Japanese modern baths

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

On The Japan Times Online there is an article about two baths which are very popular in Japan these days. Japanese have very old tradition of bathing in hot springs, which is called onsen. There is a lot of hot springs in Japan because of the volcanic origin of the archipelago. They are rich with [...]

Infrared sauna and health: Part 4. Infrared sauna alternatives

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

As I showed in the previous post in the Infrared sauna and health series, an infrared sauna trains many systems of our body. If we incorporate an infrared sauna in our lives, we can expect getting benefits from it, like prevention of heart diseases, soft and healthy skin, arthritis symptoms relief, stress reduction, improved circulation [...]

Living with multiple chemical sensitivity

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

Check this article, about a person with a multiple chemical sensitivity (MSC) living in a house built to keep her from toxins: Caryl Schonbrun lives in a strange little world with a hypo-allergenic dog named Bosco, an infrared sauna and outings nearly restricted to Whole Foods stores. It’s the bubble life of one who suffers [...]

Infrared sauna and health: Part 1. Is there benefit in infrared sauna?

Saturday, March 11th, 2006

In the modern world sauna is surrounded with an aura of health, beauty and relaxation. Many articles and books agree that sauna (sweat lodge, thermae, hammam, banya – substitute what you like) was used by Finnish (Indian, Ancient Greek, Turkish, Russian) people from ancient time to modern days and was a proven way to become [...]

Infrared sauna dome

Thursday, March 9th, 2006

Infrared sauna dome is another wide-spread infrared sauna type. It is usually designed as two domes, one dome is a little smaller than other and two domes can be folded in one to take less space when infrared sauna is not used. One takes the sauna lying on a supplied mat, while domes heat the [...]

Heavenly Heat Saunas review

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

Heavenly Heat Saunas is a well-known sauna manufacturer in environmental medicine circles, as it is popular between environmental health doctors and clinics. The main thing by which Heavenly Heat Saunas differ from other infrared sauna manufacturers is that they offer a line of saunas which combines usage of infrared and conventional steam heaters. They suggest [...]