Common Ground 303 - Aaron Hautala & Finnish Saunas

[@ErktheEngineer]

Great segment. Just gotta say that Aaron Hautala clearly gets it. So many times I've tried to talk about sauna with Americans, but never able to properly communicate what it is. He said it perfectly, both in words and in pictures.

[@lynnkanerva4519]

I live near Detroit, but grew up in the U.P. Our sauna was a big part of my life. It's really old, and has a water faucet, we fill a tub with cold water, no shower, and an electric light, pans and soap of course ;and NO bathing suits. The stove was old fashioned with the hot water barrel attatched. The stove heats the water. Me and my mom went in together and washed; we didn't take much steam, and basically bathed, dressed and got out. The men in my family sat and took steam, used vastas made from cedar branches. and had their 'sauna beer '. There wasn't a lake but they ran outside in their towels. Just about every Saturday night was sauna night. Sometimes in the summer we took hot water in the sauna and washed, even if sauna wasnt hot. Sometimes we told 'newcomers' to throw water on the rocks if it got too hot LOL I liked your video. I drives me up a wall too when someone pronounces it saw-na. My last name is Kanerva, it's pronounced like its spelled. But alot of people insist on adding extra syllables, X's and Z's.

[@pvahanen-dh5rt]

Sounds like a very traditional and good way to take a sauna. A sauna is like a church! Get rid of all worldly mammon and just enjoy purity. No wonder Finns are the cleanest and happiest people in the world. (My father was born in a REAL smoke sauna 92 ​​years ago and both still work).

[@ullasofia9432]

Greetings from Finland. The sauna (and forest) is our church. About 700 foreign guests from more than 60 countries have visited our cottage sauna. Only about 5% are not in love with sauna. The sauna experience cannot be explained, it is for everyone to experience for themselves. Our guests have described the experience as unique. Many say they have never felt so clean or slept as well as after the sauna. Many have compared the sauna (especially in winter when it is combined with ice swimming) to even a spiritual experience.

[@rachelorvik3234]

wow!

[@kerwinloukusa]

💯!

[@Major86-w8l]

saunassa kuuluu nussia

[@amie4668]

I stumbled on this documentary by accident and was immediately crying. It’s hit me deep in the feels for sure! It is so hard to describe to someone who didn’t grow up in a Finn sauna culture. Aaron, you were able to articulate why sauna is so beloved and part of life. This whole segment got me so nostalgic and pondering how amazing saunas really are

[@triinsunter7359]

Same history in Estonia. Old times, people would live in saunas till house was ready. Sometimes they had visitors and there was no room in the house the visitor stayed in the sauna.

[@CRojas]

I've discovered the power of sauna for myself recently and now obsessed with making it part of my and everyone's life. Thank you for being such a kind, informative advocate for sauna. I hope more people explore this style of therapy for their body and mind. I hope I can own a home with my own sauna someday.

[@jakecraddock2575]

Hi there, I wasn't expecting much from this video. Apologies! However, I really enjoyed it very much. A really engaging chap willing to share his love and insights into "sowna" (like a pig, not a seed), Thank you! Best wishes from England.

[@stoner84x]

I think that this is the best description of sauna in YT👍👍👍 greetings from Finland❤️

[@markleblanc291]

Well done! You took me down memory lane with my Grandfather in the sauna.

[@allenhess6583]

Very nice, I am building my third sauna and appreciate your inside into sauna.

[@patthebaker8518]

Aaron your a top guy. Great doco. Very captivating 🙏

[@doggiepants8827]

Great work Aaron Hautala! We need more people like him!

[@denniskatinas]

This is awesome. Really well done.

[@TruthseekerNKAWTG707]

Absolute an amazing video! I have a sauna I built here in North Alabama!🔥

[@rusavolk]

Great video. Thank you for sharing. Saunas are the best things in the world.

[@constablebentonfraser5014]

Cool video. How awesome to have this pass down this man's family and for him to be able to communicate the intricacies to us in English as an American. Very cool. Best wishes to you and yours from The UK.

[@bds8350]

Great clip! I have a sauna in southern Ontario I use it every weekend

[@juanvaldes1837]

Just what I was looking for, great video

[@terryl2419]

Just putting the finishing touches on my Sauna in Northern Ontario. Awesome video, very eloquent. You captured many aspects of the sauna that are hard to explain to people. I had to haul all of my material by boat into the middle of nowhere, including the 300lb stove. A lot of labour, that many friends were scratching their head over. The pics are incredible, you really capture it!!!

[@jakecraddock2575]

Awesome Terry! The pandemic having put paid to my urban gym sauna experience, I am now embarking on a project of my own. Is there anywhere I can see a pic your build. No matter if not. Mine is not what you'll call isolated (living in SE England). PEACE!

[@timomastosalo]

Löyly. The steam coming off from the rocks. And as a Finn I call it the normal steam still when I see it come off the rocks. But the the invisible one is called löyly, the one you can only feel on your skin. Löyly is said about like 'LOlu', but that would result Loulu in Finnish :) The ö is more like the e in her, the i in girl, or the o in word etc. And that y the way we Finns say it doesn't exist in English - Germans and some others write it ü. The French have it too, simply spelling it like u. But, some Scots say 'you' like we Finns would spell 'jyy'. I smiled hearing the American Finns calling it 'Louie-Louie' - that works too. Just remember this Louie is your friend :) And that löyly is what makes you sweat - why you go to sauna in the first place: sweat out the dirt from your skin, from deep within. Then you wash, and you have a baby skin again for a while. And somewhere along the way the relaxation also seeps in - without a notice or warning :)

[@keithkuckler2551]

I use about the same routine for my sauna sessions. I do about three fifteen minute cycles, maybe a bit more. Good video for anyone who is interested.

[@sweetpropertyservicemediad3623]

Very Inspiring , Thanks!

[@katemiller8113]

Purchased The Opposite of Cold several months ago as inspiration for my future sauna build. Thanks, Aaron! it's a beautiful book.

[@UnclePutte]

Wow. I got here by accident, but that was a supremely relaxing and entertaining documentary. Rather like sauna itself! Greetings from Finland!

[@juhahaapala6835]

yeah.. me too fisher about 3 shots 2 with lemobg filled with enjoyt and a beer.. old beer with the pack.. yeah i got em :D

[@juhahaapala6835]

kalja kori yes.. it has been awoken but it has been up because finns like their beer in an a diffirend vessile to me it has to been the old KORIKALIJAA

[@UnclePutte]

@@juhahaapala6835 Hyvää perjantaita sinne vaan!

[@kranson8514]

Very cool what you have done. What are we if we can't remember or teach where we've come from, marvellous job Aaron

[@juikke]

No wonder why Finns moved in those places in North America. Places are just absolutely beautiful both sides in Us and Canada!

[@flyinfinn2007]

Great Doc! Thanks for the shout out to Thunder Bay!

[@FyodorUshakovSuka]

Well said. Loved this video. Woodburning is the best and most natural. I remember the first time when my father allowed me to make fire to the kiuas. (stowe?) by the way thd word is LÖYLY which is the word when you put water to the kiuas. 👍

[@larryborn1082]

My family is Swedish, German, and Scots and from what I can tell I am the only one that values sauna. I try to go at least twice a week. For me it is truly about peace, relaxation and cleansing of my body from the inside out. I truly believes it helps me stay healthy. Unfortunately I do not have my own and have to use a public sauna where a lot of folks just don't understand.....listening to music loud enough that others can hear, wanting to talk, and even using there phones :( My best day is walking into a nice hot, empty sauna ;)

[@kuivo]

Great job Aaron!

[@ottorosas2982]

Completely agree - I live in Brussels originally from Finland - I have a sauna cabin in my back yard... Its my church, remote office, refuge and cultural heritage center... I call it the Finish Embassy of Genval ( the village I live in)

[@samil5601]

Great to see the culture alive and well in America.

[@iananderson8288]

Incredible!

[@DCXTV]

Thanks for this! -a Finn :)

[@mongonius]

This Cajun is gonna build him a sauna. 💜💛

[@raycecil4643]

My first sauna was a couple weeks ago at Superior Times Campground on Lake Au Train near Munising. Im building one now

[@briandoyle6188]

I remember in history about the Romans in Britain they would have sauna's to get clean and relax but one thing they would do is scrap there skin with a thin piece shaped of wood which would get all the muck off them...and they would do hydro course in the buildings so that they had underfloor heating over 2 thousand years ago in Britain....

[@setatampio9016]

Good Job!

[@livefreeallways]

what do i need to do to have a wood burning sauna?

[@mikkomonkko7264]

Sauna on parasta mitä voi tehdä ilman vaatteita..!

[@5000Kone]

Sauna is a good place to build first. A warm place to wash up after a hard day of house building. Some bloodletting in Finland left, have not tested. Do people in the United States use vasta/vihta/bathbroom? Recommend if you have not tested! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banny_venik

[@torque9889]

Sow-na 😂

[@MsCaleb79]

Can’t say take sauna, its going to sauna

[@harriengstrom1645]

love you dude auuusie person qwiill talk too you later keep going

[@juhahaapala6835]

Hautala Hauta yeah i can see it every crosroads and every treats if you want to .... haurala is 2 terms one of before and after to burry and to be athe one of the currie that wouls be the risgt way yeap hauta means a place of pece peace we will find logic

[@juhahaapala6835]

LOL

[@juhahaapala6835]

the moomies and marimekeos was enough

[@esratruxillo1976]

Temazcal

[@jokers7890]

horrible video, not accurate at all

[@janemlee6701]

Very accurate! Very good video! Northern Minnesota Iron Range Finn!

[@DuRIzCestDoux]

Drink everytime he says sAuNa