I like to try new things. It can be exciting or frustrating but either way, it is nice to step a wee bit out of your comfort zone once in awhile. This happened to me last week when I went to visit the Grayslake Planet Beach Contempo Spa. I was there to try out one of their new Spa Services-the Saunatox. Sound Scary? Well, it was actually quite nice! The Saunatox is an infrared sauna therapy that “surrounds the body and penetrates deeply into the joints…”.
Since the weather had not turned to record breaking 90’s yet, I decided to see if I could just get warm. I signed in and Emily was there to show me the ropes. She escorted me to the sauna room and explained that she was leaving with me a citrus smelling oil that would aid in my detoxing process. She said I was to apply it from the neck down and then slip into what I call the “moon suit”. This suit covers you from head to toe and protects you and the sauna. After showing me how to turn on the sauna she assured me that if I felt too hot at 135 degrees that there was a little window at the top I could slide open. So, I oiled up, suited up, turned it on and stepped right in.
The sauna looks like you would expect-a small wood room with a bench. The best part is that you can bring in your ipad, phone, laptop or any reading material to work on while you are there. For 30 minutes you can work while getting a great feeling of heat penetrating through you or just sit back and relax. I had expected the walls to be hot and they were not so I leaned back, opened the latest trashy magazine and enjoyed my 30 minutes of penetrating heat.
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I have to admit, I felt good when all was done. The heat did penetrate more so than a steam or dry sauna and the breathing was easy-a key for me during allergy season. I would recommend this to those with joint issues-fibromyalgia, arthritis maybe even MS and it would be really nice in the long winter months where you just cannot get warm. Emily told me that many people talk about how well they sleep after having the therapy. I was glad to be warm and looked forward to a good nights sleep! This is definitely a keeper.
