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Health benefits of regular utilization of traditional Korean spas
Return to DiscussionsAs a supporter of traditional Korean spas this post is to determine if there is a critical mass of interest in the therapeutic environment that defines Korean spas. Pools, hot tubs, communal showers, Finnish sauna, steam room, quiet room, cold plunge pool, body scrub, mist sauna, etc.
My favorite part of going to the Korean Spa is knowing what a relaxing day it will be. I normally spend about 6hrs there, I get the body scrub and massage. I spend time in each of the saunas, cold room, hot tubs, steam room, and cold pool. Each offering something beneficial. I have been busting ass working on a home renovation, planting my garden, and building a chicken coop...As soon as things calm down I am heading to the spa, I deserve a day of relaxation lol
I lived in Finland for a year and in this country there is a Finnish dry Sauna in every home and apartment building. As such I was going in the Sauna everyday like the Finns. Sweating from your pores in an environment that is dry and does not support germs like a steam room helps the body to expel all of the bad chemicals we take in daily from our food and environment. I recommend a dry Finnish Sauna if you want to feel good and have more energy as well as sleep good.
I have heard good and bad things about both sauna and steam rooms. I do love them both. When I have both at my disposal, I do use each one 15 minutes each for like 3 times total each ,vso like 1:30 hours of sweat and taking a cold shower after each one. Here at home, I do have both as well, since is my greenhouse,vit gets really hot and here in south west coast of Florida could get muggy,vso condensation inside is common, so if I do vent it out, is a dry one, if not is steamy. I do like them sonce my porus gets open and I think, vad stuff comes out. But since I do work in the medical field, I have read that really there is not a healthy factor about them. But, I like them, so I will keep on. About Korean Spas, I have not tried, I think near Tampa is one (over 1 hour drive), so not sure....
Well, I will not pretend that I am knowledgeable in terms of the benefits of saunas. As for my experience, I have been to Japan 3X and always enjoyed going to the onsen when. am in Japan. Onsen is what they call the sauna in Japan. From where I used to lived in Toronto, I used to go to a family Korean spa especially on a winter time to get a respite of the cold weather. I usually spend between 4 to 6 hours in the Korean spa and boy do I feel so refresh and clean and energized after everytime I go there. Like I said, I don't have a solid fact in regards to the physical and mental benefits of the sauna but what I can say is based on my experiences. Mentally, I feel very peaceful after my trip in a Korean spa because when I am in the spa especially the dry spa where you can choose what temperature would you like to go into, I can just lay down there and relax without thinking of anything. It is easy to clear your mind of anything and just meditate and sleep which I think is very helpful mentally as I feel very refreshed afterwards. Physically, I feel very clean and energized after.
One thing that I will need to point out is this. If you look at the Japanese and Korean people and even the Finnish people, who is doing the sauna for century now, most of them are all in good shape and lives longer lives compared to other raced and you hardly see any obese people in the 3 counties mentioned. So, in paying attention to that, I must say that sauna has a big effect in their mental and physical state. I maybe wrong but this is just what I noticed. So, yes, I think sauna is really good and beneficial to our body mentally and physically.