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