Are there any spas near Chicago that offer actual mud baths, I know it won't be an erotic experience, but I just want to sink in some warm mud and relax, maybe even with a short nap. Google hasn't really been helpful or maybe im just looking wrong.

I feel like there isn't many spas that offer these like it seems like in the movies and on tv. Maybe because of how much maintenance they require? I should open up a spa that's strictly focused on mud I wonder what kind of requirements that entails

The only mudbath spa I know of in the US is in Doc Wilkinson's in Calistoga, California. There also used to be something on a smaller scale near Palm Springs, California. I've talked to someone who said they visited a mudbath spa in Sedona, Arizona but have never been able to identify it...

None if you keep it between us friends on UMD LOL

Maintenance is manageable, been there and done that way back in the way back when, I was able to convince the female owner of a legitimate New Age massage business to put in a mudbath and offer massage in the mud. She had been part of a group of massage professionals that visited the 4-ton kaolin mudbath I had in my garage for a demonstration of how Esalen style massage could be used for mud massage floating in a mudbath...

It was a cooperative project, I furnished two tons of kaolin clay and she provided the contractor who was a client of hers to build the mudbath tub. It was approximately 4' X 8' and 2' deep and looked very professional as the builder was not only a carpenter but also skilled in tile work. The mudbath was put in an open area near one of the two showers stalls that she had for clients to wash massage oil off in...

Positioned thusly, all that got muddy was the exit side of the mudbath tub and the 8' path to the shower stall. The room the mudbath was in had a slightly sloped tile floor and floor drain so cleanup took only a minute or two with a shower nozzle hose...

All went well for about a month and she had successfully gotten some of her clients to do mud massage instead of regular massage. I was able to get the other massage professionals that had been in the mudbath to send some clients over. She managed to get into the local paper that ran a brief story about her business and mentioned the mudbath...

Then disaster struck. But first a little background. This all occurred about a year or so after Texas first legalized massage businesses and created a system of massage licenses. Before that all massage practitioners were underground and might well be your 420 connection or offer full tilt massage. So having the license became a valuable asset as it allowed you to abandoned the underground world and work legit thereby opening up an expanded universe of clients...

This was back in the period were I was working cooperative projects and providing quarry mudpits to Rob Blaine (Messy Fun). Rob came up and did a video session with a model in my house in my new heated 1-ton mudbath in my house, some of you old timers may have seen the video...

I mentioned my success in getting a legitimate mudbath business going and we were brainstorming ways to grow the business and make it a success. Rob wanted to put it in the Messy Fun newsletter but I nixed that as that would taint the legitimate aspect. I thought we agreed that we would instead just let other mud fetishists who had sufficient means to travel know about it on the down low...

Imagine my surprise when I get a call from the owner of the massage business that there is a reporter from a adult newspaper standing there in front of her who is about to put out a story all about the naughty new adult mud fucking massage business that just opened up in town! I rushed over to try to patch things up and learn that Rob sent him and had a cooperative angle going with that adult publication to advertise Messy Fun in the article too. The reporter told me to f^^^ off and asked if I wanted to "pay" for him not to publish...

The owner totally freaked and threw me out and then spent all night washing 2 tons of clay down the drain and having the contractor who built it take a wrecking bar to the mudbath tub...

So, perhaps a cautionary tale in all of this, never assume anything will stay only among friends with related to a mud fetish!...