WHAT?
Just like a ‘traditional’ dry heat or steam sauna, infrared sauna makes you sweat!
Infrared saunas at Weightless Float Center are an effective tool for natural healing and prevention. The low-frequency infrared light has the ability to penetrate into the muscle tissue (up to 2 inches deep!) which agitates water molecules deep within our muscle tissue, causing us to sweat, which in-turn produces a host of anti-aging health benefits.
DID YOU KNOW?
Firefighters in Louisville and Indianapolis are using infrared sauna to detox from heavy metals and chemicals.
Burn several hundred calories in just (1) 40min. infrared sauna session at Weightless.
Sauna in the summer will actually make you more heat-resistant, and therefore less-hot during the dog days of the Kentucky summer.
SAUNA THEN FLOAT or FLOAT THEN SAUNA?
It’s entirely up to you! Some guests like to sit in the sauna after a float as they “come back online”, and some guests prefer a sauna to cut through the initial layer of the day’s stress, then a shower, then to hop into their float sessions. You choose.
the flow
Arrive and fill out your sauna wavier if you have not already done it online, or if you have not used our infrared saunas before.
We'll show you to your sauna room, give you some brief instructions on our saunas' operation, and highlight our rooms amenities including a robe, water, towels, yoga mat, and essential oil diffuser.
Change into your clothes for sauna, a robe provided, or simply undress and sit on a towel in the sauna.
Enjoy!
You may, at any point step out of the sauna to stretch, drink some water, or breathe our selected essential oil blend **if at any time you feel light headed or faint step out immediately, if the sauna becomes too hot either open the roof vent or simply open the sauna door**
When your sauna session is over: step out, cool off, change, and enjoy our lounge or, if you have booked a float, make your way to your float room.
**WE DO NOT PROVIDE SHOWERS AFTER SAUNA SESSIONS UNLESS YOU ARE GOING INTO A FLOAT SESSION**
benefits to infrared sauna
detoxification
Remove toxins like heavy metals from your body. The infrared sauna is particularly beneficial to those on a cleanse or other detoxification protocol.
pain relief
Relieve back, neck, and arthritis pain with infrared sauna heat therapy. Researchers studying HRP (Heat Responsive Pain) have observed remarkable therapeutic benefits by using continuous low level heat therapy for treating lower back and upper body pain, all conditions that fall under the HRP classification.
weight loss
A 30 minute infrared sauna session can burn up to 200-600 calories! As the body works to cool itself while using an infrared sauna, there is a substantial increase in heart rate, cardiac output and metabolic rate. Infrared heat therapy raises core body temperature causing passive cardiovascular conditioning. Your body’s natural response to infrared heat therapy is to increase circulation and sweat. Check out the results with a heart rate monitor and you will be amazed!
boosting the immune system
A typical sauna session will cause a brief 1-3 degree increase in body temperature. Just like a brief fever it causes an immune response, increasing white blood cells to fight infection.
relaxation
Having time along in the infrared sauna is relaxing. Many people enjoy meditating in the sauna, while others will read a book or listen to music. Our infrared sauna has functionality so that you can plug in your phone or iPod and choose what music you listen to. Music can also be turned off completely or you can choose to listen to our in-house playlist.
health conditions
Those with health conditions including fibromyalgia, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), heart disease, chronic heart failure, and more can benefit from infrared sauna.