You probably know all about the steam-heated saunas found at any gym or health club. Now, however, you can get a personal infrared sauna to enjoy in your home, that is reasonably priced and takes up minimal room. Why do so many people nowadays seek out personal saunas rather than sticking to the communal ones at the gym? There are multiple answers to that question.
Body Image Issues
Let’s face it: there are probably few people who think that their bodies are perfect. Who among us doesn’t want to lose a couple of pounds, or isn’t conscious of a little cellulite?
For many people, the idea of appearing in public in a revealing outfit is a dismaying or can even cause anxiety. If you use a sauna in a health club, then chances are that there are going to be people in there with you. They might not be directly paying attention to you, but that doesn’t mean you won’t feel self-conscious. For some, it can seem like there are eyes on them every time they get in the sauna in a public place.
Because of this, the idea of a personal sauna is an appealing one. It’s the thought that you can get into a sauna on your own and enjoy full relaxation without anyone looking at you. Perhaps at some point, you might feel more comfortable being in public in a swimsuit, but regardless, you have the option of enjoying a sauna in your own space and on your own time.
You Can Use It Whenever You Like
It’s also possible that your schedule might be different than most other people. For instance, perhaps you want to schedule a sauna session before you go to work, but you work the night shift, and your gym is closed at that hour. There are 24-hour gyms, but why worry about whether yours is open when you can walk into your den or living room and get in the sauna?
Proximity
Then there’s the issue of not having to travel to use a sauna outside the home. Unless your gym or health club is just up the street, it’s inconvenient to have to travel whenever you want to use the sauna.
You might have to fight your way through traffic just for this privilege, or maybe your gym is twenty minutes or half an hour away. If that’s the case, then the thought of having a sauna in-house is going to be appealing. There is no travel time required, no expenditure of gas money, and no wear and tear on the car. Just walk into the next room, turn on your sauna, and soon you will be relaxing in its warming glow.
You Can Customize It to Your Liking
There’s also the fact that you can customize your sauna however you like. There are far infrared saunas that come with ambient light shows that you can watch during your session. That won't be the case with the steam-powered saunas at gyms and health clubs. You can also get saunas for your home that feature stereo systems or speakers so you can listen to your favorite songs.
It’s true that you could bring your phone, headphones, or earbuds along to the gym, but a music system installed in your sauna is a much better solution. Another option is to put music on elsewhere in the house, and you’ll still be able to hear it perfectly well in the sauna.
You Can Spend Time with a Partner
You can also get a multiple-person sauna and spend time there with your spouse or significant other when you have one in your home. Yes, you can do that at a gym, but because there will be other people there, it won’t be anywhere near as intimate.
When you're alone with your partner in the sauna, it can be a chance for you to connect by having a quiet conversation about whatever is on your minds. The best relationships are dependent on communication, so if you can schedule a time when both of you are free for an hour, you can enjoy the quiet relaxation of the sauna together, as something special that you both look forward.
But you don’t have to talk if you don’t want to. It might be just as nice to sit together with your eyes closed, thinking of nothing in particular, just sharing the same space.
Injury Recovery
It is well known that time in a personal infrared sauna can help you recover from injuries faster. If you have pulled a muscle or anything similar, then the sauna’s infrared rays will assist you in getting healthy again more quickly.
If you’re hobbling around, you’ll be even less motivated to get in the car and drive to the gym. Instead, it’s going to work out a lot better if you don’t have to leave the house to get some of those therapeutic benefits.
Again, all you need to do is go into the next room, and in the early stages of injury recovery, you might not be able to manage much more than that. Besides, even if you were inclined to go to a health club to get some sauna time while you were injured, a steam-heated sauna won’t boost your recovery process like a far infrared sauna will. That’s something unique to the far infrared rays.
The idea of having a personal sauna in your home is something that many people like, but you won’t understand how nice it is to own one until it’s installed in your house or apartment and you’ve begun using it. It’s easy to say that it will change your life, but till you’ve started to work its use into your schedule, you won’t fully understand why so many people have made this purchase in recent years.
