Health Benefits

STRONGER IMMUNE SYSTEM

With the increase of your body’s core temperature comes an increase in production of white blood cells.  This is what happens when you have a fever, so using a sauna is a natural way of enhancing your immune system quickly and efficiently.  It helps your body fight run of the mill colds and flus.

RESPIRATORY SUPPORT

Sweating in a steaming hot room is a great way to jump start your body’s natural healing process after or while you may be sick.  Whether it’s plugged sinuses, chest congestion or even bronchitis, the steam that comes from throwing water on hot sauna stones can do no harm and all good.  Relax and take deep breaths.

ENDORPHIN RELEASE & STRESS RELIEF

Endorphins are what give you that happy and calm feeling at the end of a workout, and spending time in a sauna produces them the same way working out does. That is one more reason why spending time in a sauna is a good way to unwind and relax at the end of a long and stressful day. Many sauna users say that regular sauna use helps with insomnia and ensures a better night’s sleep.

SOOTHES PAIN

Being wrapped in a bubble of hot air is great therapy for sore joints and achy muscles.  A sauna is a good way to find relief from arthritis or sore and achy joints; it is a great for people with an active lifestyle to reward your body for reaching all the limits you push it to.

HEALTHY SKIN

Spending time in the sauna heat relaxes facial muscle tension, removes dead cells, rinses out bacteria, and improves skin elasticity, leaving your skin soft, moist, and youthful looking. Often it gives you that sunny, bright “just-tanned” look all year long.

IMPROVED BLOOD FLOW

Another benefit of being in a sauna is that it naturally raises your heart rate, which in turn pumps your blood harder.  When your blood flow increases your blood vessels expand, which also raises your blood pressure in a healthy way.  This is the direct result of an increased heart rate, which makes for a healthier heart than before the sauna session. After you are done in the sauna, both heart rate and blood pressure begin to drop lower then before you entered the sauna, which results in a lowered blood pressure after a sauna session.

CALORIE BURN & WEIGHT LOSS

Sitting in a hot environment causes an aerobic effect similar to that instilled by a workout: your heart rate increases, followed by a metabolism rise which in turn burns more calories. Using a sauna regularly is a great addition to any fitness program, a way to keep things interesting and relaxing.

Note: it is very important to rehydrate after a sauna session, replacing any water weight you may have lost.