What is an Infrared Sauna?
Unlike a traditional sauna, infrared saunas don’t heat the air around you. Instead, they use infrared heating panels that emit light to warm your body directly. An infrared sauna is a lot drier which makes it easier to breathe when you are in it thus allows you to experience the full intensity of a sweaty session at a lower temperature. Generally, many find it more tolerable and allows you to stay in there longer while increasing your core body temperature by 2-3 degrees. This will help your body to detoxify and gives you a much deeper cleansing experience.
The infrared light can\’t be seen by the naked eye but it gives off what\’s called radiated heat, penetrating deep within your tissues, muscles and cells. This form of slow heating makes infrared saunas a much more comfortable experience than a traditional one.
We offer state-of-the-art full spectrum cedar wood infrared saunas that provide a tranquil space to support your health from chronic conditions to mild health concerns, detoxification, immunity resilience and radiant skin health.
Benefits of Infrared Sauna
Detoxification
One of the biggest infrared sauna health benefits is its ability to increase your blood circulation and stimulate the sweat glands, releasing built-up toxins in the body. Daily sauna sweating can help detoxify your body as it rids itself of accumulated highly toxic metals (lead, mercury, nickel, and cadmium) as well as alcohol, nicotine, sulphuric acid, and other organic and inorganic compounds.
Immune boosting
The deep heating from the sauna\’s infrared heaters will raise your core body temperature, inducing an artificial fever. Although often misunderstood, a fever is actually the body’s natural mechanism to strengthen and accelerate the immune response. This artificially induced fever mimics the body’s natural defence mechanisms, stimulating the production of white blood cells which assist the body in fighting infections and keep us healthy. Studies conducted by the British Medical Association note that ‘it has become well known that people who take regular saunas reduce their incidence of colds and influenza by 65%’.
This enhanced immune system, combined with improved elimination of toxins and wastes via intense sweating, increases your overall health and resistance to disease.
Heart Health
There are studies from around the world that have found a link between using an infrared sauna and maintaining healthy blood pressure levels. It has beens said to reduce cholesterol in patients with congestive heart disease. In patients with cardiovascular disease, infrared saunas have also been demonstrated to improve cardiac arrhythmias and symptoms of chronic heart failure.
Weight loss & increased metabolism
As your body\\\\\\\’s temperature rises, it responds by producing perspiration in an effort to cool down, which raises your heart rate and pumps more blood into your body, improving circulation. As a result of the increased metabolism, more calories are burned! A number of studies have shown that you can burn up to 700 calories per session.
A study showed that people who used the sauna 3 times per week found an average reduction in fat of about 4% over 4 months. These findings are unsurprising given that a single infrared sauna session can burn between 400 and 600 calories! During the trial, neither the individuals\’ food nor their exercise habits were altered.
Improves skin health + anti ageing
The profuse sweating achieved after just a few minutes in the infrared sauna carries off deeply embedded impurities and dead skin cells, leaving the skin glowing and immaculately clean. Increased circulation draws your skin’s own natural nutrients to the surface.You’ll see improved tone, elasticity, texture and fresh colour. Increased blood circulation has also been shown to relieve acne, eczema, psoriasis, burns, lesions and cuts. In addition, open wounds heal more quickly and will also help to reduce scarring.
Near Infrared Heat have also been use to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles in your skin. Sweating improves blood circulation as well as skin elasticity, tone, texture and firmness – it also helps unblock pores and reduce blemishes. A weekly infrared sauna session will leave you glowing and the more you sweat the better you\’ll feel.
Pain relief
Regular use of an infrared sauna can provide relief from discomfort associated with tight, overworked muscles and joints for both athletes and chronic pain sufferers. Increased circulation aids in the clearance of waste products like lactic acid from the body while also delivering oxygen-rich blood to muscles, resulting in speedier muscular recovery. Infrared saunas warm the body, which helps to relax muscles. When your muscles are warmed, it allows for deeper stretches, increasing your flexibility and range of motion. Infrared Saunas can also help to reduce spasms, soreness and inflammation in muscles and joints.
Stress reduction + Sleep management
One of the biggest benefits of an infrared sauna is relaxation and the chance to de-stress. Elevated levels of stress in our modern lives are leading to an increase in all health concerns. An infrared sauna session can not only help you unwind but it also decreases the production of cortisol, the main hormone for stress in the body. Infrared saunas help with thermoregulation and can help kick in your melatonin production. Melatonin is known as the sleep hormone. With sleep being an important pillar of well being, better sleep means quicker recovery, high readiness and ultimately a healthier you!
Improved mood and Decreased Fatigue
Now who doesn’t like a good sweat? Sweating causes the brain to release endorphins, a feel-good chemical that gives us a boost throughout the day. Our infrared sauna rooms are soothing and relaxing, assisting the nervous system in slowing down and shifting into a healing mode. The infrared sauna affects the autonomic nerve system, allowing the body to recover and replenish itself. This healing condition is also known as the parasympathetic state, or rest and digest state, and can help people to feel more energised.