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Benefits from Sauna

By Dolly | Apr 16, 2009

saunaApril 10, 2009

There is something about heat that makes everything in our body move more flexibly. Just like cold makes everything freeze and numb, heat melts and breaks open any numbness. Sauna is a dry heat bath that makes your body sweat within a few minutes. It is natural heat that relaxes and calms your body. A Sauna bath can be enjoyable after your daily workout as it cleanses your body from all sorts of toxins and soothes any sore body muscles.

When I first went into a Sauna bath my face felt the scorching heat and I didn’t think I would even make it for five minutes. Seven minutes later, I came out feeling a psychological peace and contentment as well as physical rejuvenation. Later, I kept doing Sauna after my daily workout and started observing improvements. I was relieved from my allergies, sharpened in my senses, clear complexion, and had no muscle soreness after tough workouts.

There are some things I did that helped me before going into the Sauna bath:
· Drink plenty of water so you are well hydrated; this will also help release the toxins when you sweat while in Sauna bath.
· Use water to wet the exposed bare skin before going into the sauna room so the body will not feel the extreme heat shock and will slowly adjust to the Sauna temperature.
· When in the Sauna room, try to think calm or happy thoughts to relax your mind. You can always take a book if you feel more relaxed while reading.
· Pace yourself by coming out of the Sauna room every five minutes if you need to get use to the temperature.

After a while, I was so excited and ended up sharing with one of the trainers at the gym about what was happening on how I was benefitting from doing Sauna baths. He explained further saying that Sauna also increases your metabolism and your pulse rate increases with blood vessels becoming much more flexible. Therefore, it has lots of benefits without any work. Slowly, I have improved my timing to stay in the Sauna room, and now I can stay in a Sauna bath for as long as fifteen to twenty minutes.

Exercising helps achieve all our physical fitness goals but adding Sauna into our daily workout routine will help put us in excellent condition.

Chemicals in Food

By Dolly | Jul 11, 2008

July 10, 2008

Chemicals in foods are very common in the U.S. Without chemicals the grocery stores can’t keep the food products in healthy condition. The foods will spoil without any chemicals that may help keep them fresh.

There are various reasons why we are facing this issue and have become more adaptive to this lifestyle of eating foods that contains chemicals. First and foremost, time has changed where our lives have become so busy that we don’t go grocery shopping every day. Versus earlier period women who went to the market for their daily food needs.

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Alzheimer Affecting Families

By Dolly | Jul 11, 2008

multi yellow flowersJuly 10, 2008

I have a friend and her grandmother has Alzheimer’s. One day we were talking about this sickness and how it affects everyone in the family emotionally. With Alzheimer’s, the loved one endures this illness and doesn’t even have any idea of the world around.

My friend expressed her feelings saying, “It breaks my heart every time I see my grandma; especially, when she doesn’t recognize me and I can’t help her in anyway.” On the other hand, however, when things are normal people look forward to enjoy the time spent with their loved one. As I pondered more on this thought it struck me. It is all about the mindset and preconditioning the mind.

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