Infrared Sauna
Not many take advantage of getting a deep sweat in a sauna, and that needs to change! There’s nothing more relaxing and rejuvenating than sweating it out. A few minutes in and your muscles relax, your mind calms and tensions fade away. Saunas are also a great tool to help you drain and detox all of those intracellular toxins away.
Why You Should Start Using A Sauna
Besides just feeling great, saunas are a great way to flush toxins out of the body through sweating. Humans need a good deep sweat to remove toxins, like mercury and lead (1), from the body. Whenever I have clients on a detox from mold, parasites, or heavy metals I encourage them to hit the sauna a few times per week.
Long-term sauna use has also been known to regulate cortisol levels (2) to help you de-stress. And in our fast paced society, stress is at an all-time high. When we’re stressed for too long, it can lead to increase in cortisol and DHEA production from the adrenal glands, which translates to increased testosterone levels and estrogen dominance. Hopping into a sauna and letting the heat relax you is a great way to regulate cortisol. (Don’t forget to try box breathing when you can’t make it to a sauna!)
Sauna bathing has also been shown to increase white blood cell counts (3), which pumps up the immune system to help you fight off infections.
On top of being relaxed and detoxing, you may notice better sleeping patterns with a regular trip to the sauna. Sauna use shifts your nervous system from sympathetic (fight or flight) to parasympathetic (resting and digesting). Read more about the nervous system here.
I’m always an advocate for good sleep hygiene and sauna use is a helpful tool. With a decline in stress and tension, the body is in a more relaxed state, which aids in a better night of rest.
Whether you have aches and pains, are fighting off an illness, or just want to improve your overall health, a sauna is the way to go. It’s even better if the sauna has red light therapy too.
Infrared Sauna Over Traditional Sauna
The difference between an infrared and traditional sauna is the source of heat. Traditional saunas use a physical source of heat, fired stove, stones, etc. This warms the room around you, then warms your body, giving only some of the benefits of an infrared sauna.
However, infrared saunas utilize infrared lamps to warm your body directly. These panels heat up your body first, before the air around you. This leads to a more intense sweat as the heat penetrates deeper into the body’s core, at the cellular level, and leads to a more effective detox. Choosing an infrared sauna over a traditional sauna is the way to go. (Make sure that the sauna you choose does not emit high levels of EMFs.)
TIPS FOR IMPROVING YOUR SESSION:
HOT TIP #1: Make sure you’re well hydrated. You’re going to heat up and sweat a lot. Drink your water with electrolytes in it. Plain water doesn’t do a lot for you. An easy way to add electrolytes is to add a pinch of sea salt, a squeeze of lemon and a dollop of local honey.
HOT TIP #2: Before getting into a sauna, I recommend taking a binder. A binder is a supplement containing humic and fulvic acids that help to bind the toxins being released from your cells. Nothing is worse than passing toxins from your cells into circulation and then just reabsorbing them. My favorite binder is BioToxin Binder by Cellcore Biosciences (email us for our personal code to order).
HOT TIP #3: Be sure to take a cool shower after your sauna session. This helps to wash off the toxins that have accumulated on your skin through sweating. A cool shower also helps to bring blood flow back to the core of your body and into your vital core organs.
Call our office today at 586-422-1032 to book your sauna session!