Many upscale resorts, hotels, and health clubs in North America feature saunas. Ever tried one? Most likely it was not fully authentic to the sauna tradition of Finland - because nudity was probably forbidden.
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By: Emmanuel DeFreitas
The use of the term ” Sauna ” as it has been referred in most of North America has truly been abused and over-used to such an extent that it has lost its true meaning. When a person mentions the word ” sauna ” in North America, visions of seedy bathhouses and steam rooms come to mind. The home sauna is in most instances a pleasant enough enclosure heated by various devices that range from electric sauna heaters to far infraared units. These saunas are what have interestingly enough been called a ” dry sauna “. There is no steam .The one thing these home saunas have in common with a traditional Finnish sauna is the generated heat because there really is no such thing as a dry sauna.
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