What's your favorite sweat bath?  "The one I just took, and the one I'm going to take next."  Into sweat bathing and all the variations underneath. Defining what a sweat bath is:  Some kind of a chamber where the air is heated, purpose is to induce sweat for bathing. A Finnish style sauna as part of the neighborhood swimming complex at a public space in San Francisco.  North Beach Pool.  It helps create neighborhood and community.  Interacting in a positive, life affirming way. Getting the (neighborhood) block into the sauna instead of the best sauna on the block. Lived and travelled extensively.  Prague, Washington DC, Norway, San Francisco. Sweat in the '70s.  An exciting time for counter cultural views of the world. … [Read more...]