Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Infrared saunas don’t just heat the air, they warm the body directly using infrared panels. This technology provides a deep-tissue sweat, penetrating deep into muscles and joints, resulting in a refreshed, rejuvenated, and renewed feeling in the body and mind.
Infrared sauna therapy has a wide range of benefits, including both mental and physical.
- Detoxification: helps the body sweat a lower temperature which provides a deeper detox through the skin, detoxing the body of arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury and many other toxins.
- Improved Circulation: enhances blood flow and circulation which improves heart health, lowers blood pressure, improves oxygen utilization and lung function, immunity, and muscle function
- Decreased Inflammation: quickens recovery, eases chronic pain, reduces inflammation, improves flexibility, and aids in cell regeneration
- Enhances lifestyle choices: aids in weight loss when combines with healthy choices for diet and exercise by simulating the effect of moderate exercise
- Clarifies skin: clears skin through detox and blood flow resulting in unclogged pores, anti-aging (cell regen), and stimulating collagen production for better skin elasticity and a youthful glow
- Stress reduction: relaxes muscles, relieves tension, releases endorphins and balances cortisol levels for better mood
- Immune Boosting: stimulates immune system by increasing white blood cells and protects and repairs cells through increasing efficiency of heat shock proteins
Halotherapy can also be referred to as dry salt therapy and is a holistic approach that mimics the historic practics of visiting salt caves for therapeutic benefit. The dry salt molecules are micro-sized and when you breathe them in, they dissolve, attracting small impurities in the respiratory system. The salt destroys bacteria and helps heal other respiratory illnesses like allergies, bronchitis, and asthma, keeping the lungs free from infection and allergens. We offer halotherapy as an add-on service to our sauna sessions or as a standalone service.
Halotherapy has many benefits to the respiratory system, skin, ears/infections, and athletic performance. There are also benefits to mood and sleep quality that can support better mental health.
- Respiratory: anti-microbial, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-inflammatory which clears mucus, reduces acidity, opens lungs and sinuses to reduce inflammation in small airways
- Skin: increases microcirculation, enhances skin’s protect and repair properties, anti-microbial and anti-bacterial
- Athletic Performance: expands airways for increased lung capacity, increases oxygen saturation/exchange, aids in muscle recovery, improves muscle endurance
- Infections: especially ear infections, halotherapy can relieve swelling and pain and allow fluid to drain in ear/tubes
Chromotherapy is color light therapy and restores balance to the body by applying colored light. It is an ancient mode of treatment that benefits the mind and body that is widely recognized and applied by the medical community. There is a wide range of benefits! We offer chromotherapy as an add-on to a sauna services or as a standalone service.
Chromotherapy has a wide range of benefits for the mind and body.
- Reduces swelling and inflammation
- Accelerates healing
- Increases range of motion
- Decreases muscle tension
- Eases pain
- Regulates mood
- Improves sleep
- Relieves SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)
- Promotes anti-aging
- Hydrate before and during sessions
- Start with lower temperatures and shorter sessions and gradually increase
- Prepare before session with shower, wear loose-fitting clothing or a towel, and avoid heavy meals prior
- After session, allow body to cool down gradually, consider a cool shower, hydrate and nourish, focus on electrolyte replenishment
- During session consider relaxing music, breathwork, or meditation to maximize mental clarity and stress reduction
- Aim for regular use for optimal results, ideally 3-4x per week
- Listen to your body, paying attention to how you feel during sessions, exit the sauna if you feel dizzy or uncomfortable