Sauna in Vermont

The Upper Bench 015: Nils Shenholm and Devin Colman join us to discuss sauna in Vermont. Hosts Eero Kilpi (North American Sauna Society), Sam Wacha (Sauna subreddit), Christopher (Risto) Rice (Sauna Digest) Links Solhem Sauna http://www.saunavermont.com https://www.vermontlogsauna.com Devin Colman https://www.linkedin.com/in/devin-col... Woodstock Inn https://www.woodstockinn.com Savu sauna https://www.savu.cc/experience Theme Music: Conga Se Menne "Guess Who's Coming to Sauna" TIMESTAMPS (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:31) Meeting Nils (first sauna and starting a sauna company) (00:03:23) Meeting Devin (how he got into sauna, Architectural research project, personal sauna) (00:07:08) Camp du Nord in Ely, Minnesota (00:10:19) Nils' start of Solhem Sauna and involvement with North American Sauna Society (00:16:04) Old saunas project (00:26:47) Vermont public sauna scene today (00:30:14) Vermont projects in the works (00:31:50) Sauna and wellness, community, is sauna a fad? (00:35:43) Countercultural, back-to-the-land movement (00:37:38) The beauty of log saunas, sustainability, wood-burning sauna (00:45:35) Slow sauna and the culture of immediacy (00:48:43) "Sauna has changed the way we do everything" (00:50:30) Poolside and gym saunas, YMCA in Burlington