Jimjibang

So today I had my first bath house experience in Korea. These bath houses are called jimjibangs. Naturally I went to the largest and nicest one in all of Asia =).

I was nervous at first because in these places you have to strip down to nothing and bare it all for the world (or at least all the other women in there) to see. It was surprisingly only uncomfortable for about a minute. I guess being North American nakedness is something we're brought up to feel shameful about. What's more, I find that we North Americans are all so self conscious of our bodies. This was why I really enjoyed this experience. It not only was cool going into cave baths, herbal baths and champagne baths etc. but it honestly made me feel more comfortable in my own skin. Looking around at the tons of other women there I noticed that no one had the "perfect body". So why should I feel like I had to have one?

Yah I have a little more padding here and there than I'd like, but we all have something we don't particularily love about our bodies. How nice it was to be in a room full of people completely naked and not think once to myself about those inadequacies I feel everyday even when I'm fully clothed.

I think it's something every women should try once. How nice it would be if us women had the self confidence we should.


P.S. I like these songs =)