Infrared saunas calm and relax the body, leading to that often-elusive dream of a deep and restorative sleep. While infrared saunas directly and safely heat the body, rather than the sauna room, they help to avoid the stifling feeling of thick and heavy air in a traditional steam sauna and leave you feeling refreshed and relaxed.
Daily infrared sauna use not only releases toxins and pain from your body and helps still your mind, it also engages the body’s natural hormones through thermoregulation to encourage the body to fall asleep swiftly.
Thermoregulation is the body’s ability to regulate and maintain a healthy temperature. The body’s temperature fluctuates slightly in the evenings to signal to the brain that it is time to start producing melatonin, commonly called the sleep hormone. Having an infrared sauna in the evening safely warms the body to the core, with the resulting natural cool-off at the end of your sauna aiding stimulation of the production of melatonin.
Our bodies continue to cool down overnight, hitting their lowest temperature in the middle of the night, before engaging the hormone cortisol to raise the body temperature to wake up at morning and be energised for the coming day. These hormone rhythms are crucial to the biological processes we need to maintain a healthy and productive life. Use of infrared saunas in the evenings can aid this natural process and along with the benefits of sauna use for pain relief and relaxation, combine to help you sleep swiftly, deeply and well.
Don’t hesitate to be in touch to see how we can support you in your infrared sauna journey to better sleep.
Infrared Sauna Repairs Melbourne, Australia
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Rendering of one of our custom-made Infrared Saunas.