Since before the Greek and Roman cultures, sweating has been a chosen way of cleansing the body. The Finnish culture used saunas for ancient religious ceremonies involving mental, spiritual, and physical cleansing from well before 5,000 and 3,000 BC. Traditional sauna use stayed with the Finns long after they migrated from areas Northwest of Tibet to their present geographical location in Finland. Native American Indians incorporated sweat lodges for cleaning and purifying in their spiritual ceremonies. Japanese researcher Dr. Tadashi Ishikawa received a patent in 1965 for use of the first zirconium ceramic infrared heater in the use of heating thermal systems. Japanese health professionals were the only ones using infrared heat therapy until 1979 when the patent was released for public use. Since the release of the patent in 1979, infrared heat is used in the form of heat panels in hospital nurseries to warm newborns (Flickstein, 2000).

Infrared heaters only heat approximately twenty percent (20%) of the surrounding air leaving eighty percent (80%) of the heating waves available to directly heat the body. This is direct heating of the body as compared with indirect heating from traditional or conventional saunas, which heat only the air to between 180-235 degrees Fahrenheit (65.5-112 degrees Celsius). A far-infrared heater creates penetrating heat for the body while leaving the surrounding air cool to breathe (100-150F; 38-54C). Many users report discomfort breathing the hot air in a traditional sauna and a better feeling of well being after breathing the cooler air in a far-infrared sauna (Flickstein, 2000).

Are you looking for an alternative health source in a world where toxins and pollutants are adding up daily in your system? Do you experience aches and pains from your daily life or as the result of an illness or injury? Is your skin rough, dry, broken out, splotchy, or take a long time to heal from cuts or bruises? Are you recovering from cancer? Do you struggle with your weight and energy levels? If so, then a far-infrared sauna may provide the answer to your health concerns.

Your body is an amazing system that has the capacity to heal itself. You have experienced a flu or infection when your body counteracts the illness through producing a fever. Your body literally burns the infection out of your body. Too often, you place demands on your body too fast and too furiously for your body to compensate and rejuvenate. This is where owning a Blackstone Infrared Sauna can help you maintain a healthful balance. The infrared heaters in our saunas penetrate your body tissues to a depth of about an inch and a half or 15-20cm inducing a natural fever situation without an illness. This induced fever causes your body to sweat and remove toxins that have built up in your body due to environmental, medicinal, or stress related situations. During this process, your heart rate speeds to rates similar to those of gentle exercise, thus helping your body to increase circulation and function more efficiently.

Some of the benefits that result with this removal of toxins from your body include: softer and clearer skin tone; reduced muscle and joint tenderness and soreness; faster healing of cuts, bruises, and acne; increased weight loss with a proper nutritional programme; the ability to have a deeper more relaxing sleep; and, reduced stress. Studies show that consistent use of an infrared sauna can help lower your blood pressure, is safe for heart patients, arthritics, diabetics, and even healthy pregnant women when used at lower temperatures (always check with your doctor if you have any specific concerns, conditions, or ailments). Physiotherapists, osteopaths, general practitioners, naturopaths, and chiropractors all recognize the extreme benefits gained through regular usage of an infrared sauna (Black, 2007).

Why choose a Blackstone Infrared Sauna over some other manufacturers? That's easy: only Blackstone Saunas provides you with the winning combination of quality, service, and research. Blackstone Sauna product quality from wood, ceramic, or carbon fibre heaters, electrical wiring, control panels, to hinges is always of the highest quality and excellence. At Blackstone Saunas, Customer Service is our major priority. Saunas on Vancouver Island and the Greater Vancouver are delivered and set up in your home or business for a nominal fee. Delivery for most parts of BC is negotiable for a minimal fee. We are here to help you with any questions regarding usage, maintenance, or manufacturing of our units. We stand behind our product line and are pleased to help you with any concerns. Blackstone Saunas is unique in that one of our owners is a Scientific Researcher ensuring that all we produce and sell is not only well researched, but that you are well informed on all research practices and health benefits of infrared saunas. In addition, our staff is well informed and knowledgeable regarding all our products and usage.

We look forward to helping you realize the benefits of a Blackstone Infrared Sauna. Contact us today for special and unadvertised sales prices!

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