Spiritual, physical, and mental health benefits of regular sauna use

 

When you have people coming to you for healing sessions daily it is important to remain healed yourself.

Things will happen to wound us throughout this lifetime. It is our responsibility, {not another’s} to heal that deep-rooted core wounding that keeps us stuck. This is vitally important so we don't project our issues onto others. Then and only then will the repetitive cycle of having salt poured into that seeping open wound stop! This is where deep tissue cleansing comes into play. Before I get into exploring the healing benefits of the sauna! I want to first say that your issues really do live in your tissues. 

 

The Lessons of Healing prior to taking in your first sauna session

The lessons here are to not only be more mindful of what and who we allow into our beautiful peaceful sanctuary.

The lesson is also to heal deep childhood and past life core wounds that have us feeling not good enough or like we don’t deserve love.

 

Whether it’s deep-rooted abandonment issues or, having low self-esteem due to our light shining SO BRIGHTLY That others felt the need to project their insecurities upon us. We must learn to first feel our pain in order to digest it properly. See with your own eyes that you took other people's insecurities on as your own and begin the healing process! The sauna will drudge up deep-rooted stuck toxins and begin to draw them out through the skin. Prepare yourself prior to using the method of high-temperature sweating with the recognition and identification of your core source of wounding. 

 

Before I get into the health benefits of the sauna, please, if you are in need of healing, say this mantra prayer below. 

 

When hurting… say this

 

I release and surrender to the healing I deserve.

 

I let go of others projections upon me that I was

“too much”

“too pretty”

“too tall”

"too short"

"too funny"

"too quiet"

"too outgoing" 

“too loud”

“too sensitive”

“too emotional”

“too introverted”

“too extroverted”

 

I now know that these were other people's insecurities who felt that their light was being dimmed in my presence.

 

I let go of what no longer serves my highest good.

 

I heal my body at a cellular level so that my soul, mind, and heart can fully heal.

 

Ah, release, it feels good, doesn’t it? Try including the above prayer in your morning spiritual health practice as I demonstrate here.

 

 

Emotional, spiritual, and mental health benefits of regular sauna use Sauna sessions

1. Improved mood

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is a naturally-occurring protein in the brain that lowers your risk of mental decline and uplifts your mood. It does this by protecting and increasing your brain cells. Many researchers consider it a natural antidepressant because it can reduce anxiety and depression.

Research suggests that if you struggle with mental illness, you likely have reduced levels of BDNF. Luckily, there are ways to boost your BDNF levels. Using a sauna is one of the ways. 

Research shows that heat exposure from the sauna increases the expression of BDNF

3. Regular Sauna use Induces better sleep

Having well-rested sleep is the most important thing you can do to increase your memory and cognition. Having high-quality deep sleep is vital to optimum brain function and mental health, one way to improve it is to use a sauna regularly. With soothing heat that penetrates deep into the skin, sauna sessions help relax the body tremendously. You will find that sleep comes easily and will last throughout the night when the sauna session is done prior to bed.

4. Using the sauna on a regular basis helps reduce cortisol levels

Regular use of both the far-infrared sauna and the traditional Finland-style hot coal saunas have been proven to decrease cortisol levels. Cortisol is the main stress hormone in your body which helps to relieve stress and anxiety. Excessive sweating induced by the sauna often decreases the level of frustration and enhances relaxation.

Essential oils can be used during the session to help soothe the mind and body. Check out one of my many essential oil videos here to empower you with information and provide clarity on which essential oils are better suited to your needs. By doing this, it will remove toxins from your body, decrease anxiety in both state and trait, and increase your resistance to stress.

5. Deep tissue cleansing effects of flushing out toxins 

Your immune system must stand up against an arsenal of toxins that our ancestors never dreamt of. Toxins such as pesticides, toxic metals, PCBs in plastics, environmental pollution, sexually transmitted diseases, and even GMOs (genetically modified organisms found in foods). These toxins are combated against daily! Combining this with a lifelong poor diet is a set-up for accumulated toxins and a weakened immune system.

Luckily, infrared sauna treatments can give your body an extra push to eliminate these toxins. Allowing your body to sweat out through its largest organ of the body (the skin), years of accumulated waste. Regular use of the sauna has been shown in several studies to increase detoxification and lower circulating levels of toxins in the body.

6. Weight-loss 

You've heard me say this a hundred times on my YouTube videos on Andrea Cox Tv, one cannot release past life karma, past relationship drama, childhood wounding, and addictions while carrying a tire belt around their stomach. 

You must feel it in order to heal it. Chances are if you are carrying around excess weight, you are running from your emotions. Stuffing your feelings and pain down with food, drugs, sex, and or alcohol. 

The sauna will not be the cure-all to this, however, it will help you release much-needed water weight and toxins. 

Final thoughts 

Physical, spiritual, and emotional health isn’t going to cure itself. In order to reinvent yourself as a better, more optimistic, and more grateful human, you need to take action. In preserving and creating well-being of all forms, saunas fair well in my opinion. I personally have used a sauna daily for over ten years.  It can be difficult to sort out mental health. However when you adopt the principals that "your issues live in your tissues", you will find that deep tissue cleansing is a must in order to break free of the mental, emotional, past-life, past relationship, and childhood issues that bind you. 

I love you, please love yourself ~ Andrea