Sweat Lodges and Saunas

Sweat Lodges or Sweats?

These come from the Original peoples which are sometimes called by many different names such as Indians or Native Americans, and further known as Cree, Lakota’s, Metis, Iroquois and so on.

One of the purposes of these Sweats is to cleanse and purify. Cleanse your mind of negative energy and to be reborn of a dark circle, sometimes known in life.

The Lodge represents the warmth and protection of a Mother’s Womb.

The cleansing process is not just a physical cleanse, but also spiritually, emotionally and mentally through this ritual process.

The Lodge can also serve as a place of worship, healing and of celelebration of events and sometimes of achievements.

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Here are just a few of the benefits of SAUNA’s, which sounds similar to these Sweats;

According to many health professionals, sauna benefits include…

• a strengthened immune system
• improved blood circulation
• enhanced detoxification processes
• deep skin cleansing and rejuvenation
• tension and stress relief

How Does a Sauna Help You Detoxify?

Raising your body’s temperature helps it kill bacteria, fungi, parasites and viruses.
Dr. Lawrence Wilson has done a lot of research and testing with saunas. In his book Sauna Therapy, he wrote:

“Heating the body several degrees causes greatly increased
circulation as the body attempts to maintain its basal
temperature. This helps to dislodge toxins, especially from
hard-to-reach areas such as teeth, bones and sinuses.”
Liver and kidney function may also improve by taking saunas.

A Sauna Benefits Your Immune System

By causing a ‘fever’. No, this doesn’t mean that a sauna makes you sick. It sounds strange, but one way a sauna helps your immune system is by creating an artificial fever.
This sends a sort of wake-up call to your immune system. The result is an increase in the production of white blood cells and other disease fighting allies.

How a Sauna Benefits Blood Circulation

As your body increases sweat production to keep cool, your heart works harder pumping more blood at a greater rate. This actually provides many of the conditioning benefits of aerobic exercise.

Please note that I didn’t say saunas can replace exercise, but the heat does provide an environment that causes a profound cardiovascular response.

So, at the end of day, in my opinion…..

Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone started sweating in one form or another soon, and I don’t mean with Global Warming.
Perhaps Richard Simmons’s has something there with his form of “Sweating to the Oldies”.

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