Episode Description
Episode Highlights With Connie
- What makes infrared different than traditional saunas
- How infrared combines light energy with heat
- What infrared actually is (we also get this from the sun!)
- Light and heat as energy medicine
- How this can help with emotional resilience
- What we know about the sympathetic nervous system and how sauna can influence this
- FIR specifically for entering a parasympathetic state
- Mood benefits and how infrared helps specifically with depression
- The cardiovascular benefits specific to far infrared heat
- Japan uses FIR sauna as a first line for cardiovascular problems
- Why you can get benefits from an infrared sauna as soon as you turn it on, even before they heat
- Does it matter what time of day we sauna?
- Finnish vs infrared and which is best? (data and my take)
- Consistency is more important than intensity with infrared
- What the pulse sauna is and what makes this super unique
Resources Mentioned
Hiya
Hiya created a super powered chewable vitamin for kids that packs twelve organic fruits and vegetables plus fifteen essential vitamins and minerals into every dose. Try it at hiyahealth.com/wellnessmama.
LMNT
I talk often about the health benefits of salt and electrolytes and I am a big fan of LMNT canned drinks and packets. Go to drinklmnt.com/wellnessmana for a special offer.