Sauna Sales are Hot in Summer 2011

Yes, we the pun in the headline was intentional. It's hot outdoors, yet the popularity of saunas has been picking up speed in 2011. Sauna sales are very strong this year despite the still somewhat slow economy. There home improvement trend continues, with folks investing in there home and making it a daily vacation destination. Why relax just two weeks a year?

Many people are beginning to realize the various health benefits of saunas, and pre-built sauna kits are making it easier for saunas to fit in just about anyone’s home or backyard, no matter what the size.

Despite saunas having been around for centuries, the increased focus on stress relief and improvement of health in society today has brought saunas back to the forefront. In addition to providing a relaxing experience, saunas also cleanse the body of toxins and other impurities, ease joint and muscle pain, stimulate metabolism, and provide many other holistic health benefits.

People are also entertaining at their homes more often, and focusing more on spending time with family. The social aspect of saunas allows families to enjoy their custom built sauna kits in the comfort of their own home. Coupled with the health benefits and relaxation, it is a win-win cocktail of enjoyment.

The ever-increasing popularity of saunas has led to many innovative design options, including various heating technologies and a wide variety of home kits, pre-built kits or custom designed kits to allow individuals and families to build the sauna of their dreams within the space they have available. These sauna kits are easy-to-use and can fit any living situation and budgets. Many new heating technologies including wood, electric dry, electric steam and infrared sauna heat provide even more options to the consumer than ever before. In addition, the increasing coverage of carbon fiber infrared saunas in the news has allowed them to become a best seller at SaunasAndStuff.com.

With this growing trend of sauna popularity, we cannot wait to see what comes on the market next. If you are looking for the perfect option to relax, improve your health and spend time with your loved ones, a sauna might be the ticket for you!

How to Use Your Sauna

You finally made the best decision of your life…to get your own sauna. Good for you! The relaxation and major health benefits of infrared saunas are amazing. Once you get the sauna and set it up in your house, you begin to wonder how to use it and how to increase the benefits of your sauna sessions. SaunasAndStuff.com is here to help.

• Always remember to drink plenty of fluids before, during and after your sauna session. Drinking plenty of water after will help your body eliminate all of the toxins from the sauna session.
• Heat the sauna to the desired temperature. You will want to do this up to 30 minutes before you plan to use it so it is warm and ready when you are. The most common temperatures for beginners are in the range of 110° F to 118° F. You can experiment to find what is most comfortable for you.
• Some people enjoy working out prior to using the sauna to get their blood flowing. If you exercise prior to using the sauna, monitor your body to make sure you do not overheat, since you will already be warm prior to entering.
• You can start with one or two sauna sessions per week and work up from there. Start with 15 to 20 minutes and gradually increase this time with future sessions as desired.
• Wear as little clothing as possible to get the best infrared sauna benefits and feel the most comfortable. Infrared rays have difficulty penetrating clothing. You should take two towels in the sauna. One will be used to sit on, and the other can be used to wipe away any sweat.
• Use this sauna session to relax, meditate and escape. Relieving stress and tension is one of the sauna’s major benefits! You can massage the areas of your body that ache to relieve sore and tense muscles. From time to time throughout the session, wipe off excess perspiration to allow for more intense sweating.
• If at any time during your sauna session you feel dizzy, sleepy or any discomfort, exit the sauna immediately.
• After your sauna session is complete, turn off the power and sit in the sauna with the door opened slightly for about 10 minutes to let you your body cool down.
• Take a shower to clean the toxins from your body. It is best to wait 15 to 20 minutes before taking a warm shower to rinse the perspiration from your body so you can fully cool down and finish sweating prior to your shower.

Saunas are a great way to relax and de-stress, as well as offer many health benefits. Saunas And Stuff offers many different size saunas for every home.

Heat Your Winter with a Facebook Contest Winner

The success and popularity of Facebook continues to grow every day. This social media platform allows small businesses such as SaunasAndStuff.com to get updates on new products, deals and company/health information to its clients quickly and easily.

Our Facebook page can be found at http://www.Facebook.com/SaunasAndStuff.

In order to give back to our clients already following us on the social media site and to bring aboard new followers, we are holding a contest on Facebook for the month of February. Please visit our Facebook page link above, “Like” us, and you will be automatically entered for a chance to win an infrared room heater, which is valued at more than $199.00. The winner will be chosen on March 1, 2011.

The Infrared Quartz Heater uses the same ceramic tube heaters as our infrared saunas. It is a revolutionary-designed portable heat source that offers you safe, healthy and therapeutic heat for a single room up to 1000 square feet. This beautifully crafted heater will also save money compared to other supplemental heating systems. The Infrared Quartz Heater emits clean, ultra-efficient, and evenly distributed heat. It produces a soft, and cozy heat that warms the air.

So if you want to heat up the cold winter months (we keep reading about the abundance of cold and snow storms sweeping the nation) then head over to our Facebook page for a chance to win a portable quartz infrared room heater from SaunasAndStuff.com.