🇫🇮 Finland · Traditional
Finnish Sauna Massageフィンランド式サウナマッサージSaunahieronta
Finnish massage on a body warmed in the sauna, inseparable from sauna culture (UNESCO 2020), sometimes with vihta whisking.
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- Origin
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- Era
- Traditional
- Classification
- Traditional massage / Spa treatment
- Techniques
- Heat / Steam / Oil
- Practitioner body parts
- Palm / Thumb
- Medium
- Oil
- Clothing
- Clothed
- Setting
- Bath / water
- Also known as
- Sauna massage
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