Benefits of Heating the Body
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- increased heart rate, causing increased blood flow especially to the capillaries near the surface of the skin
- increased production of white blood cells
- disabling & killing of microbes
- faster metabolic rate of nutrient assimilation & toxin removal
- muscle relaxation
- increased enzyme production
- decrease or elimination of pain in muscles, nerves & joints
- reduction & elimination of disease
Steam Benefits
You've just returned from a long, stressful day in the office & feel drained; or perhaps you are enduring muscle pain that just won't go away. The gentle warming of the muscles through steam treatment, typically experienced using a home steam shower is increasingly found to improve your health & feeling of well-being.
In fact, steam benefits as associated with a steam room or steam shower have been known for thousands of years, where wet heat opens the pores of your skin to aid body detoxification.
A steam room or steam shower cubicle uses a steam generator that produces heated water vapor to fill the cabin to your chosen temperature. The warm temperatures inside the steam room causes skin pores to open, body metabolism to increase & subsequently results in the sweating process.
The steam unit is used to create water vapor at high levels of humidity. The heat & humidity may bring health benefits ranging from aiding stress relief, to body cleansing, to soothing aching muscles or arthritis. Different research & user studies show that the benefits of steam showers are numerous & may aid your bodily health by:
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Benefits of Saunas
- improve circulation, increase your metabolism & relieve internal congestion,
- destroy bacteria, viruses & tumors (which can't survive the higher temperatures),
- eliminate toxic chemicals, heavy metals, radiation & other toxins from the body,
- increase the ability of the skin to eliminate poisons,
- provide many of the benefits of exercise while requiring much less exertion,
- relax, rejuvenate & revitalise the body,
- removing the accumulation of potentially carcinogenic heavy metals as well as alcohol, nicotine, sodium & cholesterol,
- burn as many as 300 calories in a typical session,
- soothe & relax tired muscles,
- burn the same amount of perspiration as a 10 kilometer run, or as many calories as you would during rowing for 30 minutes (in an approximately 30 minute session).
Benefits of Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy, often used to benefit steam room sessions is the use of essential oils, which are extracted from flowers, leaves, bark, wood, seeds, roots & peel, to promote a persons health & mood. These essential oils are absorbed into the bloodstream & metabolised in the body, resulting in many health benefits. Research studies & findings have shown that essential oils can aid in:
- reducing tension & anxiety, caused by stress, insomnia, & other similar issues;
- reducing fatigue & helping alleviate sleeplessness;
- concentration, memory recall & alertness;
- enhancing the experience of meditation & self-reflection; directly impacting emotional states through the olfactory system;
- fighting against colds;
- relaxing, calming, uplifting, or stress-relieving the body.
