THIS OUR BRAND NEW COMMERCIAL. WATCH FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL NEW SIGN BY CARLOS ALVES. COME GET A MASSAGE OR A PLATZA, A MUD TREATMENT, OR ENJOY SOME FOOD AT OUR AUTHENTIC RUSSIAN RESTAURANT. WE HAVE A NEW POLAR BEAR ROOM WHICH PEOPLE CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF. IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO HANG OUT WITH YOUR FRIENDS, OR MAKE SOME NEW ONES. COME DISCOVER.
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"POUR THE WATER RIGHT OVER YOUR HEAD" ONE WOMAN INSTRUCTS ANEWCOMER AS SHE COMES OUT OF THE STEAM ROOM TO GET HER FILLOF THE FREEZING WATER FROM THE ICE-COLD TANK NEARBY.ANOTHER TEN PEOPLE ARE HANGING OUT IN THE RUSSIAN ROOM,FILLING UP BUCKETS AND DUMPING THE THE FREEZING WATER OVERTHEIR HEADS. "FEELS FOOD!" SAYS A LADY NAMED PAULA WHOFINDS HERSELF HERE ONE A WEEK. "I'VE BEEN TO SPAS THAT AREMUCH MORE ELEGANT," SAYS PAULA'S FRIEND, A PILATESINSTRUCTOR, "YOU CAN FIND THOSE ANYWHERE, BUT THIS PLACE ISONE OF A KIND, IT'S LIKE WALKING INTO THE 1900'S, A DIRECTLINK TO THE PAST." NO ONE SEEMS SELF-CONSCIOUS; EVERYONE ISLOUNGING OR WALKING AROUND WITH THEIR GUARD DOWN.IMPERFECTIONS ARE OBSCURED BY THE HEAT, WEATHER THEIR BODYRESEMBLES JACKIE GLEASON OR THAT OF AN OLYMPIC RUSSIANGYMNAST. NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE AND THE FEELING OF TOTALFREEDOM FROM WORRYING ABOUT APPEARANCES IS THE BIGATTRACTION. THE GOAL AT THE BATHS IS TO GET IN TOUCH WITHYOUR REAL SELF; TO BE FREE AND UN-BURDENED AND IN THEPROCESS REALLY ENJOY YOUR SELF. HERE AT THE BATHS YOU WILLBE FREE TO DO JUST THAT!
A PLATZA AT THE RUSSIAN TURKISH BATHS IS AN INTOXICATING EXPERIENCE LIKE NO OTHER. REVITALIZING, INVIGORATING, AND REJUVENATING. THERE IS A TRANSFORMATION, A REBIRTH WHICH HAPPENS IN THE INFERNO OF A ROOM AS YOU LAY ON THE UPPERMOST BENCH FACE DOWN WITH AN ICE COLD WATER DIPPED TOWEL OVER YOUR HEAD, IN YOUR OWN PRIVATE SECLUDED MEDITATION, SURROUNDED BY A KIND OF MELODY OF ICE COLD WATER POURING, FLOWING, FILLING UP BUCKETS SET UNDERNEATH FAUCETS ALL AROUND THE ROOM INTERRUPTED ONLY BY THE FREQUENT LOUD SPLASHES OF WHEN SOMEONE POURS A BUCKET OVER THEIR HEADS, AND THE DISTANT COMFORTING MURMOR OF CONVERSATIONS OF THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU. YOU ARE RUBBED, INTENSELY WASHED, MASSAGED AND WHISKED WITH A VENIK INTO HEAVEN, FINALLY A RESTORATIVE AND STIMULATING DIP IN AN ICE COLD POOL LETS YOU COME OUT LIKE A NEWBORN BABY!
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WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL YOGA STUDIO AT THE RUSSIAN TURKISH BATHS. IT IS THE ANAHATA OPEN HEART YOGA STUDIO RUN BY MY FRIEND RUSLAN KLEYTMAN. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL STUDIO WITH HARD WOOD FLOORS, AND CIELINGS WHICH REACH FOR THE SKY. IT SEEMS LIKE A POCKET OF TRANQUILITY WHEN YOU ARE INSIDE. IT IS WARM AND INVITING. THIS PAST LAST WEEK IN MAY, 2008 MASTER DUCAN WONG CAME FOR A TEACHER TRAINING. HE WAS ENERGETIC, FULL OF LIFE, AND EXTREMELY INTENSE. STRENGTH, POWER AND VITALITY EXTRUDED FROM HIS AURA. HE INSTRUCTS STUDENTS IN YOGIC ARTS, A SERIES OF STANDING ASANAS, THERAPUTIC KICKING DRILLS, A CORE FLOOR WORKOUT IN ADDITION TO A GUIDED MEDITATION, SOME CHANTING, AND DELICIOUS THAI YOGA MASSAGE. I FELT PRIVILEGED TO PRACTICE WITH THIS GROUP AND PHOTOGRAPHED MUCH OF THE EVENT. THE WARM YELLOW COLORS FLOWED THROUGH THE CAMERA INTO THE PHOTOGRAPHS. AT FIRST I WAS A LITTLE IMTIMIDATED AND TOOK MY PICTURES FROM THE CORNERS OF THE VAST ROOM, BUT THEN AS TIME AND DAYS WENT BY, I FELT MORE COMFORTABLE TO MOVE WITHIN THEIR DANCE OF YOGIC ARTS AND ADVANCED YOGA POSTURES, IT WAS AS IF I WENT UNSEEN AND THEY JUST LET ME DO MY THING. I CAN’T WAIT UNTILL HE RETURNS IN NOVEMBER.