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Cold plunge and sauna bring Finland to Downtown Boston

WBZ-TV's Liam Martin took the plunge at a winter popup on the Rose Kennedy Greenway.

CBS Boston

1 day ago

well knew this morning a winter popup on the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston has been turning heads and getting lots of attention it's a winter village with saunas and cold plunges with a view of the harbor so I went to see what the buzz is all about I love all the color it's a scene out of Finland right in downtown Boston Moi is an outdoor winter sauna Village in downtown Boston Moi in Finnish means remote cabin and that's the vibe of this place right on the Rose Kennedy Greenway three saunas a
nd in a very cold plunge so it's a great place to try the uh Nordic tradition of hot cold uh therapy I really wanted it to be in an urban center where people um it wasn't a huge decision of um to go out of your way to try to hot cold therapy has been all over the news in in fitness blogs for its health benefits and Moi has been all over the Internet Making a Splash for offering hot cold in the outdoors there's Muscle Recovery inflammation immunity boost a lot of people have uh mentioned after do
ing it consistently they're more U mellow and they're able to deal with the the daily stresses of everyday life a little bit um easier so we brought our bathing suit we're going to go get dressed that is where I'm going to be first with a 15minute stint in a 200° sauna and then now it's time after some stalling this is kind of intimidating so I think if you you take a deep breath in when you're at the top and then as you enter in slowly breathe out get it there's that age-old debate do I like go
in gradually or just kind of gradually grad you should really just go gradually slowly breathing out I finally got in all right you know what I think it's a little warm actually I put a little more what is going on here no we made it about 90 seconds on the first go around ready for the sa I again I feel pretty awesome right cold but pretty awesome one of the things I noticed I like is the sign that says no cell phones why do you have those up a hidden thing that we try to do is try to Foster u
m an hour or time when you're very present alone with your thoughts it it was like 20° that day too the city I'm just going to go do the sauna I'm going to skip the cold just do the SAA it is great though you feel amazing afterwards it's opened through March 31st they are in The Greenway he is planning to open something similar in Mash P for this summer it'll be just a cold plunge which can you imagine it's an 85 degree day on the cape you go do a cold plunge and then hit the beach you're very b
rave and very brave for going in a bathing suit on TV so wow lots of judgment coming my way great it's great

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