Yearly Archives: 2013

Far infrared saunas heat the body directly rather than heating the air around your body. This radiant heat penetrates the skin more deeply than traditional saunas. Because the air around your body is not heated, infrared saunas are often more tolerable than traditional dry or wet saunas. Far infrared saunas heat the body directly rather than heating the air around…

Far infrared is the most common type of infrared sauna, but full-spectrum saunas are also available. These range from near, mid, to far-infrared wavelengths. Each type of energy warms your body without heating the air around you and is said to provide a different benefit. Near-infrared combines heat and light therapy, also known as phototherapy, which…

A dry sauna, commonly knows as a traditional sauna creates dry heat in an entirely different way. The most traditional way is with wood burning in a stove, and water is poured with a ladle from a bucket generally onto the lava rocks above it. This does generate some moisture, but nowhere near the levels of…