important to reserve plenty of time for the peat sauna session, as being in a rush will reduce the relaxing effect of the experience. For sports people, the SUOMAA sauna promotes effective recovery.

“For me, the sauna experience is slow, calm and without time limits. The perfect experience includes cleanliness, nature and natural water, and a lake or sea landscape. 
The most important thing is to not be in a hurry”.
– Leena Larva on the perfect sauna experience

 

SUOMAA
therapeutic peat
is a national treasure with
health-promoting effects

100% NATURE

The SUOMAA therapeutic peat sauna in brief

• Developed by physician Leena Larva, the therapeutic peat sauna is based on research on the history of peat treatment and on physiological insights
• A Finnish method and an experience that treats physical ailments without medicines
• A guided, social, relaxing and pain-relieving care experience using peat from ancient marshes to speed the circulation of lymph, aided by the sauna and stretching exercises developed by doctor Larva
• A treatment session lasting two to three hours in closely controlled conditions. The session can be combined with other treatments to form a treatment continuum in accordance with the SUOMAA concept