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saunaBath in steam from water thrown on heated stones. Known in ancient times in various places, saunas are most closely identified with the Finnish people, who made saunas a national tradition. Typically, a wooden hut containing rows of flat stones is built near the edge of a lake. Wood is burned to heat the stones, and, when the stones are hot, cold water is thrown on them to create steam. The unclothed bathers sit on wooden benches in the steam-filled hut, then beat themselves with branches until their skin is red and tingling, and dive into the cold water or (in winter) roll in the snow. These extreme temperature changes are thought to have a beneficial effect on the circulation. In an adapted form, saunas are popular today in gymnasiums and health clubs. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The investigators interviewed the children's parents to determine whether they had used saunas or electric blankets or had other exposures to heat, such as bathing in hot tubs, during the months leading up to conception or during the first trimester of pregnancy. AQUA, its lifestyle and fitness center, will include a state-of-the-art gym, yoga studio, indoor pool, Grotto lounge with hot tubs and sauna, private steam rooms and saunas, treatment rooms, locker rooms and children's playroom, as well as such special facilities for private events as an Art Deco theater with catering kitchen, outdoor sundeck with barbecue, screening room and meticulously restored historic rooms for poker, billiards and reading. Lesbians have never flocked to gay men's--Style bathhouses, but North American dykes are finally catching on to this oldest of traditions thanks to a slew of sensual, dyke-friendly saunas. |
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