Russian sauna, or banya, is a stand-alone wooden sauna, which combines high temperature with humidity for the best effect on the body. For the best effect, heat & humidity sessions intersect with cold water submersions. In Santa Maria, our patients cool down in an ocean front sea-water pool, a cold water buckets and showers. With design virtually unchanged for centuries, banya is a highly enjoyable healing and longevity procedure, perfect for cardio-vascular system, immune system activation, and metabolism boosting.