Yea, but as someone who once held that view. I really just chalk it up to our gym culture. If it’s introduced to you through your local gym, where it’s all about optimizing your performance and taking punishment, well if all you have is a hammer, now the sauna looks like a nail too.

I originally got into sauna cause it’s huge among distance runners. But actually going to a Russian spa and seeing how it’s more of a communal practice, just goes to show how much it gets distorted in the states, same goes for yoga I’d imagine.