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Choose your Sauna Timber
Sauna timber choices and information. When it comes to designing your sauna, the timber finish is what will create your environment. Are you looking to create a relaxing place for you to enjoy your experience or are you looking to fit in with the surrounding interior finishes of your home? The choices of timber we [...]
Requirements for a Home Sauna
Home sauna Looking for a home sauna? Here at Blackchurch Leisure we build our home saunas bespoke to the space in which you provide. With that in mind there are some basic requirements needed when designing your home sauna to ensure your vision comes through. When it comes to your home sauna the timber finish [...]
Mount Errigal steam room
Mount Errigal steam room
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sauna-and-athleticsAthletes use sauna bathing to increase endurance
Dr. Rhonda Perciavalle Patrick, phd, is a researcher at Salk Institute for Biological studies. She is also the woman behind the popular health site www.foundmyfitness.com. and she speaks with great enthusiasm about the benefits of regular sauna bathing. In a long and comprehensive article at www.fourhourworkweek.com she develops on this subject and describes in detail […]
Human brain
Wireframe model of the human brain
Saunas and depression
Since ancient times, people have used the heat to relieve both mental and physical ailments. Now research shows that regular sauna baths has beneficial and measurable effects on serotonin levels. Check out our blog and learn about saunas and depression. In a time plagued by stress related health issues like burnout, depression and melancholy, an [...]
Sauna therapy alleviates symptoms of Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic disorder that is characterized by widespread pain and localized tenderness in different parts of the body. Although the disorder is chronic, research has proved thermal therapy and sauna bathing to be beneficial for those suffering from this condition. Thermal therapy has long been used to alleviate the symptoms of [...]
Lower you cholesterol with regular sauna bathing
Our bodies need cholesterol, but too much of it increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. A Polish research team have now shown that regular sauna bathing helps lowering your cholesterol. Healthy food and exercise are effective means to keep your cholesterol in control. But sometimes factors like age, injuries and other problems make exercising difficult. [...]