I still remember the very first time I stepped into a sauna. The heat inside felt pretty good and the sweat just relieved me of my stress. If you do not know what a sauna is, it is a room in which water is splashed on the hot rocks to produce steam. The steam is used for its medical benefits in the form of what they call, a sauna bath. The temperature at which the sauna bath should be taken is controlled by the participants.

Sauna bath opens the pores on skin and helps body to remove toxins and other impurities from within the body and blood. Saunas effect on human body shows unpredictable heart condition as the heart beats/pulse rate increases to almost double, causing blood circulation in the body increase towards the skin. In some people the blood pressure goes up and in some people it falls.

This does not mean that it is not healthy. It actually is and offers health benefits like relaxation, weight loss and releases tension to name a few. People with sleep disorders such as insomnia and improper sleep condition can even benefit through it as it is very effective in inducing a good long relaxing sleep.

Think of a sauna as doing an exercise without moving ;). I think that is one way of simply putting it.