The Banya Journal

This article presents an overview of the health benefits of deliberate heat exposure as presented by Dr. Andrew Huberman.

In this week’s edition, we talk about St. Petersburg style of platza and the historic banya called “The Lanterns.” Our guide is Roman Borukhov, a professor of Lincoln University and a life-long banya enthusiast.

We’ve all been there. No matter how often we repeat the mantra that we should “try something new” or “get out of our comfort zone,” doing it may feel uneasy. Especially if “something new” involves temperatures of 190 degrees and a bunch of people (some with foreign accents) hitting each other with oak twigs.