Vasily N. (SLI) about Bathing

When you’re steaming in a sauna, the feeling can be described in one word—nirvana. Thoughts vanish, and it’s just you and the bathhouse... When the birch whisk brushes across your skin, your body begins to melt...

When the massage starts, the muscles begin to tense—you can feel the veins separating from the muscles: each muscle starts to activate—it first melts, then with the tapping, it tightens, begins to gather and separate from the others. Muscles bind the nerves and blood vessels—you can feel every tiny blood vessel. The nervous system gets charged, the blood vessels too, circulation becomes active: some people turn red, others pale.