There are moments when everything comes together:
- -10 degrees f. (-23 degrees celsius) outside.
- No need to drive to a health club, cabin, or Finland.
- Backyard authentic Finnish sauna patiently waiting just steps out the back patio door.
- Wood burning sauna stove idling quietly in the 175 degree f. hot room.
- Round one complete with a clean rinse outside.
- Steam billowing off the body.
- Feeling an endorphin rush akin to vigorous exercise.
- Invigorating stretches outside with a big smile.
- Sipping a cool brew from a nICE mug.
- Muscles, mind, body expanded, relaxed, recharged, refueled. Â The Rubber Band Theory.
- Contemplating: do sauna enthusiasts live longer more because of the physical OR the mental benefits? Â (both are incredible!!).
- Realizing that the cool down in the frosty, steamy changing room has now been over 10 minutes.
- Reaching for the hot room door, Bob Marley’s voice: “When one door is closed, another door is open”