In a nutshell, infrared light is healing rays from the sun. You may not be able to see it, but you can definitely feel it when you’re at the beach or outside on a sunny day - that feeling of “ahh, that’s nice”.

Infrared has several wavelengths, each of which affect us differently.

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Red light therapy is a natural, non-invasive treatment that uses red and near infrared wavelengths to penetrate the skin, boosting cellular energy, collagen production, and circulation. Similar to sunrise and sunset light, it stimulates repair and regeneration, much like sunlight helps plants grow and thrive.

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Chromotherapy, or color therapy, is the science of using colors to adjust body vibrations to frequencies that result in health and harmony. Chromotherapy works on various energy points to help balance your body via the full spectrum of visible light. Each color possesses frequencies of a specific vibration, and each vibration is related to different physical symptoms.  

The colored light enters the body through the eye and travels to the brain via the optic nerve.

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Infrared is best delivered directly to the skin. That means, your birthday suit and bare feet is the best outfit.

We will provide you with a robe and/or a spa wrap and slippers to wear to and from the sauna. You may opt to wear a bathing suit or athletic wear that allows for breathability while you’re in the sauna

Please avoid wearing deodorants /anti-perspirants, topical creams, perfumes and/or fragrances, and any jewelry.

Hydration does support your body’s natural detoxification pathways like sweating.

We encourage you to stay hydrated by drinking water prior, during, and after your infrared sauna session.

Please avoid caffeinated and/or alcoholic beverages 24 hours prior to your sauna session.

Our favorite options are light reading, meditation, listening to a podcast, or just practicing our pranayama (yoga breathing).

Feel free to bring your favorite book into the sauna, however, please note devices may get hot and we cannot guarantee their safety with longterm sauna esposure.

Current research supports that 20-30 minutes 3 to 4 times a week has the most amount of positive outcomes.

Since infrared sauna exposure is more efficient than traditional sauna exposure, 20 to 30 minutes is all you really need to reap the benefits.

Absolutely! Our Infrared sauna is built for 2, so feel free to make being well part of your partnership and/or family goals.

Our Sunlighten Sauna can reach upwards of 170 degrees Fahrenheit, however most of the pre-programmed sessions are around 140 degrees.

We can gladly create a custom programmed session for you with advance notice of your appointment.

Sweating is a thermoregulatory, homeostatic, mammalian characteristic. The eccrine sweat glands, located in the subdermis, produce a salty solution which is exuded on to the skin. The evaporation of sweat reduces body temperature. The stimulus to produce and release sweat physiologically is a raised body temperature, which is sensed by central and skin thermoreceptors and processed by the preoptic area of the hypothalamus. The hypothalamus stimulates the sweat glands via the sympathetic autonomic nervous system, thus returning surface and hence body temperature back to normal levels.

Each being has a unique experience to the world around them. There may be other factors that affect your sweat response. It is possible that your body might not sweat very much at the beginning of your sauna exposure.

Over time, with consistent use, your body has the potential to both increase the quantity of sweat produced and decrease the time in which it takes to begin sweating.

Keep in mind, that as soon as the light penetrates the epidermis (skin), there are numerous potentially helpful effects occurring in the body, not solely just the sweat response.