A Nightly Sauna Session Added 10–15 Minutes of Deep Sleep, Her Oura Data Showed
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The author had spent four years tracking her sleep with an Oura Ring, experimenting along the way with what she calls a series of "next-level marginal hacks" to improve her sleep architecture.
In mid-August 2024, she built a home sauna and began sitting in it for 20 to 30 minutes before bed each night.
Measured against her prior Oura baseline, the sauna sessions increased her deep sleep by 10 to 15 minutes, along with improvements to her overall sleep score. "Last summer, I started going in the sauna for 20 minutes before bed and saw that my deep sleep increased by 10-15 minutes," she wrote.
Key takeaways
- ›Built a home sauna in mid-August 2024 and began taking 20–30 minute sessions shortly before bedtime
- ›Oura Ring data showed deep sleep increasing by 10 to 15 minutes per night after starting the habit
- ›The gain stood out after years of testing other changes (early dinner, red light, air filtration) that moved the needle far less on deep sleep specifically
Original source
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