Whenever the term sauna or saunna was mentioned, naturally people will think of Finnish sauna. Finnish sauna is a major part of Finnish culture. Almost every household has a Finnish sauna in Finland. To the Finns, they look at sauna not as a luxury. A sauna is a necessity to them. A sauna is a place where they relax with friends and family.
Finnish saunas can be found practically anywhere in Finland. Finnish sauna is in fact an important national identity for Finland. They have even established the routine of taking sauna on Saturday for physical relaxation and on Sunday for spiritual purification.
A sauna is a room that is typically warmed to 60-100 degrees Celsius for some time. There are many varied types of sauna today. In a traditional Finnish sauna, water is thrown on the hot stones topping the kiuas, a special stove to warm the sauna room. When water is thrown on the hot stones, this will create steam which makes the sauna room even hotter.
In a Finnish sauna, sometimes a leafy, fragrant bough of silver birch is used in the sauna room to gently beat oneself. This has a very relaxing effect on tensed muscles and also calms any insect bites effect.
The Finns also like to take an immediate dip in a pool or a lake when the heat in the Finnish sauna began to get uncomfortable. This is done even in winter. In the dressing room or the porch of the Finnish sauna, they began to sit down and enjoy Finnish sausage along with beers and soft drinks.
After cooling down, the Finns may go back into the Finnish sauna room and start all over again. They do this as they find that one cycle of sauna session may not be effective enough. That is why they could repeat the sauna sessions two or three times. A Finnish sauna baths can therefore last up to two hours.
Does men and women use the Finnish sauna together in the same sauna room? The rules are instinctive to the Finns. This depends on the size, composition, relationship and the age of the group. Sometimes, both men and women will use the sauna together. Going to the sauna with non-family members are common for younger generations. Sometimes, younger people who prefer hotter sauna would not want to go to the sauna together with older people. So the general rule is that, everyone who is in the sauna room has to feel comfortable with each other.
There is also another type of Finnish sauna called the smoke sauna. The smoke sauna is without chimney. Smoke is ventilated out instead. When the sauna room is hot enough, the burning wood is allowed to die and the smoke is ventilated out. This type of sauna is in fact more representative of the traditional Finnish sauna. In recent years, smoke sauna seems to have experienced some revival. However, because it takes much more time and effort to heat the sauna, a smoke sauna is unlikely to replace all existing type of sauna.
It is difficult to trace the history and root of the Finnish sauna as it has been around since ages passed. It is possible that Finnish sauna could have evolved from the Europe and Sweden bath houses. In Finland, the Finnish sauna is highly honored because of its many uses. The first thing that the Finns built when they moved into a new house is the sauna. The sauna helped to create a sterile environment. The sauna smoke contained tannic acid and has anti-bacterial polymer.
Another reason why Finnish sauna is popular is because of the availability of wood to be burnt in the sauna stove. Furthermore, Finland has cold climate and the sauna is great place to warm themselves. It is however, popular even in summer too.
How do you use a Finnish sauna? One usually uses the sauna without wearing anything. However, if you feel more comfortable with a bathing suit or a towel, you can do that too.
One usually start a Finnish sauna by taking a shower. This will helps to keep the sauna room clean. Sit on the upper bench. You may want to use a small towel to sit on. For a few minutes, feel the heat permeating you. You can adjust the air moisture of the sauna room by throwing water on the stones of the heater. However, more steam would makes the sauna room feels hotter.
When the atmosphere feels too hot for you, you may step into the changing room. You can even take a shower. You can return to the sauna room after that for few more rounds. It is not unusual to use the Finnish sauna for few times to be effective.
When you are finally done, you should clean yourself with a shower. Dry yourself properly and allow yourself to cool completely before clothing yourself. Drink plenty of water after that.
You should allow ample time, say preferably one hour or more when using the sauna. Prepare a large towel to dry yourself and a smaller towel to sit on. You can use a moisturizing lotion after the sauna but not before.
There is no fixed rule as to how long you should stay in a Finnish sauna. You may want to limit your stay for a shorter time if you are just beginning to use a sauna. If you feel that the temperature is getting too hot, leave the sauna and cool down for a while. After cooling down, you can try the sauna again, perhaps for a longer time this round.
The other most-often asked questions about using the Finnish sauna is how often should one use the sauna. If you are a healthy person with no illness, then you can use the sauna for as often as you need. Again, there is no fixed rules and you should do it to a level that is comfortable for your body.
For those who would like to hear of personal experience about the Finnish sauna, the following articles from Tim Bird, first published in Blue Wings in 1997, may shed some light:
Letting off Steam, the Finnish Way
Article in Blue Wings in 1997, by Tim Bird
Some like it hot, not least the Finns. If you haven't already tried sauna bathing in Finland, it will only be a matter of time before someone introduces you to it. Watch out: perspiration can be habit-forming!
Imagine the scene: you take your clothes off and stem into a murky room. There are other naked men sitting next to you on wooden benches. Someone throws some water on a stove and the warmth in this little wood-lined chamber becomes an inferno. The sweat is running down your arms, your flesh is glistening. Your hear gasps and exclamations from along the wooden bench. You drop your head to avoid the initial scalding of the steam.
Someone takes a bunch of birch twigs from a tub of water and starts beating you on the back and neck. Your skin stings, there's a sweet smell of wet leaves, some of them pasted to your legs. You get up and follow the other men out of the door and your bare feet sink into several inches of snow. The steam coils around you as you trot through the frost to the lake side. You jump into a hole in the ice and splash around for a few seconds. Your skin has turned red as you pick your way through the snow and back to the little chamber. You pass a steaming body sprawled in the snow, rubbing a pink thigh with a handful of white crystals. You go back into the chamber. The door closes, someone throws water on the stove, the cycle is repeated.
Nobody is holding a gun to your head. It isn't an inflicted punishment or torture. You are doing this because you want to. What's more, you're not some sort of pervert or masochist.
The sweeness of sweat
The ritual of the sauna is the ultimate Finnish experience, and it's the only Finnish word to have entered the world vocabulary. See them grin when you mispronounce it - it's sow-na, as in cow, not sor-na, as in door - and hear them chuckle as you brace yourself when they toss more water onto the stove. They're the sauna experts, the connoisseurs of perspiratory entertainment.
How else can a country like Finland, with a small population and a funny language, hope to colonize world culture? They're good at mobile telephones and luxury cruise ships, but these lucrative exports were not invented by the Finns. The sauna was.
At least, that's what everybody tells you. In fact the concept of sweating for health, cleanliness and pleasure is by no means historically confined to Finlands borders. The Turkish bath or hamman is a not-too-distant cousin. So are the Russian bania, the sweat lodge of the Eskimos and American Indians, the Japanese mushiboro and the temescal of Mexico.
Precise origins of these various forms of steam bath, though, are sufficiently obscured by the mists of time for the Finns to claim this method of bathing as their own. Certainly, the sauna, Finnish style, is the most common modern steam bath. It's also the most versatile: saunas come in all shapes and sizes, from communal caverns to tiny cupboards. The first Finnish saunas built overseas were erected in the Delaware River valley in America by settlers in 1638. Now Finnish saunas are at the centre of a major worldwide export trade.
The original Finnish sauna was little more than a crudely covered pit, and one of the first known mentions of the facility appears in the writing of Nestori, a Russian historian, in 1113. Archaeological evidence, however, suggests that the steam bath had already been invented during the stone age. The Finns' association with the habit is reflected throughout Finnish literature: 15 of the 50 poems that make up the national epic, the Kalevala, make mention of the sauna, and it's a crucial location for scenes from Aleksis Kivi's Seven Brothers.
The details of sauna lore and attitudes towards it may have changed, but the popularity of the practice remains undiminished. The Christmas sauna, for instance, is in many families an essential event, while a survey in the 1970s showed that over 90 per cent in every age group of the population in the Finnish town of Vammala used the sauna regularly.
There's also evidence that the sauna has long been regarded as the prime Finnish eccentricity. The journals of the Italian Giuseppe Acerbi, for instance, on his travels through Finland to the North Cape in 1789-99, include an illustration of a family gathered, garment-free, in a large steamy cell, while the fully clothed Mediterranean hesitates bewildered at the door.
The modern sauna has retained a strong element of ritual, but little of the mystic reverence once conferred on it remains. Until the 19th century the sauna was still a hospital and a maternity ward as well as a bathing room. Etiquette required social restraint, if not complete silence while bathing.
Connected with birth and health and life-affirming water, the sauna was as sacred as a church. The faith in the healing powers of perspiration was absolute: if the sauna cannot cure you, went the adage, nothing can. Even today, the notion persists that the sauna can in some way purge the blood.
Opinions vary on the tangible medical benefits. But all agree that sweating is a desirable inbuilt mechanism for keeping the body temperature as close as possible to 37 degrees Centigrade and that it helps to expel wastes. There' s a consensus, too, that the feeling of relaxation that is the intended outcome is of spiritual, and therefore medical, advantage. The placebo effect of the sauna is powerful and only the faintest of heart, in either physical or mental sense, need approach with caution.
So what are the ingredients of the perfect sauna visit? Ideally, the sauna should be as close to the water as possible - sea, lake or river, it doesn't matter which. The sauna should be heated with a wood fire. Purists will shake their heads sagely and tell you that the only real sauna is the smoke sauna, or savusauna. This is the most traditional - and of these days rarest - type of which all others are supposed to be hybrids, and which involves keeping the smoke from the stove in the room until the very last moment before bathing.
In any case, electric saunas are strictly for city apartment blocks, fitness centres and municipal swimming pools: you may think that sweat is sweat, no matter the cause, but any Finn will advise you that the heat from an electric stove is dry and characterless compared with the steam that issues from a wood-fired stove.
Besides, the preparation and pungency of the wood fire are vital aspects of the ritual. Enjoyment is enhanced by anticipation and the knowledge that this pleasure is worth waiting for. Take your time, don't rush.
Moment of naked truth
So the time comes, it's your turn and - well there's this delicate matter of taking your clothes off. Let's face it, modesty is a universal trait - or is it vanity, and the suspicion that we look rather better clothed than we do derobed? The first-time sauna bather from abroad often finds this casual intimacy in the company of new acquaintances, if not total strangers, a little daunting. The only way to deal with this is to simply take the plunge. The chances are you'll discover your beer gut or your birth mark are in good company, and any self-consciousness is soon dispelled by the camaraderie of the visit.
As for sex and sauna - well what you do in private is your own business, but in Finland the two do not go hand in hand, as it were. It's either too cramped or too hot. Moreover public mixed saunas require that you wear a swimming costume. And flagellation? Those birch switches, known in the eastern dialects as vasta and in the west as vihta, are designed to encourage perspiration and are said to enhance the circulation. Like many of the mysteries of the sauna, it seems perverse - until you try it.
The best circumstances are a warm summer's day and a place to bathe. That winter roll in the snow or dip in the hole in the ice, or avanto, nor always practical, but a cooling swim between sweating sessions is luxuriously refreshing. The avanto, too, requires less courage than is generally supposed: after all, the water under the ice is warmer than the air above it.
Beer is a 20th century addition to the ceremony, and bottles are typically cooling in the lake, ready for that sauna porch chat. A couple of beers won't hurt, but beware of the demon dehydration. In any case, this is one place where alcohol is not required to break the ice. You won't find many managing directors bathing with their lower-ranking employees, but still the sauna is a great leveller. You look as ridiculous as the next man (or woman) when you're running naked down that jetty in a cloud of steam. The sauna has its comic side, and Finns can be a little over-earnest about their national pass-time.
Some may frown as they assess the quality of the löyly, the steam that's given off by the stove or kiuas. They'll quote some impressive statistics to support the quintessential Finnishness of this pursuit; did you know, for example, that Finland is the only country in the world with more saunas than cars? Did you know that the late President Kekkonen perfected his renowned diplomacy by negotiations in the sauna, and that similar conferences involving Finnish businessmen are a traditional aspect of Finnish commercial life.
Above all, they'll do their best to make sure you share the experience. You might as well give in. It's a simple, uncomplicated pleasure, to which nobody is exempt from access. So never mind the mysticism: just remember you've only one duty in the sauna and that's to enjoy it.
In Helsinki you can try the sauna at just about any hotel, fitness centre or swimming pool, although these are sure to be the electric variety. The public sauna par excellence is at Yrjönkatu, opposite the Torni hotel, complete with masseur and magnificent tiled swimming pool. The "real thing", including two smoke saunas and avanto in winter, is provided by the Saunaseura (sauna society) on the island of Lauttasaari in the west of the city: call (90) 678 677 for opening times. There are reconstructions of old saunas at the outdoor museum at seurasaari (bus 24 from city centre).
Well, that’s about all we have about the Finnish sauna for this article.
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Velform Sauna Belt Review
Before we proceed any further with this article, we wish to state that Free Sauna Information is not related in any way to Velform or Crassul. This review of the Velform Sauna Belt and the Crassul Sauna Belt is neither endorsements nor criticisms of the products.
There are many negative reviews written about the Velform Sauna Belt and the Crassul Sauna Belt. While some consumer had found the sauna belts function as they claimed, many others have labelled both the Velform Sauna Belt and the Velform Sauna Belt as cheats and scams.
What exactly is a sauna belt and a slimming belt? Sauna belt offers many of the benefits of far infrared sauna. In this case, a sauna belt can be used to focus its far infrared ray on the directed body parts, which can be anywhere.
A slimming belt functions slightly different from a sauna belt. A slimming belt does not produce any hat. Instead, it retains the warmth from your body as your exercise. A slimming belt fits snugly to trim your appearance. It also helps to support your lower back. The grip-strip closure adjusts to any size of waist. There is also a shaper belt that boosts the benefits of your exercise sessions.
First, let’s reprint the manufacturer’s description about the Velform Sauna Belt and the Crassul Sauna Belt:
You can easily enjoy the sauna heat in the comfort of your own home!
Apply the sauna heat on those body parts that needs it most, to help flush out and eliminate toxins. This portable Sauna Belt is great for the abdomen, waist, back and hips.
Just apply the Sauna Belt around the chosen body part and let the belt do all the work. It will stay firmly in place with the secure Velcro attachment. After using the Sauna Belt, your metabolism will be enhanced and the pounds will just melt away after constant use.
The Sauna Belt easily helps you to sweat, burn calories, and even eases muscle back pain!
The Crassul Sauna Belt is better than the top-selling V. Sauna Belt and Velform sauna belt. Why? It has an attached digital controller that will provide you instant 3 levels of temperature and a digital timer that will automatically shut-off after 60 minutes!
With nylon and space carbon fibre, this new sauna belt features strong stitching for durability, and is extremely comfortable.
The quality of the material is greatly enhanced. Overall, it is an awesome alternative way to burn your fats and lose weight, with proper diet and regular exercise in the comforts of your home or office.
Reverse the position of Crassul Sauna Belt towards your lower back, and voila! -- You have an instant back pain therapy!
However, based on the following reviews from some consumers who had used the Velform Sauna Belt and the Crassul Sauna Belt, the response seems to be a bit negative:
On 12 March 2008, Patricia of Toronto, Canada writes:
I received a "Sauna Belt" as a surprise bonus inside the box of an Ab Chair I bought a week ago… What's unusual is that the belt is clearly the "Velform", but with the word "Velform" is not printed on it, or in the "Owner's Manual" that comes with it. However, the word "Velfrom" does appear in one paragraph inside the manual...along with numerous typos and grammatical errors.
It appears that someone is trying to dispose of unsafe stock (which incidentally, was recalled from the market and destroyed in Europe) by including it with the Ab Chair. As I know, devices like this will not cause weight loss, and because the thing looks so cheap and potentially dangerous, I don't intend to use it.
But out of curiosity, I took a closer look at it, and Googled for reviews of it. Based on all the reports of personal injury and fires, I strongly suspect that the certification marks (CSA, UL, CE) on it are counterfeit, and that the product has never been tested by these organizations, for it clearly does not meet their safety standards. If it causes burns; the thermostat doesn't work; the auto shut-off feature doesn't work, and it's even caused fires (or near-fires), this product should be reported to the CSA, UL, and the CPSC. I've done this, and I strongly recommend others to do the same. This product MUST be taken off the market before it kills someone.
On 10 February 2008, Jennifer of Ontario, Canada writes:
The Velform sauna belt melted to my skin, my husband and I both have huge burns on our stomach, I would like to know how to get a hold of the manufacturer.
On 14 October 2006, Charan of Chandigarh, India writes:
I used the Velform sauna belt for 50 minutes each day for 45 consecutive days as advised by the manufacturer. After around 25 days I started feeling painful twinges from time to time. After stopping use the twinges continued at meal times and a check up using endoscopy revealed pre ulcerative erosive gastritis. Apparently strong local heat can cause such gastritis as is seen in burn cases but regular use of sauna belts also causes this use. Other such reports have also been heard by word of mouth. The belt companies are not merely running a scam but also directly harming the health of millions of users without any warning of the possible effects. They must be prosecuted !!!
On 20 March 2006, Frances of Texas, USA writes:
I used the Velform Sauna Belt on a low setting and did not even use it the full 50 min. I had severe blisters that will take a couple of months to heal. This is nothing but a a heating pad. This is a dnagerous product.
On 2 December 2006, Laura writes:
The Velform Sauna Belt is dangerous! We payed twice as much as it said on the tv and shipping and handling was more then the product so we didn’t get a free second one at all. The first time I tried it, I got extremely dizzy and felt tired that Ii just wanted to take it off and go to sleep. When the 50 minutes were up, I was not an inch smaller but and inch bigger because I had gotten so hot that my stomach had expanded. I used the sauna belt many times afterwards and it just burned me. I had it on low heat and on top of my shirt! The burns lasted for a few days and made me so itchy, my skin actually peeled off of my stomach!
However, not all reviews are all negative. The following reviews are somewhat more positive and logical:
On 23 November 2007, Tyrone of Gauteng, South Africa writes:
The reason I am actually on this site now, is because I am sitting with the sauna belt on, and I wanted to see if it really works. But everyone is complaining about blisters and burning and disease?? I put it on maximum for 45 mins, and all that happens is my stomach is slightly red, and yes, you really do sweat. I dont think using it on lowest setting is clever, because *Obviously* you won't sweat. As for your blisters, I have no idea. I only have had this for a week, seems to be working fine.
On 18 June 2006, Holly of Washington, USA writes:
I absolutely love this Velform Sauna Belt! I continue to see results everyday, but I work out everyday as well. I find that it helps my back pain very well after having a kid. I really enjoy sitting on the computer and wearing my sauna belt for an hour every night. The next morning I seem to wake up more refreshed. I have lost 6 in. around my waist in the last month and I absolutely love it!
On 31 May 2006, Jordan of Alberta, Canada writes:
Don't expect results from simply sitting while using the sauna belt. This is a pretty good product if you know how to use it properly. 1. Wear in a warm atmosphere 2. Put lotion or your stomach 3. Work-out with the belt on. 4. Drink hot liquids and eat spicy foods You WILL NOT get results from just sitting around!!! The first time I tried it, I felt completely unsatisfied. But when I used the belt with common sense using those 4 steps, my dissatisfaction changed to happiness. The ONLY MAJOR FLAW- The length of the cord. The length is approximately 5 feet long. 5 feet isn't much at all. You have a limited space to work with. After watching this infomercial again, I noticed that everyone wearing the belt, had no cord. It showed people running around having fun sweating with the belt, when in fact I could see no cord which was false advertising!! Watch the infomercial again!!! You'll see what I'm talking about.
On 19 June 2008, Charles writes:
I find the people who purchase the Velform Sauna Belt to be very lazy. The logistics of this product surround a natural ability the human body does, except it speeds the process by nearly 20x the normal rate. Our bodies are composed of around 75-80& water, heat evaporates water? Our bodies expel water with a high sodium concentration to cool the skin; essentially, this product acts to cause your abdominal area to sweat until the water weight is reduced - drastically. I have to ask the populous who purchased this product what their intentions were? As i previously stated, your all lazy. Sitting on a couch, watching T.V. and stuffing your face will NOT lose your weight. You don't lose weight this way. Losing weight is hard work - in the early stages until you adapt to the routine. Dieting + EXERCISE is the only way to lose weight. ...you can't buy it off... lol.
And, the final review of this unknown consumer, wraps up some of the consumers’ review about the Velform Sauna Belts:
Now I was born in the morning but I wasn't born this morning. The Velform Sauna Belt System claims to give you instant weight and measurement loss by having you sweat away fat. For a measly $80 you can wrap their belt around your body, push a button and then BAM, the fat sweats away. Wow, a dream come true right! --- Well wrong!
Now I don't doubt that if someone uses this thing they will lose weight and some size around their midsection but lets be realistic here, the weight loss is due to water loss not from sweating away fat. First of all you cannot spot reduce fat, it just doesn't work that way. Secondly, without a proper diet and exercise program you are not going to melt fat away either.
I'm not against saunas and I do believe they have some great benefits but where I have a problem is when a company boldly claims that all you need to do is wrap a portable sauna around your waist and your off to look like the supermodel on the infomercial. The truth of the matter is if you want to burn body fat, as we stated earlier, you will need to incorporate a good exercise and diet program to reach your goal. The problem with a lot of infomercials is that they imply all you need is their product to look like the models on the TV. Now, just because what they imply might not be 100 percent accurate it doesn't mean that what they are offering is a waste of money. In many cases the exercise equipment out there is pretty good but the delivery, or sales pitch isn't up to par. I'm not saying it is OK to mislead the public but from a review stand point I think a lot of the exercise equipment is still good under the circumstances that you add a good diet and workout program with it. However, that being said, I just can't see how Velform can justify their claims.
So, is the Sauna Belt going to help you melt away fat and cellulite? I'm afraid the answer is no. If you are looking at purchasing this product for weight loss then we simply cannot recommend it. We are not alone in our review either, we have come across numerous of other reviews from people who have purchased the Velform Sauna Belt and simply say that it does not work. Your best bet is to take you $80 and invest it in something that will work for you.
While there seems to be no conclusion as to how good or how bad the Velform Sauna belt is, reading from the consumer’s review, many would agree that if you are looking for a sauna belt that helps you lose weight without you needing to do anything, then likely your will be disappointed. There is also much risk and bodily harm if the sauna belt is not used properly.
In fact, if one visit the website of the manufacturer, there is already the following advises, though contradicts their earlier sales pitch, provide a more sensible instruction and expectation about the sauna belt:
Sensible weight loss maintenance to achieve long-term results should be focus instead on making changes to your daily life’s routine. A balanced, healthy diet and regular exercise are the keys in maintaining your ideal weight. Consult with doctor, dietician, or qualified health professional to determine your ideal health body weight.
Losing weight may not be effortless. However, it doesn’t have to be complicated. Eat smaller portions and choose variety of foods. Load up on high in fiber foods such as fruits, vegetables, legumes, and whole grains. Limit portions of food high in fat. At least, exercise three times a week.
Heat applied to the body parts such as midsection, waist, hip generally enhance your metabolism after constant use. The heat generates bodily sweat, which reduces your body fats and eliminates toxins through your sweat. Crassul Sauna Belt produces heat that sweat away unwanted fats thru constant use. Just wrap the Crassul Sauna Belt securely around your midsection and start losing your unwanted fats.
Lower back is the most common site for pain due to the stress and it bears the most body weight. With no apparent reason, back pain can occur at any point on your back spine. Acute back pain lasts from few days to few weeks due to trauma such as injury or a disorder such as arthritis. Chronic back pain persists for more than 3 months and its often progressive. Consult with your doctor if low back pain persists.
Generally, low back pain can be without surgery. Over-the-counter pain relievers can be used to reduce discomfort and anti-inflammatory drugs to reduce inflammation. The goal of treatment is to restore proper function and strength to the back, and prevent recurrence of the injury. These medications are frequently used as treatment for acute and chronic low back pain. Oftentimes, a combination of over-the-counter remedies and prescription drugs provide effective pain relief.
Hot compress or heat therapy may help reduce pain and inflammation of low back pain and allow greater mobility for some individuals. Bed rest is recommended for only 1–2 days at most. As such, Crassul Sauna Belt, which provides continuous controlled heat therapy relieves acute or chronic low back pain. Just reverse the position of Crassul Sauna Belt to your lower back and strap the Velcro comfortably. Select the desired temperature from the digital controller, then select the digital timer that will automatically shut-off after 60 seconds. Now, you are on your way to soothing your low back pain.
For those who intent to use the Velform Sauna Belt or the Crassul Sauna Belt, the following safety measures and precautions ought to be seriously taken:
• DO NOT use the Sauna Belt longer than 50 minutes. Remember to switch off the sauna belt after 50 minutes!
• Put on the Sauna Belt a little loosely (Not too tight!), in such a way that you can check every 10 minutes if your skin is getting red. If your skin gets red, reduce the temperature to avoid possible skin injury.
• If you have sensitive skin, we strongly advise you to use the Sauna Belt over a T-shirt due to its heat in order to refrain from skin irritations or burns.
• It is important to use the Sauna Belt at room temperature and not to use air conditioning to try and increase its effectiveness. In this way, your body will not feel the effects of sudden changes in temperature.
• Before placing the Sauna Belt on your skin, make sure you are in a comfortable position either lying down or standing up. However, do not use the Sauna Belt if you are lying on your stomach or sitting down, as this could cause problems in the devices electrical circuit.
• Do not use any kind of skin cream or similar product while using the Sauna Belt as your skin pores will be fully open and skin cream could cause an allergic reaction.
• Drinking hot drinks such as milk, tea or coffee while using the Sauna Belt is recommended. Do not drink cold drinks. Do not use the Sauna Belt immediately after meals; wait at least two hours after eating.
• For best results, you should use the Sauna Belt for 50 minutes at a time. Do not exceed 50 minutes per session. It is recommended to use the sauna belt for 40 minutes. Do not use the Sauna Belt for periods of more than 45 days, wait a week before using it again.
This conclude our article on the Velform Sauna Belt.
Portable Sauna – Infrared Dome
If you are looking for free sauna information on portable sauna, you should explore the Aesta Infrared Sauna Dome by the Wolfe Clinic. The Wolfe Clinic has been guiding people, many chronically ill for the past 25 years. We are not related to Wolfe Clinic in any way, but this is a review of the Aesta Infrared Sauna Dome, one of the many type of portable infrared sauna in the market. While other portable sauna have their own specifications, we are using the Aesta Infrared Dome as an example of what makes a good FIR sauna dome.
About the Wolfe Clinic
The Wolfe Clinic has been guiding people, many chronically ill for the past 25 years. They do consultation via phone from the comfort of the caller’s home. They have also hosted many television programs and developed other products. Among some of Wolfe Clinic’s published books include:
• "Body Alive: Wolfe Whole Body Cleansing and Rebuilding"
• "The Health Maintenance Manual"
• "The Power To Heal"
• "Colon Therapy Training Manual"
• and the best selling book, "The Health You Deserve".
• "Reclaim our Inner Terrain"
• "Spoiled Rotten"
• The Fungus Within Us
The Aesta FIR Sauna Dome
A relaxing sauna used to be a luxurious health equipment found only in gym, fitness centers and health centers. It is no longer so. You may purchase a home sauna and install it in your home. You may even build your own home sauna. Read How to Build Your Own Home Sauna for some ideas on how to begin.
There are many types of portable sauna. One of the most convenient portable saunas for 1 person use is a sauna dome. As sauna dome utilise far infrared ray (FIR), it is also known as the portable FIR sauna dome.
The Aesta Sauna Dome from Wolfe Clinic is a wonderful portable infrared sauna dome that is of the best quality and affordable in cost. The highly portable sauna dome comes with the latest advanced Advance Black Carbon Far Infrared Technology Heating Elements that is a new paradigm in FIR sauna therapy. The premium infrared heating elements and unique far infrared earth materials deliver maximum health benefits and at the same time, it eliminates harmful EMF.
The Aesta Sauna Dome has a front and rear chamber that overlaps to form a comfortable dome. It is easy to set up, requires minimum maintenance and easy for storage. The Aesta FIR sauna dome is safe, affordable and it is enjoyable.
The followings are the features of the portable Aesta FIR Sauna Dome:
• Very comfortable
• Easy to set up, maintain and store
• Premium quality and best warranty for less money
• Dome shape focuses the energy
• Reflects FIR energy w/frequencies that are body-friendly
• Variable temperature
• Uses very little electricity
• Allows more effective exposure to Far Infrared Rays
• Lying down is the most beneficial way to sauna
• Lower temperatures than conventional saunas The benefit of space saving size & low weight
• A substantial price advantage over other models
Benefits of the Portable Aesta FIR Sauna Dome
In a nutshell, the followings are the benefits of using the portable Aesta FIR Sauna Dome:
• Relieves pain, stiffness, aches
• Helps with Fibromyalgia
• Fights and reduces stress, tiredness and fatigue
• Helps you to gain and maintain your energy
• Detoxification from heavy metals and other toxins in the body
• Burns calories, helps you to lose and control your weight
• Improves the metabolism
• Helps with cellulite
• Improves skin appearance and skin condition
• Boosts and improves the immune system and enhances white blood cell function
• Increases blood circulation
• Strengthens the cardiovascular system
• Increasing flexibility
• Improves all organ functions
• Improves health in general
• Weight control (loss or gain)
• Removes cholesterol
• Normalizes blood pressure
• Promotes cellular regeneration and speeds healing to cuts and bruises
• Reduces swelling and inflammation
• Improves joint movements
• Improves micro circulation
• Increases the delivery of oxygen and nutrients in the blood cell to the body’s soft tissue areas
• Increases metabolism between blood and tissue.
• Stimulates the hypothalamus, which controls the production of neuro-chemicals
In using a far infrared ray (FIR) sauna, it is important that there is no dead spots. This ensure more effective exposure to far infrared rays. The Aesta Sauna Dome achieved this by having its infrared heating element covers the whole interior of the sauna dome. The distance of the body to the wall is also very close, meaning that exposure to the infrared ray is full and the absorption shall be deep. That is why the overall direct exposure and penetration of the FIR is considerably better in an Aesta Sauna Dome.
There are many studies that found that laying down may be the most efficient and beneficial way to use an infrared ray sauna. Laying down is definitely more comfortable and relaxing. There are also other physiological reasons. Layin down relieves the nervous system and cardiovascular system that is required to sit upright. Under heat stress that is common in a sauna, the body response towards self-healing is maximised with the greatest degree of relaxation. A portable dome sauna keeps the head outside and cool while laying down is the most optimal way to get comfortable.
Far infrared saunas are known to be the safest, most efficient and economical way to remove toxins from your body. With the portable Aesta infrared sauna dome’s deep and gentle ray, the core body temperature increase will also increase the blood circulation and improved oxygenation. This promotes the improved exchange of nutrients into cells and the discharge of toxins.
When you use the portabe FIR sauna dome from Aesta, you will feel deeply relaxed in just minutes. You can conveniently use the portable sauna at home or in a clinic, and you can quickly obtain rapid rest and restore your energy.
Even though many other portable sauna dome may functions more or less, the Aesta Sauna Dome also provides heaters for your feet and for your back which make it stands out from their other competition.
The followings are the specification of the portable sauna dome (FIR) from Aesta:
Dome Materials: Wooden frame with vinyl skin
Overall Length: 180cm
Width: Upper Dome – 75cm
Lower Dome – 64 cm
Height: Upper Dome – 46 cm
Lower Dome – 40 cm
Weight Net – 20 kg
Gross – 25 kg
Carton Size W 79 x H 49 x L 95 cm
Power Voltage – 110/220 volts; Wattage – 658 watts; Infrared – 8 to 10 Microns
Tips for Using Infrared Sauna Dome
The followings are some tips for using FIR Sauna Dome for maximal health benefits.
You should always set the temperature that is comfortable for you. Infrared ray is efficient because it warms the body internally and not the air. Therefore, setting too high a temperature may only add to personal discomfort with very little therapeutic value.
You should refrain from using the portable sauna on a full stomach. Always drink water prior, during and after your sauna session. It is important to remain hydrated.
Do not apply excess body lotion to your body prior to a sauna session. Use 2 to 3 pieces of towel. Lay down on one towel for perspiration absorption and cushioning. Another towel is be used under your head to absorb sweat. The third towel is to wipe off your body surface sweat.
You may want to increase your sauna session to 45 minutes or longer as your body becomes more heat conditioned. Always remember to remain hydrated. For some people who have heavy toxicity levels in their systems, they may find it difficult to sweat. It may take up to 5 or 10 sauna sessions before sweat is evident. However, even if you do not sweat you should still consume plenty of water. This enhances detoxification. Detoxification takes place not necessary through sweat. The FIR dome sauna also helps detoxification through urine, bowels and hair.
While there are portable FIR sauna domes by other manufacturers, it is helpful to always compare between different manufacturers to ensure that the portable infrared sauna dome truly suits you and provide you with the maximum benefits.
