{"product_id":"rento-birch-vihta-sauna-whisk-1","title":"Rento Birch Vihta Sauna Whisk","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe leafy switch a Finn brings into the sauna. Beat yourself with it. Circulation, scent, and a thousand-year ritual.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA vihta is a bundle of fresh birch leaves, tied at the stem, used inside a sauna to gently strike the skin — back, shoulders, legs. It sounds violent on paper. In practice it is a soft thump that brings circulation to the surface, releases the volatile oils of birch into the steam, and turns the sauna from a temperature into a forest. Finns have been doing this for at least a thousand years. There are bog burials with vihta-stained skin still detectable on the bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Rento vihta is dried, vacuum-packed, and rehydrated in warm water before use. Twenty minutes at room temperature in a basin of warm water and the leaves come back. One vihta lasts one or two sauna sessions before it loses its leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf every product the store carries, this is the one most directly equal to the mission. A patient who buys a vihta is buying the literal ceremony that funded sauna sessions enact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery purchase funds one sauna session for one cancer patient. The receipt and the practice meet in the same purchase.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duchess","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47331330261141,"sku":null,"price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/3038\/0949\/files\/finlandia-sauna-kit-home-01.jpg?v=1778099142","url":"https:\/\/www.glowhood.xyz\/products\/rento-birch-vihta-sauna-whisk-1","provider":"Artisan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}