Katja Pettinen

Cultural Anthropologist, Mount Royal University, Canada

Katja Pettinen is a cultural anthropologist at Mount Royal University in Canada. She is interested in the nature and methods of skilled movement acquisition in the context of Japanese-based martial arts practice. She lives in Calgary.

Written by Katja Pettinen

A rustic log sauna by a lake. Warm orange glow from inside contrasts with the serene lakeside view.

The sauna life

Each cycle of steam and cold brought me closer to the land, my mother, and the version of myself I’d left behind

by Katja Pettinen