tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post6422169080351445040..comments2023-07-06T10:55:44.311+02:00Comments on Attempted Essays: Sweat, Baby, Sweat ... Visiting the SaunaFrancis Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00422476000328664994noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-53894399795986587872011-04-26T01:43:03.918+02:002011-04-26T01:43:03.918+02:00Geeze Francis - you have me reaching for a beer.Geeze Francis - you have me reaching for a beer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-84358200131867206312011-04-25T22:33:54.918+02:002011-04-25T22:33:54.918+02:00When I was at university, the outing club cabin in...When I was at university, the outing club cabin in the mountains was available to students, so occasionally groups of friends would sign up together to spend time there. Once such time was in the dead of winter (x-country skiing) where the wood-fired sauna was stoked one night and a bunch of co-eds sat inside sweating, followed by the Finnish tradition you write about. It was fun! While I don't remember anything erotic about that experience, the beauty of it didn't entirely escape me. The collective nakedness was enchanting. :-)<br /><br />My last sauna experience didn't satisfy me. I went to a place that has infrared saunas. I have to have the steam.<br /><br />My favorite sauna experience was last summer in San Francisco. We stayed in Japantown and as part of our hotel stay, we could walk down the street to Kabuki Spa. It is a sex segregated spa with two sauna rooms, a freezing cold pool and a hot pool. The best part was the individual bathing stations, where one can sit and scrub and rinse and splash! At the end of it all, I stepped into a sort of vanity room where I was able to brush my teeth and use nice, natural creams and scented waters, dry my hair, etc. Heaven. <br /><br />There are hot tub places and saunas but nothing like Kabuki. <br /><br />I enjoyed this post! I hope you begin to see improvement soon. I have had good success with neuromuscular massage for my neck and shoulder pain. <br /><br />GinaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-49726710024821959872011-04-25T19:14:31.270+02:002011-04-25T19:14:31.270+02:00Hi Francis, I know how working in the nursing fiel...Hi Francis, I know how working in the nursing field can hurt you physically, my sister is a nurse and she has her issues with her back from years of hands on work, luckily now she is a care manager and does mostly paper work, so it has given her back a break. Kudos to you for doing such hard and dedicated work, you definetly deserve a day at the spa, well earned! I'm just jealous now after the way you describe it LOL!<br />Take Care,<br />Janet :)Janet Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08655146770794074362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-69931162034117125042011-04-25T02:49:01.279+02:002011-04-25T02:49:01.279+02:00My husband worked as a surgical tech for the last ...My husband worked as a surgical tech for the last 20 years and his back pain did turn out to be the more serious version you describe. He had surgery that required a long recovery time. I'm glad to know you're healing from the pinched nerve.<br /><br />I've only ever experienced a sauna once but I'd have continued had there been such a wonderful facility as the one you describe in reach.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-91915100174013320802011-04-25T00:49:51.688+02:002011-04-25T00:49:51.688+02:00Its been ages since I have had a good sauna. I fin...Its been ages since I have had a good sauna. I find it a pleasure/pain experience, with the cold dip emphasising the pain!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-25923069318711386642011-04-24T15:20:49.445+02:002011-04-24T15:20:49.445+02:00Sounds great! An interesting mix of relaxation and...Sounds great! An interesting mix of relaxation and ordeal, somewhat similar to massage perhaps. It's interesting that saunas and massages are both practises that seem to have been discovered and spread in all sorts of different parts of the world. Drug use largely hasn't had such a smooth journey into modern days, but some of them seem to be in a similar category.Comment1http://www.realmonstrosities.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-14027497223014288832011-04-24T08:36:11.219+02:002011-04-24T08:36:11.219+02:00The sauna I go is at the University gym which is s...The sauna I go is at the University gym which is sex segregated. The ladies sauna is populated primarily by perfect bodies belonging to vapid bubble brain 20 yr old sorority girls, and even though their bodies are perfect they dont go naked. However I take my aging scarred up carcass in there au naturel. Eewwww grosss is what they are probably thinking. And I give not even a tenth of a rat's ass. <br /><br />Hope your back gets to feeling better soon!Colleenhttp://comix.dorkage.netnoreply@blogger.com