The Upper Bench 030: The Upper Bench's three hosts Sam, Eero, and Risto are joined by three sauna and inipi enthusiasts in North Dakota--Aaron, Bobby, and Neal. We discuss how to carefully learn from traditions and foster a vibrant local sauna and inipi community. Our apologies for the rough sound in this episode.

Dakota Media Access interview

https://reflect-dakotamediaaccess.cablecast.tv/CablecastPublicSite/show/10652

TIMESTAMPS

{00:00:00 } Intro

{00:02:44 } Meeting the panel

{00:04:22 } The origins of sauna and inipi

{00:06:26 } Similarities between sauna and inipi

{00:09:24 } Differences between sauna and inipi

{00:10:50 } Extras, like plants, etc used in the inipi tradition

{00:15:09 } How often people use inipi

{00:17:24 } Amount of rocks in inipi

{00:18:11 } Splashing water in inipi

{00:19:29 } Temperature in inipi

{00:20:20 } Are inipis close to water?

{00:22:49 } The sauna that was used while recording this episode

{00:24:28 } Dakota Media Access radio interview

{00:26:00 } Sauna and the outdoors

{00:27:24 } Inipi and people, learning from others

{00:33:01 } Sweat bathing, spirituality and communality

{00:34:07 } Sauna stories for a robust practice

{00:37:32 } A newbie’s perspective on sauna

{00:40:11 } Spirituality revisited and mental positivity with sauna

{00:42:57 } Wrap up