HOT YOGA IN THE SAUNA!

January 26, 2009 By Alice Leave a Comment

How about getting in shape by doing hot or Bikram yoga in the sauna?! Having a home sauna for your own use will make doing yoga more convenient and you can control the temperature.  Have a Bikraam video? Play it in the sauna. Finnleo saunas can add a DVD player as an option. Read the following letter from a very happy Olympic customer who installed a Finnleo custom sauna in her home!

Hi Val!

I apologize for the tardiness of this note. Time has been flying by this past month. Thank you so much for the wonderful service you provided throughout the installation of my sauna/yoga room!

Being in sales, I very much appreciate when I receive caring, attentive service. It’s a rare experience these days, unfortunately, but you surpassed my expectations. I was particularly impressed with the thorough research you did by calling the Bikram headquarters in Los Angeles. That was above and beyond the call of duty! By taking the initiative to research the Bikram Yoga practice and standards, you were able to convey my exact needs to the contractors.

The sauna is a work of art-outstanding craftsmanship. I know we have some work to do to maximize the potential of the heating system, but I couldn’t be happier with the service and quality workmanship I received from you and your team. You made this process much less intimidating, and were always accessible when needed. Again, my sincere thanks.

Sylvia Nierling                                                                                                                                          Director of Sales                                                                                                                                                              Red Lion on Fifth Avenue
1415 Fifth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101

Even if you don’t want to exercise in the sauna,  doing a detox program for the new year will make you feel better and probably help you lose weight! Hot yoga is very strenuous. Do check with your doctor before beginning.

Sauna for health.

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UNUSUAL HOT TUB USES! PSYCHOTHERAPY, UFO SIGHTINGS AND COLOR THERAPY

January 14, 2009 By Alice Leave a Comment

DO YOU USE YOUR HOT TUB IN AN UNUSUAL WAY?

COLOR THERAPY. We know a spa owner who is a psychotherapist / psychic / faith healer who puts her “patients” into her special hot tub room.  She uses the different colored hot tub light lenses to help heal her patients.  Each patient soaks for up to an hour with the whole room and tub lit up in different colors, depending on their illness.  She’s had much success with this saying that this treatment relaxes and heals her patients.  I’ve never tried it, but know the hot tub can cure so many ailments-from arthritis to headaches, joint pain to temper tantrums, I’m not surprised by her success.

UFO WATCHERS. We have a number of customers who have reported seeing UFO’s flying around at night while they were in their hot tubs. Could be they’re on the flight path to/from a military airport. Could be they have vivd imaginations. Coud be….true!  Soaking without sighting just isn’t the same, they say!  Others have not actually seen a UFO, but  reported that a UFO had landed on their cover and destroyed it. I did see a UFO once..but not while soaking in the tub….

PSYCHOLOGY SESSIONS. Beyond the couch!  We have customers who are psychiatrists or psychologists and they report inviting their patients to use the spa before a therapy session. They say this helps relaxes them and makes them more talkative and open.

Have you sighted a UFO while in your hot tub? Ever been to a therapy session that included a soak in the hot tub? Tell me about your unusual hot tub use or experience.

Sanum per Aqua. Latin for Health through water.

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UMBRELLA HATS-RAIN PROTECTION FOR HOT TUB SOAKING

January 12, 2009 By Alice Leave a Comment


We’ve had so much rain lately. OK..it’s a relief from the freezing temperatures and  snow.  It was great fun to soak with snow coming down. Gentle soft snow with big fat flakes. The rain’s another story. Driving rain shouldn’t keep you from using the tub.  After all, what’s a rainy night in the hot tub without an umbrella hat?  Silly and stupid looking, but oh so practical. How else will you preserve your hair-do on rainy nights? Keep a conversation going? Avoid mopping your face every five seconds?

Order enough for the whole family, guests, too! Umbrella hats are a hot tub must have.

Sanum per Aqua. Latin for Health through water.

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NEW YEAR’S TIP FOR STRESS REDUCTION: FIND RELIEF BY SITTING NEXT TO THE WATERFALL IN YOUR HOT TUB

January 9, 2009 By Alice Leave a Comment
The new Limelight "Glow" with Vidro waterfall

The new Limelight "Glow" with Vidro waterfall

Many newer hot tubs have water features that are visually stunning.  Did you know that hot tub waterfalls are not only visually appealing but are can play an active role in stress relief?  It’s not only the trickling sound or the visual play on water that is so calming. The air at the bottom of waterfalls contains a significantly higher concentration of negative ions-electron packed molecules that have been shown to have an anti-depressant effect. A 2006 study at Wesleyan University found that exposure to negative ions alleviated depression within 15-20 minutes.  One possible explanation for this effect according to lead researcher, Naomi Gael, PhD,  Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, is that negative ions increase the amount and activity of seratonin ( a chemical that regulates mood) in the brain.  So alleviate New Year stress by sitting in your hot tub and if you’re lucky enough to have a model with a waterfall, grab the seat next to it, relax and breathe deeply.

Res est severa voluptas-Pleasure is a serious business!


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IN DEFENSE OF IDLENESS-NO MULTI-TASKING IN THE HOT TUB

January 7, 2009 By Alice Leave a Comment

So you’re making time to go out to the hot tub. But will you take a break? Will you take a book, a report, notepad, self-help audio tape, your cell phone out with you?

But I’ll bet you won’t take a break. No you won’t. You’ll do something “productive”. Like filling your time up with mind clogging stuff. Are you prone to multi-task while relaxing? How about filling your hot tub break with idleness instead?

Yes, idleness. As in doing nothing. Yes, we know you’ve got a million things to do. But idleness can’t wait.

The western world in particular has forgotten what it means to be idle. To just sit and do nothing. Not read. Certainly not pick up the phone. Just sit and watch the world go by. You DO NOT have to fill your hot tub soaking time with things to do. It’s more beneficial to do nothing. As in N-O-T-H-I-N-G.

Can you let yourself soak in your hot tub and do “nothing”? Try it. Just be lazy. Even the word lazy has a negative connotation. Appreciating nature is not being lazy. Watch butterflies or listen to birds. Gaze at the stars. But be idle.

Because as an ancient Chinese saying goes: Man who sits by river all day, and doesn’t think it’s a waste of time, is a wise man. Re-written as woman who soaks in hot tub and lets mind wander, is a wise woman who will be refreshed and live long.

Thanks to Psychotactics, New Zealand for the inspiration on the topic of idleness.

Sanum per Aqua- Latin for Health through Water.

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SIZE DOES MATTER-DON’T GET ANXIOUS-WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HOT TUB SIZE

January 5, 2009 By Alice Leave a Comment

Thanks to Cindy & Dave Lorengo for the lovely Christmas card sent to their salesperson, Jim Gatens, who manages our Issaquah store.  Jim shared it with me because it illustrates a very important point about hot tub buying:

Dear Jim: Can’t tell you how much you helped us find the perfect spa! Dave told me the one pictured would be more than enough, but thank God I insisted on seeing you first!! Thanks again! May you and your family have a great holiday! Love Cindy & Dave Lorengo.

Jim is a gifted listener. He listened to Cindy and Dave’s need and wants and matched them with a new Limelight Flair model.  It’s ultra spacious for two; roomy for 4 and, in a pinch, will seat 6.  The original picture they’d looked at was much smaller. You can understand why they’re so happy!

Yes..size does matter in a hot tub. Buy the smallest one and you’ll regret it forever. In our 31 one years in the hot tub business, no one has ever come back saying the one they bought was too big!  As long as it fits the setting and doesn’t overwhelm the space (i.e. small urban backyard), go for the roomiest model you can afford.  More water equals more deep relaxation. More space guarantees more pleasure.

Sanum per Aqua- Latin for Health through Water.

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MEDICAL NEWS: STRESS HEADACHE RELIEF-HOT TUB + COFFEE

January 3, 2009 By Alice 2 Comments

Sound too good to be true?

Normally you wouldn’t think that soaking in a hot tub and coffee go together.  The tub relaxes you and the caffeine gets you going.  However, if you jump in your hot tub for a short time-say 10 minutes, you’ll find that you’re revved up and ready to go. If you sometimes suffer from stress headaches and ibuprofen is your pain reliever of choice, you’ll be interested in research from the Diamond Headache Clinic in Chicago.

We all know that soaking in a hot tub can help relieve tension and the kind of stress that causes headaches.  Also, a combination of caffeine and ibuprofen appears to bring faster and longer lasting relief from tension headaches than either substance taken alone. And, while it’s well known that caffeine helps pain relievers work better, this is the first clinical study to show that caffeine alone can work as an analgesic.

Researchers gave volunteers either ibuprofen, ibuprofen and caffeine, or a dummy pill.  In the first hour and a half, the group taking caffeine alone had just as much pain relief as the ibuprofen/caffeine group indicating initially that caffeine was responsible for the actual analgesic effect.

A number of pain medication contain caffeine, but for now no manufacturer makes an ibuprofen/caffeine combination. It seems that you can get the same effect by taking ibuprofen with a cup of coffee or two.

More research is needed on the ibuprofen/caffeine pain relief connection.  We do know that  even faster, more effective tension relief can result if you hop in the hot tub after taking ibuprofen with a cup of coffee.  Soaking speeds up your circulation and makes both substances work more quickly on your headache!  Many of our customers have told us that this is a sure cure for a tension headache.

After New Year’s Eve, you may have wondered about hangover headache relief…yes, hot tub soaking “the morning after” speeds recovery.

Sanum per aqua-Latin for Health through water.

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