Sauna and Inipi on The Northern Plains

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