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- 0:00SPEAKER_10: Ooh, we're talking, talking about a CMU, talking about a CMU.
- 0:08SPEAKER_09: This field trip is proudly brought to you by Rogers Hood Apothecary.
- 0:16SPEAKER_09: Hi! Welcome! Thank you! Hi everyone! Welcome back to another What's Eating You Field Trip Season 3.
- 0:24SPEAKER_09: We are starting off strong here at Tahoe Forest Bath in Lake Tahoe, California.
- 0:31SPEAKER_09: We are about to do some cedar baths today.
- 0:33SPEAKER_09: We are absolutely certain you have never heard of these or seen these before.
- 0:37SPEAKER_09: We're about to put you on.
- 0:39SPEAKER_09: They originated in Japan in 1940.
- 0:44SPEAKER_09: So great.
- 0:48SPEAKER_09: It's been really a cool experience to learn about and then what we're about to immerse ourselves in.
- 0:52SPEAKER_09: So amazing.
- 0:53SPEAKER_09: Grounding, detoxing, so many different therapies in one.
- 0:57SPEAKER_09: We can't wait to show you guys.
- 0:58SPEAKER_09: We want to introduce you to Tim.
- 1:00SPEAKER_09: He's the owner of Tahoe Forest Fabs.
- 1:03SPEAKER_09: We're so excited to be here.
- 1:04SPEAKER_09: Thank you.
- 1:11SPEAKER_09: Thank you so much, Tim, aka Cedar Jesus.
- 1:18SPEAKER_10: A few moments later.
- 1:20SPEAKER_01: We do this basic introduction like we're doing now.
- 1:22SPEAKER_01: You guys have never done this before, just kind of getting an idea what to expect, right?
- 1:25SPEAKER_01: Which is cool.
- 1:26SPEAKER_01: And then this is a really incredible gift that was given to us in Japan from the Japanese.
- 1:31SPEAKER_01: Showcases a really significant historic event uh in 1972.
- 1:36SPEAKER_01: That's northern Japan in the Sapparo Olympic Games.
- 1:40SPEAKER_01: So that is the Athlete Village, and those are the athletes participating in an authentic Japanese cedar enzyme bath.
- 1:48SPEAKER_01: And uh we use it as a model because you guys have never done this before.
- 1:52SPEAKER_01: So the first thing we want to show people is how they're gonna be positioned in the tub so they know that they're gonna be comfortable, right?
- 1:57SPEAKER_01: Everybody likes to recline and relax and that kind of setting, so we do that.
- 2:02SPEAKER_01: You kind of straighten your body out as we dig out a nice pocket and you'll be side by side with your partner in the tub.
- 2:08SPEAKER_01: And uh it's real peaceful because this is light and fluffy, it takes shape to your body, kind of like a sponge.
- 2:15SPEAKER_01: So it's kind of nice, it's like that perfect memory foam.
- 2:18SPEAKER_01: When you settle in, you're not gonna want to move.
- 2:20SPEAKER_01: So that's pretty peaceful already.
- 2:21SPEAKER_01: White rubbing, you just kind of hit the go button.
- 2:24SPEAKER_01: So you're gonna be kind of like one with the cedar and all that, and then just kind of um, you know, healed through this big, big ball of energy that's gonna go to work on your body, which is pretty cool.
- 2:39Kim: One big ball, man.
- 2:42SPEAKER_01: Hey, well, here's here here's part of the therapy.
- 2:46SPEAKER_01: The power of suggestion.
- 2:48SPEAKER_01: There you go.
- 2:49SPEAKER_01: Yeah, we understand that, dude.
- 2:51SPEAKER_01: You know?
- 2:52SPEAKER_01: Yeah, right?
- 2:53SPEAKER_01: We're gonna give you guys some electrolytes and water because we want to hydrate you and focus on hydration for the first you know 20 minutes.
- 2:58SPEAKER_01: So let's kind of navigate the spa a little bit.
- 3:01SPEAKER_01: Right behind you is the restroom, so when you need that, you know where that is.
- 3:04SPEAKER_01: But you guys could all follow me.
- 3:06SPEAKER_01: We have a nice lounge for you guys back here, and you guys can all have a seat and just kind of relax and just kind of stay in that slow mentality, right?
- 3:13SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
- 3:14SPEAKER_01: So we just want to slow it down, give you a place to relax and enjoy some Tahoe.
- 3:18SPEAKER_01: So I'm gonna pour you guys some electrolytes if you don't mind, just a like a half serving.
- 3:22SPEAKER_01: Don't mind.
- 3:22SPEAKER_01: Okay, cool.
- 3:39SPEAKER_01: So to commence the cedar bath, we'll give you guys super otaka.
- 3:43SPEAKER_01: So this is the enzyme drink that we serve at the end.
- 3:47SPEAKER_01: So if you were in Japan doing a cedar bath, they would give you one serving of super otaka.
- 3:51SPEAKER_01: And we'll talk all about this and what it is and how it relates to the fermentation of the cedar bath.
- 3:57SPEAKER_01: Mr.
- 3:57SPEAKER_01: Otaka, he created the therapy of the cedar bath about a hundred years ago in the 30s.
- 4:02SPEAKER_01: Before that, he had created this drink, it's made from 50 organic fruits and plants, and vegetables, and seaweeds, and herbs, all fermented in cedar barrels.
- 4:11SPEAKER_01: It's like a six-month process to make an enzyme elixir, it's like a meal replacement.
- 4:31SPEAKER_01: So we're gonna touch the cedar eventually.
- 4:33SPEAKER_01: It's real calm on the surface.
- 4:34SPEAKER_01: I just had the air on for you guys, and we're gonna get the air flowing when you guys are in the tab.
- 4:38SPEAKER_07: Smells so good.
- 4:40SPEAKER_01: So good.
- 4:41SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so that's very warm and welcoming, right?
- 4:43SPEAKER_01: Trusting.
- 4:43SPEAKER_01: The aroma therapy is real.
- 4:45SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
- 4:46SPEAKER_01: The Japanese Sinoki is an incredibly special cedar.
- 4:49SPEAKER_01: Antifungal, antimicrobial, antiseptic.
- 4:53unknown: Wow.
- 4:53SPEAKER_01: And it opens up your airways, so it's really easy to breathe in here.
- 4:56SPEAKER_01: So you get a heat therapy that's easy to breathe, which is pretty cool.
- 5:00SPEAKER_01: This is just one of our tubs.
- 5:01SPEAKER_01: Across the way, we have another tub, so we can host, you know, groups of four, five, and six.
- 5:06SPEAKER_01: But we typically do two at a time, couples.
- 5:09SPEAKER_01: This is a very intimate experience.
- 5:11SPEAKER_01: This is a very Americanized cedar bath.
- 5:15SPEAKER_01: Thank God I found an incredible, trusting, reliable guy that knows what he's doing with wood.
- 5:22SPEAKER_01: So he constructed these tubs.
- 5:25SPEAKER_01: Japan was here for about 10 days, and they initiated the fermentation of the tub.
- 5:45SPEAKER_04: Do either of you two have a better tolerance for the other for heat.
- 5:48Kim: I always think Sam would better tolerance you though.
- 5:51SPEAKER_01: Okay, so I'm just gonna go like four-arm metal adapt.
- 5:54SPEAKER_01: You guys put your hand in there, and then that way you guys can kind of gauge just kind of like what's going on.
- 6:00SPEAKER_01: So put your hand in there, you can see the steam coming up.
- 6:04SPEAKER_01: So I want to model something for you guys so you can see how light and fluffy it is.
- 6:10SPEAKER_01: So it's light enough where you're not too carpalized in there, right?
- 6:15SPEAKER_01: Because I want to show people that you can release if you get too warm.
- 6:19SPEAKER_01: You know, it's light enough for you to not feel so trapped, but just secure, right?
- 6:24SPEAKER_04: And then when it when your body temperature and your core temperature rises a degree or two, you're gonna start to get a gentle kick.
- 6:32SPEAKER_01: Kind of like a really good sauna towards the end where you've been still for a little bit, you can start to feel that passive blood flow.
- 6:45SPEAKER_01: Make sure you rest that head back, just kind of settle in.
- 6:48SPEAKER_01: Yeah, this will feel real good.
- 6:50SPEAKER_01: So I'm gonna give you some good warmth, all right?
- 6:52SPEAKER_01: You ready?
- 6:52SPEAKER_01: Coming?
- 6:53SPEAKER_01: Does that feel all right?
- 6:54SPEAKER_01: See the steam coming up right there?
- 6:55SPEAKER_06: That was cool in the glass.
- 6:56SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
- 6:56SPEAKER_01: Oh, okay, cool.
- 6:58SPEAKER_01: That's real.
- 6:58SPEAKER_06: Yeah, so really cool footage.
- 7:01SPEAKER_01: Yeah, awesome, right?
- 7:03SPEAKER_01: So there you go.
- 7:04SPEAKER_06: This is funky.
- 7:05SPEAKER_06: Yeah.
- 7:06SPEAKER_06: Yeah.
- 7:06SPEAKER_06: So it's fine.
- 7:07SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so she we went a little more aggressive.
- 7:09SPEAKER_01: She said she liked heat.
- 7:10SPEAKER_01: So what's gonna happen is midway through when you start to get that nice gentle kick and your body goes to work, like a really good sauna.
- 7:16SPEAKER_01: If it's uncomfortable, we don't know, it's a first time.
- 7:19SPEAKER_01: How do you tolerate people come and swing and say they like the heat, and then it's like, you can regulate easy because you can always just release your hands.
- 7:27SPEAKER_01: So you can you know you're not trapped in there.
- 7:29SPEAKER_01: It's it's a pleasant, secure, like warm blanket, but it's easy enough for you to release.
- 7:35SPEAKER_01: So we just want people to know that so they're not just stuck in there, just claustrophobic.
- 7:40SPEAKER_01: Yes.
- 7:40SPEAKER_01: You don't want that.
- 7:41SPEAKER_01: No, so for those for those who feel claustrophobic to just have that tendency, they just start with their hands out.
- 7:52SPEAKER_01: Just go slow, real slow, and kind of do a little flip turn right there.
- 7:57SPEAKER_01: Good.
- 7:57SPEAKER_01: There you go.
- 7:58SPEAKER_01: Yeah, nice.
- 7:58SPEAKER_08: Oh, cool.
- 7:59SPEAKER_01: Is that a good head and neck support for you?
- 8:01SPEAKER_01: That's awesome.
- 8:02SPEAKER_01: Pretty cool, right?
- 8:03SPEAKER_03: I want to take a nap.
- 8:04SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so it's gonna zap your body to want to be calm, and you're transitioning to that dominant parasympathetic response.
- 8:12SPEAKER_01: Rest, repair, receive, release, renewal.
- 8:17SPEAKER_01: It feels so secure.
- 8:18SPEAKER_01: A lot of people show up to this experience and they've just, you know, had a stressful go of things.
- 8:23SPEAKER_01: Uh, they might have lost a family member, they might have just been just going through life, you know.
- 8:27SPEAKER_01: Life kind of throws us uh curveballs, and just it's stressful, right?
- 8:30SPEAKER_01: So this is a really secure, safe environment for people to kind of let go release, and sometimes it's emotional.
- 8:37SPEAKER_01: Sometimes they detox through their tears.
- 8:40SPEAKER_01: Because midway through they just let it go and they start crying.
- 8:43SPEAKER_01: So it happens all the time.
- 8:46SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so it happens, and if you can get there, that's like the home run.
- 8:50SPEAKER_01: But uh, you know, everybody's kind of coming in with different life stories and life circumstances.
- 8:56SPEAKER_01: So you guys ready for some warmth?
- 8:58SPEAKER_10: Yeah.
- 8:58SPEAKER_01: Here it comes, guys.
- 8:59SPEAKER_01: Okay, okay.
- 9:01SPEAKER_01: Not bad, huh?
- 9:02SPEAKER_10: Oh wow.
- 9:03SPEAKER_10: I'm definitely already starting to eat up, sweat, starting to sweat a little bit.
- 9:12SPEAKER_10: Wow, the steam from that is so therapeutic.
- 9:16SPEAKER_10: You can you can tell.
- 9:18SPEAKER_05: It's just is steam in your soil.
- 9:20SPEAKER_10: It reminds me, like we if we were to put cedar essential oil and breathe it in through steam, but like it's fresh from yeah, it'll open up your airways, it should make it really easy to breathe.
- 9:31SPEAKER_01: So just focus on this good breath work, like a like a nice induced meditative environment for you guys to settle, breathe, and let the the enzyme bath through its magic.
- 9:39SPEAKER_01: It's a it's a vibrational resonance.
- 9:41SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it's very calming and trusting.
- 9:43SPEAKER_01: So it's kind of like soothing your body is like recognizing the natural energy that it's producing, and it's trusting the process enough for you to be still and just activate that real healing that's just gonna happen.
- 9:56SPEAKER_01: So my body is buzz, yes, yeah, I'm gonna vibration, it's still the frequency to feel the vibrational security of what you're kind of allowing your body to uh transition into, which is healing in the most powerful way because you're doing it yourself.
- 10:14SPEAKER_01: Your body is dominating that parasympathetic rest, repair, receive, release.
- 10:19SPEAKER_01: All these happy hormones and doorphins are releasing.
- 10:23SPEAKER_01: You got this rich oxygen blood flow because you got this environment where everything's opening up and you're dilated with the warmth, and you just got trust.
- 10:31SPEAKER_01: So, for those looking for that moment of peace in Tahoe, you can find it here at the Tahoe Forest Baths.
- 10:40SPEAKER_05: With Jesus of the Cedar Bass.
- 10:44SPEAKER_01: I am I am the shepherd of the cedar.
- 10:56SPEAKER_01: Yes, you got it, man.
- 11:01SPEAKER_04: Ah, so nice.
- 11:06Kim: You know, I'll come here with a towel, take your head.
- 11:08Kim: I'm a cold person, not hot.
- 11:11SPEAKER_05: I know I'm supposed to have quiet picks and while in here, but this is good for me this time.
- 11:16SPEAKER_10: I want to sit here and think of what anyway.
- 11:18SPEAKER_10: So he said, I would love to be in here all by myself and meditate.
- 11:22Kim: Next time.
- 11:29Kim: Oh, that's nice.
- 11:31SPEAKER_06: No, I gotta have a plan.
- 11:32SPEAKER_06: The Virgo's kicking in.
- 11:37SPEAKER_08: I'm ready to get down, Sammy.
- 11:39SPEAKER_08: I can't calm down ever.
- 11:41SPEAKER_08: Yeah.
- 11:43SPEAKER_08: You gotta learn how to quiet your mind.
- 11:47SPEAKER_08: Which really just means embody your body.
- 11:50SPEAKER_08: You just drop into your body, notice things in your body, notice your breath, pay attention to your heartbeat, feel your body, play with the sand, use it as texture that gets you out of your head and into your body.
- 12:04SPEAKER_08: And you can deep breath too.
- 12:12SPEAKER_08: Push past your point of comfort.
- 12:15SPEAKER_08: That's always where change happens.
- 12:18SPEAKER_03: It's just weird.
- 12:22SPEAKER_10: She's like.
- 12:24SPEAKER_10: Oh, I keep digging deeper to get more heat.
- 12:31SPEAKER_08: Oh, I'm totally good.
- 12:33SPEAKER_08: Totally good.
- 12:33SPEAKER_08: Yep, totally good.
- 12:34SPEAKER_08: Thank you.
- 12:36SPEAKER_06: She might need it though.
- 12:37SPEAKER_06: Yeah, yeah.
- 12:45SPEAKER_06: Shoot me.
- 12:46SPEAKER_06: Then shoot her.
- 12:48SPEAKER_06: Because now it'll be instead of a cold plunge challenge, it'll be can't really sit in the sink for as long as Sam.
- 12:57SPEAKER_05: What's happening there?
- 13:00SPEAKER_05: Jeremy blow the little cat.
- 13:02SPEAKER_05: What are you doing, Jair?
- 13:05SPEAKER_10: What who is that, Jair?
- 13:07SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
- 13:09SPEAKER_10: It's all that rocket.
- 13:11SPEAKER_00: Is that how you feel?
- 13:12SPEAKER_00: This is all right.
- 13:14SPEAKER_00: Okay.
- 13:14SPEAKER_00: Oh, that's nice.
- 13:16SPEAKER_10: Oh, she likes that.
- 13:17SPEAKER_10: She's gonna jump back.
- 13:18SPEAKER_10: I don't want to.
- 13:18SPEAKER_00: So there's two different experiences.
- 13:20SPEAKER_00: She's knocked hard in as much as she can.
- 13:22SPEAKER_00: So she's like kind of like working really hard.
- 13:25SPEAKER_00: You're just in that dumb, relaxed mentality, so it could happen.
- 13:30SPEAKER_00: Just be sure.
- 13:30SPEAKER_00: Sure, of course.
- 13:31SPEAKER_00: Him versus Sam.
- 13:33SPEAKER_00: And Sam versus my butt.
- 13:35Kim: Yeah.
- 13:35Kim: How are you doing over there, Sam?
- 13:37Kim: Huh?
- 13:39Kim: Are you doing good?
- 13:41SPEAKER_06: I'm really hot.
- 13:42unknown: I'm great.
- 13:43SPEAKER_05: Who's better at hot?
- 13:45SPEAKER_05: Who's better at cold?
- 13:46SPEAKER_06: Sam's better at hot for sure.
- 13:49SPEAKER_06: And I'm better cold.
- 13:51SPEAKER_06: Would you agree, Sam?
- 13:54SPEAKER_10: Yeah.
- 13:55SPEAKER_10: I'm the heat queen.
- 13:57SPEAKER_06: You're the heat queen!
- 13:59unknown: Woo!
- 14:02SPEAKER_07: Yeah! What's eating you?
- 14:04SPEAKER_07: Yes.
- 14:05SPEAKER_07: So that's eating you.
- 14:07SPEAKER_07: Cedar is eating me.
- 14:08SPEAKER_07: Cedar's eating us!
- 14:19SPEAKER_10: So we just got out.
- 14:21SPEAKER_10: It was amazing.
- 14:22SPEAKER_10: So good.
- 14:23Kim: I definitely beat Kim.
- 14:24Kim: Yeah, yeah.
- 14:25Kim: It was definitely Kim versus Sam and the heat and I just don't do as well as the cold queen.
- 14:29Kim: I'm the heat queen, she's the cold queen.
- 14:31SPEAKER_01: Is this okay?
- 14:32SPEAKER_07: Yeah, I just um You feel a little lightheaded?
- 14:34SPEAKER_01: Yep.
- 14:34SPEAKER_01: Okay, she's stuck in there a little longer.
- 14:35SPEAKER_01: She might rest.
- 14:36SPEAKER_01: So here's what I'm gonna do.
- 14:37SPEAKER_01: You're gonna lay down on the color ground.
- 14:38SPEAKER_07: Oh really?
- 14:38SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah, do 30 seconds.
- 14:40SPEAKER_01: Oh sure.
- 14:40SPEAKER_01: This is what I do.
- 14:40SPEAKER_01: This is a good model for what happens because she'll have nothing alive.
- 14:44SPEAKER_01: We're just gonna put your legs up, and this is what you do.
- 14:46SPEAKER_01: If you just kind of like get up too quick, you saw how quick she got out of the tub?
- 14:49SPEAKER_01: She was having five.
- 14:50SPEAKER_01: It got up.
- 14:51SPEAKER_01: Yeah, right.
- 14:52SPEAKER_01: She lost a little blood from her brain.
- 14:53SPEAKER_01: This is all we're gonna do.
- 14:54SPEAKER_01: She's gonna bring it back.
- 14:55SPEAKER_10: Already feeling better.
- 14:56SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so you're gonna be fine.
- 14:58SPEAKER_01: That guy's gonna be a good thing.
- 14:58SPEAKER_10: And you just so okay in there that you just feel like.
- 15:02SPEAKER_04: Yeah, no, no, no, but you're dilated.
- 15:03SPEAKER_04: Don't push your skin.
- 15:04SPEAKER_04: You kinda like skip the water part.
- 15:06SPEAKER_04: I usually hand you water before you get out.
- 15:08SPEAKER_04: Oh, thank you so much.
- 15:09SPEAKER_10: This is usually what I feel like when I get out of a sauna or whatever.
- 15:12SPEAKER_10: It's normal.
- 15:14SPEAKER_10: Just body adjusting back.
- 15:32SPEAKER_01: Okay, awesome.
- 15:33SPEAKER_01: So if you were to participate in a cedar bath in Japan, they would serve you one serving of super otaka.
- 15:40SPEAKER_01: 50 organic plants fermented.
- 15:43SPEAKER_01: Fruits and vegetables, um, seaweeds and herbs.
- 15:47SPEAKER_01: They ferment in cedar barrels, and then big fermentation tanks.
- 15:52SPEAKER_01: It's the big process, a six-month process to make a highly nutrient-dense enzyme supplement, like a meal replacement.
- 16:00unknown: Wow.
- 16:00Kim: Yeah, so enzyme supplement.
- 16:04Kim: I mean, that's why you don't really need a binder.
- 16:06SPEAKER_01: You gotta this is like your binder.
- 16:07Kim: This is a binder.
- 16:08Kim: This is your like your binder at the end of all of this.
- 16:11SPEAKER_01: So, what they would encourage people to do in Japan is do cedar baths once or twice a day for three days in a row and drink nothing but super otaka.
- 16:21SPEAKER_01: So you guys will have one serving.
- 16:23SPEAKER_01: It's extremely rich.
- 16:24SPEAKER_01: It tastes like honey, but it smells fermented, kind of like a pickle.
- 16:29SPEAKER_01: So it's got that vinegar pickled ferment smell with all those fruits and vegetables uh doing their thing.
- 16:35SPEAKER_01: So it's pretty uh pricey.
- 16:37SPEAKER_01: It's about uh$179 a bottle on Amazon.
- 16:40SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so really rich.
- 16:42SPEAKER_01: Give you guys a pretty good serving here.
- 16:44SPEAKER_01: See if you like it.
- 16:45SPEAKER_01: All right, sniff it, smell it, kind of get that aroma from it, and then uh taste it and down the hatch.
- 16:51SPEAKER_09: Thank you so much.
- 16:54SPEAKER_01: That's cheers in Japanese.
- 16:57SPEAKER_05: What's their what they should say back to you?
- 16:59SPEAKER_09: Kung Pai.
- 17:00SPEAKER_05: That's how you answer.
- 17:02SPEAKER_05: About Superitaka.
- 17:36Kim: Oh my god, it was so great.
- 17:39Kim: It was so great.
- 17:39Kim: It was some experience I've never had before.
- 17:42Kim: It was like this warm, comforting heat that hugs you and you're literally immersed inside of the cedar, which I thought would be more feeling of like sand, but it was really like I was being hugged by a tree.
- 17:54Kim: Oh just amazing.
- 17:56Kim: Just the tin is so great.
- 17:58Kim: The owner of uh Tahoe Forest Bass, amazing guy, so knowledgeable.
- 18:04SPEAKER_07: How was your experience, Jair?
- 18:06SPEAKER_02: That's great.
- 18:07SPEAKER_07: We still even got some cedar dust on it.
- 18:12SPEAKER_07: It's like it's like glitter when you come home from a strip club.