People have been enjoying the benefits of saunas for centuries. Spending just a short while relaxing in a sauna can help you destress, invigorate your skin, alleviate muscle pain, and help you feel calmer. Sweating in a sauna is also considered healthy by most doctors, provided you stay hydrated. Until recently, saunas were only available at health clubs and spas. Now, however, many people are able to use sauna kits to install a sauna in their own homes.
Home saunas can come in a wide range of sizes from a large bedroom to a medium sized closet. They’re usually made of wood and have benches along one or more walls. Depending on the kind of sauna, you can use an electric heater to heat the air directly, a special heater that conveys warmth to stones, or an infrared sauna heater, which heats the body. The kind of sauna that uses heated rocks is of interest to people who want to be able to maintain the humidity in their sauna. Water can be poured onto the rocks, creating steam and allowing you to make it more humid as you choose.
Most saunas have fairly low ceilings only about seven feet high. Users can choose to move to higher or lower benches to...