'Feeling good' after a sauna covers a whole range of beneficial biochemical changes.
I presume massage has similar effects? You can't be me, I'm taken
in fact, when working in a spa, clients that came from the sauna were 'half-done' from a relaxation pov.
my comment came from massaging a bigwig, seeing a lot of kowtowing and self importance at a party later, then remembering the client in his underpants! people take off their pretensions with their clothes.
what's amazing (and on topic) is the amount of identity wound up in being 'dressed', and how radical a shift when people are au naturel, a phenomenon also readily observable in saunas and hot springs/tubs.
clothes make the man, indeed, lol!
saunas are a brilliant invention, i lervs 'em ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
Speaking of hot rooms, has anybody here had the opportunity to try Bikram yoga? It's yoga in a hot room and for older folks like me it's great because the added heat somehow makes the whole body more flexible.
what tallies is how much more flexible living in the tropics makes your body, due to it's never having to harden itself to cold.
not surprising yoga was invented in india.
i prefer a calmer style of hatha, taking as much time in each asana as the situation requires, really meditation in different positions..
bikram is the other pole from tibetan yogis wrapping themselves in wet robes in subzero temperature, then using pranayama breathing, like breath of fire, to crack and melt the ice from within.
i did some ashtanga for a while, and it too accents using heat from very strenuous jumping from one asana to another combined with deep breathing. very sweaty!
whichever yoga suits ya best, it's great to have so much choice. ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
