Sauna & Deliberate Heat Exposure
Sweat. It. Out.
Sitting in an infrared sauna heats you from the inside out and feels less hot than a traditional dry sauna.
The benefits of the higher temperatures are only just beginning to be registered with the scientific community, but what we do know from studies and sauna cultures like the one in Finland show cardiovascular benefits that increase longevity and resilience.
Cardiovascular Longevity
Those who use deliberate heat exposure 4-7x a week are 50% less likely to die from cardiovascular disease and 40% less likely to die from any health condition in general.
According to this incredible study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34954348/
Better Sleep
The short term benefits of better sleep through a decrease in body temperature are enough to try the sauna at night. If you are having trouble sleeping, there is good research that going from a warm temperature to a cold temperature can help you sleep. Ideally, your bedroom is below 68 degrees and your body being warm getting in that cool bed will help your body's natural tendency to shed heat while you are sleeping.
Fight Metabolic Diseases like Diabetes
Goals for hormone balance and a low glucose reading? Deliberate heat exposure causes an increase in metabolic rate and increased insulin sensitivity, both of which are vital to protecting your hormone balance that gives you energy.
Optimized Lipid Panels
Infrared therapy promotes detoxification and shows a decrease in LDL cholesterol and decreases inflammation and oxidative stress
A sauna is like an extra kidney
Sauna use showed increased secretions of toxins, including mercury.
Benefits that affect all areas of your life.
A Canadian study showed that people could reduce blood pressure and lose weight using a sauna.
This sauna company has compiled a wild list of all the scientific studies done on sauna use. We thought about linking each one.. but will leave you to do the clicking.
What to expect:
Our Sauna lives in our Skin Care Department
Arrive a few minutes early to check in, use the restroom and transition.
Our Skincare room is right off our lobby and our desk staff are available if anything is needed.
The sauna will be heated and we will have prepared the room for you with cool towels for your face and eyes, a wrap towel to be robed in, cold drinking water and electrolytes.
We will leave you alone with a timer to disrobe and enjoy the sauna. Please sit on a towel and enjoy the time with mindfulness.
HOW LONG SHOULD YOU STAY IN THE SAUNA?
If you are in the sauna for relaxation and detox, you can do the sauna for two or three days a week or intermittently over one day as needed. Start with two 10 minute intervals with rest in between to cool down and hydrate.
If you are looking for something more intense with more deliberate heat exposure health benefits, 57 minutes of sauna per week increases brown fat thermogenesis, increasing dopamine and resilience affect.
The research suggests that you can alternate heat and rest with 10-15 minutes per sauna with rest.
If you only have one day per week to use the sauna and want the biggest effects on a growth hormone response, 4 cycles or sets of 30 minutes each. The growth hormone effect will diminish if you become heat adapted and doing something once a week will keep you from becoming adapted because of the stress stimulus.
Combine sauna time with a dry brush treatment and skin healing cream.