Today it has rained. Inside my grandmother's house, I feel as though I am five years old again. Here, I am sheltered from the rain. Graduating from college is a time of transition, and there is no other place I would rather be than at my grandmother's house.

The value of sauna does not just lie in its health benefits as some may tell you, but instead in its power to bring people together. To bring people inward, towards tradition and towards the earth, towards our most pure and human form.

Hei, I am Meade and my writing will be popping up on Luumu’s blog — Fiercely Friendly + Aggressively Nordic — to offer some insights into Finnish and Finnish-American culture, particularly that of sauna.