Never in the therapeutic way only in the "Oh shit, we're bogged" or the "How the hell do we get these turtles out of the dam" way. Don't mind the feel of it but getting it off can be a bitch.

I deeply enjoyed my mudbath in Napa. Relaxing. Tension relieving. Note: if very furry, mud takes a long time to thoroughly wash out. Not an issue for me!

Touching soil is always good for you

I'm planning a trip to Winnipeg in the fall. There are thermal spas there that I plan to visit.

Mine was a little different from @pthomas59. It was a mud wrap, so you still shower first, but they apply the mud mixture all over then wrap you up in plastic type foil (I really don't know what it was). Let you marinate for about 30-45 minutes, then they remove the foil and you go shower yourself off. It was everywhere but probably not nearly as intrusive as the mud bath. Skin felt lovely for a few days afterward.

I have done the mud bath in Calistoga CA twice as part of a spa pckage that includes a bath & back scrub first, then laying in soft ashy and peaty sulphuric lava mud with natural geothermally heated spring water, then a shower, blanket wrap and massage. Feels absolutely marvelous and it's kind of fun.

You're wondering if a mud bath is a good thing? I can tell you this much, our pigs loved it.

I imagine it feels pretty good

It's a little odd at first. You get used to it.

Is that a religious rite? That is something I want to try. I think they have them at Pagosa Springs