How to enhance your garden sauna experience with home-grown rosemary oil
In short: Charles Dowding explores the benefits of adding a garden sauna to his routine and demonstrates how to infuse it with homemade rosemary oil. This guide highlights a simple method for creating aromatic oils using fresh herbs from your own garden.
After receiving a sauna from Palmako in August 2026, Dowding began integrating it into his wellness routine, using it approximately twice a week. Located in Somerset, UK, the sauna heats up in about an hour. To improve the experience, he incorporates rosemary grown in his garden by adding it to the water used on the sauna stones.
The process for creating rosemary-infused oil involves crushing dried, washed leaves with a pestle and mortar to release their oils. The leaves are then combined with olive or rapeseed oil and heated in a bain-marie for 25 minutes while stirring. Once cooled and strained, the oil can be stored in a sterilized container in the refrigerator.
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