There are any number of reasons for taking a sauna – we’ve listed a few below. The thing is that old style saunas, with hot rocks and a bucket of water to create steam, are a bit of a faff and sort of a bit naff. In our honest opinion steam isn’t the best way to work up a sweat, and it doesn’t suit everybody’s breathing. That’s why at Bodywise you’ll find an Infra-Red (IR) sauna. IR works just like the sun’s radiation – sit in it and you feel warm. Take your kit off, dial up the temperature, and you’ll feel very warm very quickly as the IR radiation penetrates up to an inch and a half into the epidermis. Within minutes you’ll be sweating profusely as nature, your body, and your skin take their natural course.
WHY IS A SAUNA GOOD FOR YOU?
Here are just a few of the reasons that working up a great sweat in a sauna can be really good for you:
#1. Detoxification – sweating is nature’s way of expelling toxins.
#2. Improved circulation – vasodilation from IR radiation increases blood flow and lowers blood pressure
#3. Pain relief – muscle relaxation and increased blood flow to injured areas helps alleviate pain whilst aiding recovery and recuperation
#4. Skin health – the deep cleansing effect of detoxification, along with increased collagen production, promotes increased elasticity and anti-aging.
#5. Perhaps most importantly overall, the entire IR sauna experience is one that seriously reduces stress
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YOU’LL BE ENTERING A ‘RED LIGHT THERAPY’ DISTRICT
The Bodywise sauna also delivers Red Light Therapy. According to Google’s AI overview:
“Red light therapy works by using low-wavelength, visible red light to penetrate the skin and stimulate mitochondria, the ‘power plants’ of cells. This light increases ATP production, enhancing cellular function, promoting collagen production, boosting blood circulation and initiating cellular repair and regeneration processes. This non-invasive treatment is used to promote skin healing, reduce inflammation, encourage hair growth, and more, by giving cells the energy they need to function and repair more efficiently.”
Who are we to argue with Google AI? Basically Red Light Therapy is used for various purposes, including improving skin complexion and reducing signs of aging, promoting hair growth, accelerating wound healing and tissue repair, and reducing inflammation and pain
ZEN AND THE ART OF SWEATING ELEGANTLY
The Bodywise IR sauna isn’t just any old public sauna or steam room. That means you won’t be sharing it with other perspiring bodies as it’s a private room, where you can lock yourself away from the workaday world for a while, designed to promote a very Zen experience. It’s quite luxuriously appointed with two beds (the sauna is ideal for couples as well as individuals) to relax on, comfy chairs, the wherewithal to make a cup of herbal tea, and water to rehydrate. This is all good because, certainly to start with, you’ll almost certainly want spells of no more than 20 minutes actually in the sauna. When it’s time to get out of the heat and get ready to go home, there’s a really good strong waterfall shower and fluffy towels. In short everything has been thought of to really help reduce the stress – all you need to concentrate on is ‘the you-ness of you!’
BUT HERE’S THE THING – DO YOU REALLY NEED A REASON TO FEEL WONDERFUL?
The Bodywise sauna with its IR heat and Red Light is great for all sorts of therapy. But hey, you don’t really need to be in a position where you require therapy to spend a session just pampering yourself! This Bodywise member shared a session with his wife and afterwards we agreed that we both felt absolutely wonderful – that’s reason enough, happy days all round. Perhaps the most amazing thing was that the feeling lasted throughout the day, we both got a wonderful night’s sleep, and woke up the following morning feeling super-great.
What’s not to love?
By Al Campbell, The Bodywise Member and Author