Hot Yoga Studio Design: The Fitness Space

 Hot Yoga: The Fitness Space, Ascot

The Fitness Space in Ascot have a brand new hot yoga studio installed thanks to our engineers at Euro Controls UK Ltd. 

We specified and installed 9 FRICO radiant heaters, with controls to provide approx. 10kW of heating power to the room.

Read the full article here:  http://www.humidifiers-uk.com/page/hot_yoga:_the_fitness_space

Infra Red Saunas - Risky Business?

The Benefits vs The Risks Of Using Infra Red Saunas

The Infra Red Sauna Effect have written a couple of juicy articles on the effects of using infra red technology for use in a sauna.

Picture: Celestial Health Centre

 It is worth a read if you are thinking of installing an infra red sauna at home: http://www.the-infrared-sauna-effect.com/dangers-of-the-infrared-sauna.html

Secondly, have a look through the benefits of using infra heating for a home sauna:  http://www.the-infrared-sauna-effect.com/benefits-of-the-infrared-sauna.html



 So, do check with your doctor before installing an infrared sauna in to your home, and be clear on the potential health risks.

Once you get the all clear, enjoy the detoxing, cleansing feeling of stepping into a beautifully made sauna for you and the family.

The Benefits Of Hot Yoga

We stick to what we do best - that is supplying infra red heaters!

So let us tell what the professionals think about infra red heating for hot yoga......
 

 Here's why Infrared Yoga, in Vancouver love providing hot yoga:

Infrared Yoga - Vancouver - Sarah Webster

At Infrared Yoga, we have married the ancient science of yoga, with all of it’s miraculous benefits, with the modern technology of far infrared heat.

Unlike regular hot yoga studios, far infrared heat actually has numerous therapeutic benefits. The room is not oppressively hot when you enter, as far infrared heat works by using your body’s own energy to heat the room as you move through your practice. The room only gets hot when you do.

Far infrared heat removes toxins that are stored in the body, improves flexibility & joint mobility, promotes healing, reduces muscle stiffness and pain, decreases soreness & inflammation, increases circulation, improves skin tone (it will even heal sunburn), promotes weight loss, enhances heart function, lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, and speeds cancer recovery.

And here is what the team at Hot Yoga Experience have to say:

Detox  with  Far  Infrared

When you are in a traditional Hot Yoga studio or Sauna, you are in a room with very hot air. In our studio and saunas, the Far Infrared heaters warm your body primarily and not the air. The warming effect on your body stimulates your cardiovascular system, your immune system, and your lymphatic system. The body responds by sweating. In addition to the Infrared heat triggering a profuse sweat, the water in our bodies also resonates with Far Infrared heat and this also helps with the detoxification process.

Benefits  of  Far  Infrared

• Burns hundreds of calories in 20-30 minutes
• Reduces stress and fatigue
• Strengthens the cardiovascular system
• Heals injuries faster and more efficiently
• Relieves pain and migraine headaches
• Ease joint pain and stiffness 
• Relaxes muscles and increases flexibility
• Deep cleanse skin naturally
• Remove toxins and mineral waste
• Improves the immune system

 

Here is what the LIVESTRONG website says about the benefits of using infra red heating:

 
The invisible waves of heat energy provided by infrared rays have the ability to permeate all layers of the body, penetrating into tissues, muscles and bone. When used as a part of medical treatment, far infrared therapy elevates the surface temperature of the body, which is believed to enhance body functioning on multiple levels. Far infrared heat lamps are often used in saunas and in hot yoga studios.

An Ancient Tradition

In 1922, a Japanese Buddhist Monk named Mikao Usui developed a technique called palm healing or reiki, as a form of complementary oriental medicine. Reiki practitioners believe that they can use internal infrared heat to transfer healing energy from one person to another. However, in 2008, a systematic review of randomized clinical trials failed to come up with sufficient evidence to prove claims of benefit from Reiki for conditions such as depression, pain or anxiety.

Melting Away Chronic Illness

Modern day use of infrared heat includes the use of far infrared heat lamps. These lamps provide all the healing components of natural infrared light without any of the negative effects of sun exposure. The subtle heating of far infrared rays has been shown to offer support to the immune system by increasing white blood cells and killer T-cells. Penetrating into the body, these healing rays have been shown to provide optimal conditioning to the cardiovascular system and provide an energy boost to the metabolic system. Boosting metabolism breaks down fat, cellulite, waste and other toxic substances. One hour of far infrared therapy has been shown to burn up to 900 metabolic calories while the sweating induced from its heat is believed to help the excretion of modern pollution levels in the body. "The Journal of the American College of Cardiology" has done studies that indicate that infrared sauna therapy improves blood vessel functioning significantly in high-cholesterol, smoking and diabetes patients because of lowered blood pressure, increased circulation, reduced blood sugars and weight loss.

Benefits to the Blood

Through expansion of capillaries that carry life giving blood, far infrared therapy increases oxygenation and regeneration of blood for improved functioning of the body's major organs. This deep detoxification may allow hidden toxins in the body's tissues to be immobilized or dissolved; heavy metals, poisons and carcinogenic material is thereby believed to be released from the body to enable optimal health.

Theories and Benefits for Mental Health

 

The availability of far infrared heat in saunas, clubs and hot yoga studios allows people to access the benefits of infrared heat easily. Along with the physical and physiological benefits of infrared heat are claims that far infrared heat may reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. Advocates believe that the reduction in mental health symptoms may be related to increased vitamin D production caused by regular exposure to far infrared heat which is beneficial in elevating and stabilizing the emotions, limbic and nervous system.

Considerations

Though infrared heat is being shown to have documented health benefits for many, caution should always be exercised when exposing the body to excessive heat during pregnancy, infancy, childhood and in the senior years to avoid dehydration, electrolyte imbalance and heat stroke. Contact your health care provider before beginning a regime of infrared exposure to assess if it is right for you.

 

And from one of our very own clients, The House of Yoga, Putney:

 

Some Benefits to practicing in the infrared environment:

·         Helps to improve your health from the inside out

·         Warming effect on your body that stimulates your immune, cardiovascular and lymphatic system

·         Effective healing towards old and existing injuries

·         Helps to flush toxins from the body, a cleanse from the inside out

·         Loosens muscles and stiff joints

·         Invigorates your mind and body and develops strength, focus, flexibility and balance

·         Boost levels of serotonin, the happy hormone

Hot Yoga At Home - Easy!

Picture this:  you flick off your shoes, slip in to your exercise gear, swtich on your hot yoga room at home and within minutes you are practicing hot yoga in complete privacy, in your own home......bliss!

Picture: Common Health

Hot yoga at home is about to sweep the yoga world, and we have created the amazing, new
"YOGA HOT BOX" - the first ever hot yoga studio that is custom made for the home, built to your liking, and would fit in a disused room, in the garage or at the back of the house in the garden.

Hot Yoga At Home: Use The Space!

The housing can be produced to blend in with the surroundings of your home, and depending on your preference, will look a little like a log cabin fitted with infrared heaters that are used in hot yoga studios.

Added Extras:  You will have the option of adding a scented humidifier to keep the relative humidty in the room nice and steady between, 55 and 65% rH, and provide a wonderful aroma to practice in.

In addition to this, we will install a state of the art plasma screen TV with DVD so that you can plug in your yoga DVD and have your very own class, enjoying freedom, happiness and complete privacy.


Mood lighting can be installed to create a calm environment to practice yoga moves, and to relax the mind.

Mood Lighting For Hot Yoga At Home

Despite the obvious theraperutic benefits of using a hot room (increased sweating, warmer muscles for longer stretches and greater wellbeing ), it can form a great addition to the home along side the home gym.  Imagine doing hot yoga in your own home during the cold harsh winter months, coming out feeling refreshed and invigorated afterwards!  Wonderful!


Hot yoga, practiced in the comfort of your own home providing health and wellbeing for you and the family!

We are taking orders, and will be exhibiting THE HOT BOX concept at The Yoga Show, London Olympia, October 26 - 28th October, 2012. 
 
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