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A Minnesota college student spreads the gospel of sauna to the University of Texas, Austin

February 3, 2017 By Glenn 3 Comments

EDITORS NOTE:  Guest post from Emet, a sauna lover as you'll read below.  Emit's unique position as a Minnesota student in Texas, is often as a lone soldier preaching the goodness of sauna to the unconverted.  Who knows, perhaps we can wheel up an authentic wood burning sauna to campus and rally around his efforts.  Enter Emet: Getting started with sauna as a youth The first time I ever stepped foot in a sauna was in 6th grade at YMCA Camp Warren in Eveleth, Minnesota. It was an old-school wood-fired sauna that could fit up to 20 people. This sauna was no joke; it reached over 200 degrees and I couldn’t last longer than 10 minutes before jumping into the lake to cool off. Sadly, the sauna burned down a couple years ago and is dearly … [Read more...]

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Four Utah college disciples discover their sauna routine which includes rapture, serenity, peace, and nirvana

January 20, 2016 By Glenn Leave a Comment

Saunatimes interview series continues. Kevin, Tyler, Chris, and Doug share with us their sauna routine through this interview and their video production. Welcome to saunatimes. First off, where are you located? Where is the sauna located that is featured in the film? We are located in Utah. The sauna we go to is located in the men's faculty locker room on our university's campus --which we would like to remain anonymous (Even though there are clues in the video as to which university it is, haha). You outline your sauna routine as 3 sessions, or rounds, I'm interested in learning how you came up with that number. It seems "three's the charm" for a lot of people in a lot of cultures. We settled on the 3 sessions for several reasons. … [Read more...]

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Another hotel sauna thrown under the bus.

May 30, 2013 By Glenn 3 Comments

8' ceiling. No upper bench. I was revved up for a salesman-on-the-road hotel sauna, but luckily I followed hotel sauna procedure and checked out the sauna before going to my hotel room.  Instead of this lame ass sauna, I went to bed dreaming of my own authentic backyard sauna awaiting me back home. Is this how Yoga instructors feel when they walk by a class and see people standing on their heads straining themselves?  "If only they could experience authentic Yoga!"   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Club Sauna Tagged With: hotel sauna, sauna benches

Top 5 reasons why your own sauna is better than a deadbeat health club sauna.

February 18, 2012 By Glenn 1 Comment

5. Temperature: At home, you control it.  At a health club sauna, it's all a subject for chatter. 4. Congestion. Some health club saunas are as busy as the bathrooms at O'hare airport.  Your own sauna is as tranquil as canoeing in the Boundary Waters.  And you get to pick who you want to come along for the ride. 3. Sounds. Some prefer quiet in sauna, others prefer positive musical vibrations.  With your own sauna, you control it.  And you can control the conversation - no politics.  Is it just me or do all strangers in health club saunas suffer from post nasal drip?  "Hey dude, stop your hacking." 2. Loyly: Steam from water being tossed on sauna rocks.  Without it , it's akin to trying to enjoy biking when all you do is ride around … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health and wellness, Health Club Sauna Tagged With: chill out, health club sauna, loyly

“Sauna’s too hot”, “turn up the heat!”: One simple suggestion for a health club manager.

December 9, 2011 By Glenn 4 Comments

Are you a member of a health club?  I bit the bullet and joined one.  This health club sauna is as bright as a hospital room: walls tiled floor to ceiling, and there's the imposing rules and regulations sign, including the buzz kill: "do not toss or spit water on sauna rocks." Post workout yesterday, cautiously, I  enter the sauna joining a guy fully clothed wearing headphones bobbing along to Lady Gaga or similar: more buzz kill.  A third guy enters.  An old school guy who'se developed the art of taking a swig of water and spitting it like a hose out his mouth onto the sauna rocks.  I'm debated whether to whistle the guy out, but a little Loyly is welcome, albeit mixed with his saliva. Next comes the ranting:  "This sauna's too … [Read more...]

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