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Old school saunas rediscovered amidst an overstimulated world

When looking to purchase a cabin or lake cottage, there’s usually a laundry list of considerations: view, number of bedrooms, state of the roof, whether neighbors have a dog kennel or shooting range, etc.  What often doesn’t make the consideration cut

May kicks off with snow

Alert: Extreme Temperature Drops Ahead.

Members of the Twin City Sauna Club will be gathering in the 5621 outdoor sauna to celebrate this May Arctic blast. What is your crappy weather insurance policy? Is it time for you to consider your own authentic Finnish sauna?

jogging around the lake in winter

An authentic sauna enthusiast chimes in

Below is an email received today from Mike in Wisconsin. This is why we do Saunatimes: building a tribe of sauna enthusiasts who overcome their lizard brain, and put their own dent in their universe, making something happen for themselves

old school cedar sauna

What about using a cell phone in a sauna?

Have you heard the urban legend about putting your cell phone in your microwave and calling it?  If it rings inside your microwave your microwave has a dangerous leak.  If it doesn’t ring, your microwave is properly sealed.  I submit

Bikram Choudhury

Bikram Yoga: gateway drug to sauna

Say what you like about Bikram Choudhury.  His fans call him an egomaniac, a multi-millionaire yogi blowhard, yogi’s biggest asshole, the Pablo Escobar of yoga.  And I won’t mention what his critics call him.  But early on, Bikram Choudhury understood

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