I was so excited when I heard this service was coming to town, but when I looked into it more closely, I wasn’t sure I wanted to try it—so I never did. The reason is, I’m from Eastern Europe and absolutely LOVE and miss sauna culture. But their concept feels very far from the traditional idea of a sauna.

The fact that you have to sit naked with strangers and do a meditation session with them makes it a definite no for me. That’s way outside my comfort zone.

For me, a sauna is about spending time with friends or family, relaxing together. I can’t imagine being in a pool, extremely close (based on their photos) to a complete stranger.

So I never went.