Benefits from Sauna
April 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.
Walking Anyone?
Going walking is one of the activities I love to do. Most of the time, I go walking in the neighborhood. For some reason, it does not feel like something I have to force myself to do, maybe because I enjoy it so much. It is a lot easier when it doesn’t take so much convincing like when I have to go for a workout in the gym.
What’s more, I had no idea that taking a thirty-minute walk everyday had so many benefits. It not only builds your cardiovascular system, it burns calories. I was reading an article by Dr. Don Colbert, a renowned health and nutritional expert, and he recommended a thirty-minute walk everyday to one of his patients, and she lost fifty pounds in one year. Though, he also said that not everyone’s body responds in the same way. Read more »
My Writing Strengths And Weaknesses
January 22, 1999
Several thoughts come to mind when I describe my strengths and weaknesses as a writer:
First of all, whenever I write I know when the writing is great or just ordinary. It requires more effort when I try to write great. It takes a great deal of time because my mind is not focused.
On the other hand, I just write because I want to write the words in my thoughts. However, you can write whatever is on your mind and the things you want to express deeply. Read more »
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