Infrared Sauna for Relief, Recovery and Wellness

Pilates for strength; infrared sauna for recovery, relaxation, and wellness

Experience the difference with Pitt Town’s first infrared sauna

Pilates for strength; infrared sauna for recovery, relaxation, and wellness

Sauna and Pilates? Absolutely.

A quality sauna does wonders to alleviate muscle soreness, manage pain, and simply boost your wellness.

I use the Sunlighten mPulse sauna at our Pitt Town Pilates studio (less than ten minutes from Windsor in the glorious Hawkesbury). Using infrared heat in place of steam or hot rocks, it delivers a more consistent and comfortable sauna experience (and an entertaining one, with WiFi available at the touch of a button!).

Most importantly, it’s the only infrared sauna on the market that harnesses all three wavelengths on the infrared spectrum.

Why is this so important? Different parts of the spectrum provide different health benefits, so each session can be customised to your particular needs.

Conventional vs infrared saunas: the difference

Purely because of the way the heat is generated, an infrared sauna facilitates the elimination of more toxins than conventional approaches.

Humid steam saunas

The way a conventional humid steam sauna forces the body to sweat – by heating the surrounding air – produces perspiration that’s 97% water and 3% toxicity.

Infrared saunas

The way an infrared sauna forces the body to sweat – by penetrating up to 4cm into the body’s tissue – produces perspiration that’s 80% water and 20% toxicity.

Firstly – what is an infrared sauna?

Infrared is a safe wavelength of light that we feel as heat.

Hot stone and steam saunas increase the temperature of the surrounding air, making it difficult to breathe. However infrared saunas increase our core body temperature as the wavelengths are absorbed by our tissue, muscle, and bones.

In a nutshell – a traditional saunas heat up the air around us, while infrared saunas heat us up from the inside.

The health benefits of an infrared sauna

Increasing our temperature from the inside stimulates the lymphatic, immune and cardiovascular systems, offering a range of health benefits.

Feel relaxed

Improved immunity

The deep heat absorption raises your core temperature, triggering the immune system to fight off infection

Feel rejuvenated

Post-exercise recovery

Lactic acid is cleared while the nutrients and enzymes essential for muscular repair are promoted

Feel renewed

Easing of joint pain

Increased thermal energy to joints may temporarily reduce stiffness and increase range of motion

Clearer skin

Cell renewal improves tone and conditions such as acne, eczema, and dermatitis

Detox

Intense sweat removes heavy metals and stored toxins stored deep within fatty tissue and other parts of the body

Relief of muscular pain

Increased blood flow to muscles relieves tension and soreness

Stress relief and improved sleep

Releasing those feel-good endorphins improves brain health while activating our parasympathetic nervous system encourages quality sleep

Improved cardio health

Heating the body directly creates a cardio workout (just without any muscular pain!)

Weight loss

The number of calories your burn increases as your heart and metabolic rate do

With our infrared sauna, you’re in control

Option 1: Customise your sauna session

There are three wavelengths on the infrared spectrum, each of which are effective at providing different health benefits.

Our infrared sauna is the only one on the market that harnesses all three wavelengths. This means you can customise each of the near, mid, and far infrared rays to suit your specific wellness goals.

Wavelength: Near Infrared

Promotes:

Wavelength: Mid infrared

Promotes:

Wavelength: Far infrared

Promotes:

No more sitting in group sweatboxes – say hello to personalised sauna treatments right here in our Pitt Town studio.

Option 2: Choose from our pre-set wellness programs

Have a specific area of focus? You may prefer to choose from a range of pre-calibrated programs based on wellness research.

Program: Detoxification

Wavelength Combinations:

Mid and far infrared start at a high intensity to increase the body’s core temperature before reducing to a lower intensity.

The combination improves vascular access flow to reach toxins at the cellular level.

Program: Relaxation

Wavelength Combinations:

Combining far, mid, and near-infrared at a low, comfortable intensity relieves muscle tension.

The combination induces deep relaxation and promotes a reduction in stress.

Program: Anti-aging

Wavelength Combinations:

Skin tissue is penetrated using near infrared at an intensity that’s both low and constant.

Designed to help with various skin concerns, the program promotes anti-aging and improvements to overall skin tone, elasticity, and firmness.

Program: Cardiovascular

Wavelength Combinations:

The program increases heart rate and cardiac output before dropping the intensity to sustain a consistent heart rate level.

This program is designed to improve circulation and promote healthy blood pressure.

Program: Weight loss

Wavelength Combinations:

Another high-intensity starter, the weight loss program stimulates the cardiovascular system before lowering to a medium intensity.

Heart rate, cardiac output, and metabolic rate all increase as the body works to cool itself.

Program: Pain relief

Wavelength Combinations:

Set at a mid-level intensity level, natural pain relief is promoted by the blending of far and mid-infrared which reduces inflammation and swelling.

At the same time, cellular repair is promoted via near-infrared wavelengths lightly penetrating the tissue.

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Frequently asked sauna questions

Do I need to do Pilates to book sauna sessions?

Absolutely not – bring a friend or family member! We encourage anyone to use the sauna for any number of benefits.

When do I book my sessions?

It’s up to you – there are no hard and fast rules! You can choose to sauna immediately after a class, as stand-alone recovery or wellness session, or a combination of both. If you’re looking for sleep benefits, later in the day is ideal.

What exactly is infrared heat?

Infrared heat occurs naturally as the warmth we feel from the sun. Think of the wavelengths as energy.

The sauna’s infrared heaters and heat sensors deliver these wavelengths safely (it’s completely different to UV light) and consistently (with no hot or cold spots).

How many people fit in the sauna at a time?

Our Pitt Town studio has a Sunlighten mPulse Believe sauna, which has been specifically developed for single or double use.

What exactly am I expected to do for 45 minutes?

Whatever you’d like! Some people do nothing but close their eyes and relax.

WiFi means you can also play music, listen to podcasts, watch an episode of that Netflix series you’ve been bingeing…

What do I wear during my sauna session?

Whatever you’re comfortable in! Some prefer towels, others prefer bathing suits (some even sweat it out in just their underwear!).

Tip: Remove any metal jewellery beforehand to prevent scorching!

Do I need to prepare?

Your core temperature will be increasing, so drink at least one glass of water before beginning your session.

Take a (plastic – not metal or glass) water bottle with you and drink throughout.

Afterwards, drink at least 750ml of water or electrolyte to rehydrate. Remember – hydration is key!

What do I bring?

You’ll need a drink and towel to dry off afterwards. Don’t worry about a towel for the sauna – I’ll provide clean bamboo cotton towels for each session.

Why? Bamboo carbon fibre re-emits 91% of the infrared heat absorbed, so our bamboo towels are designed to maximise the effectiveness of each session. (They’re also incredibly comfortable, highly absorbent, and super-hygienic!)

Ummm… bamboo carbon fibre towels?

Yep! Our towels are made from air dried bamboo, which is then charred at 800ºC before being ground into fine nano particles, added into synthetic fibres to create yarn… you get the drift.

Thanks to the bamboo minerals, our towels have excellent infrared emission and are anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, and deodorising (trust me –after 45-minutes, you’ll be super-grateful for their odour absorbing qualities!).

Relief, recovery and wellness

Sauna questions? Pilates questions? I’m all ears

If you have questions about anything – from Pilates itself through to the studio, infrared sauna, or classes (online or face-to-face) – don’t hesitate to shoot me a message.

Prefer to chat? No worries – give me a call on 0433 200 679 and we’ll talk all things Pilates, saunas and more!

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