Oh wow.. Sure sounds like one hellova experience.. Haha, this sounds like quite the experience. I hear Japanese onsen have the same custom - if you dare to wear a towel, you might jolly well be thrown out! Great to hear how quickly you were able to "sweat out" your initial inhibitions and that the overall experience of non-sexual public nudity was a positive one. So many people just refuse to accept this could be the case without ever trying it. So what's next? Can I suggest clothing optional camping, a nude beach or maybe just sunbathing au naturel in the parks of Berlin. You will love these too I promise.
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Berlin\u2019s steamiest spots
Nudity in a coed sauna takes some getting used to, but after a couple minutes it really feels like nothing is out of the ordinary. If you show up at a hot pool in a bathing suit, who is to say when the last time that suit was cleaned? What bacteria is in that suit? There are no additional chemicals on your clothing, and no bacteria clinging to materials on your body. Cleaning when nude is a great way to ensure that you are not a host to a lot of bad bacteria. The answer is nothing! Korean Spas in New York City will require you to wear a uniform when going to the coed sauna section of the spa. Men wear blue and women wear pink. There are several mixed sauna rooms throughout the area that will boast different healing benefits whether that be in the form of minerals or salt or temperature.
Berlin’s steamiest spots
Last week, I went to the most incredible sauna with a group of girlfriends. She loved it. For me, being naked those first times in public, were, once I got over the fact that I was totally na ked in public , incredibly liberating. Acceptance of body:. Everyone at a naked sauna is comfortable with his or her bodies, so you have no choice but to let go.
Nothing new about being told off, as even liberal Berlin, to which I recently moved, is full of baffling rules. For the Germans, this is as normal as a trip to the supermarket. As in Scandinavia, saunas are revered here for their relaxing effects, circulatory benefits and power to make you sweat a pint in 10 minutes. They are also mixed-sex, and no bathing suits are allowed. A nude mixed sauna is a shocking proposition to an Anglo-American like me.
