[{"id":555413373017,"title":"Inside Hamam Issue 2","created_at":"2021-02-25T14:41:43-08:00","body_html":"\u003cp\u003eThe second issue of Hamam is packing some serious heat. \u003cspan style=\"color: #281e17;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bathingculture.com\/products\/hamam-magazine-issue-2\" style=\"color: #281e17;\"\u003eThe new issue\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e shares thoughtful insights on bathing rituals, interviews from some of our favorites, and the exploration of bathing as an art form. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe're feeling inspired! Take it from the editor:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: SouvenirLight; font-size: 20px;\"\u003e“The aspen tree is relatively resilient to fire’s threat because if its low-flammability bark, high water content, and lack of volatile chemicals present in some other forest fuels. Recently and for the first time, my eyes gazed into the windows to the souls of this magnificent organism –the largest on this planet–as it transitioned from shimmering lures to bursts of yellow painting the Sangre de Cristos. Like the phoenix rising from the ashes, aspen communities flourish after a fire–an important lesson about resilience after trauma.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: SouvenirLight; font-size: 20px;\"\u003eHeat both transforms and destroys, cleanses and punishes. My bathing ritual–and quite possibly my spiritual rebirth–began in a dark banya off Tenth Street in New York’s East Village, where an eternal flame made rocks glow and the sizzling stream has been cooking humans since the late nineteenth century. In Japan, you have not stayed in hot water long enough unless you have achieved yudedako, which translates to “boiled octopus.“ A platza master is equal parts naturalist bodyworker and mind melter, fanning a bouquet of leaves that pushes such extreme heat, some people hallucinate and every so often pass out. When I was learning the ways of the venik, a woman on whom I performed her first steam treatment told me those seven minutes in the sauna changed her life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: SouvenirLight; font-size: 20px;\"\u003eToday we see heat out of balance in nature, with perilously less harmony than is so desperately required: toxic air, blood-orange sunsets, skies over California previously imagined only in apocalyptic films. Fire, early humanity’s most important discovery, will force millions of humans and other species to move or risk extinction. I have a hard time not fixating on all that suffering. I like to think Jung would say that this is fine, as that focus would allow me to better understand suffering as a gateway to liberation. Maybe this could even help us overcome, evolve, and grow. I am hopeful that these times of tempering we face in different ways will bring strength and renew the bonds among us all.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bathingculture.com\/collections\/everything\/products\/hamam-magazine-issue-2\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1792\/8179\/files\/Heat_b8a579f4-f8a0-4adc-9f15-5fc5d8932e40_1024x1024.gif?v=1614294039\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 22px; color: #281e17;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bathingculture.com\/products\/hamam-magazine-issue-2\" style=\"color: #281e17;\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eGet your copy of Hamam: Issue 2 →\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","blog_id":48964599897,"author":"Bathing Culture","user_id":30291853401,"published_at":"2021-02-25T16:53:19-08:00","updated_at":"2021-02-26T09:58:56-08:00","summary_html":"","template_suffix":"","handle":"inside-hamam-issue-2","tags":"Bathing, News","image":{"created_at":"2021-02-25T15:05:10-08:00","alt":"","width":1797,"height":924,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1792\/8179\/articles\/hamam_2_blog.png?v=1614294310"}},{"id":383312724057,"title":"Bathing Culture Refills","created_at":"2019-11-13T14:33:00-08:00","body_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 500;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"souvenirstd\" style=\"font-family: souvenirstd;\"\u003eWaste not want not. \u003cbr\u003eRefill your Mind and Body Wash at a store near you! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eOur post consumer recycled plastic bottles are great. A glass bottle you never have to recycle is even better. Refillable, responsible, radiant bathing vibes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1792\/8179\/files\/Refill-Store-Examples.jpg?v=1573686933\" alt=\"Refill stations at General Store and Foggy Notion\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRefills are available in some of our favorite shops, like the General Store and Foggy Notion in SF (pictured above). See the map below for availability in your area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript src=\"https:\/\/www.powr.io\/powr.js?platform=shopify\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"powr-map\" id=\"fa260d91_1573521227\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eDon’t see your favorite store on the map? Ask your local natural foods store to carry us!\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","blog_id":48964599897,"author":"Tim Hollinger","user_id":87250113,"published_at":"2019-11-08T14:00:00-08:00","updated_at":"2019-11-14T16:24:13-08:00","summary_html":"","template_suffix":null,"handle":"bathing-culture-refills","tags":"News","image":{"created_at":"2019-11-13T16:25:48-08:00","alt":"","width":2048,"height":1053,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1792\/8179\/articles\/Rainbow-Glass-Spin_0b497a69-1ecb-485e-b862-9443c063895e.jpg?v=1573691148"}}]