After a long week the choice of sauna, steam room or pool feels small, but the order changes how you feel. Here is how our therapists move through the facilities when they finally get a day off.
Water at body temperature lets your muscles loosen without effort. Float, stretch, or sit on the step for fifteen minutes. It is the gentlest way to arrive, and it prepares your body for the stronger heat that follows.
The steam room is humid and softer on the lungs, good after a cold or a dusty week. The sauna is dry and hotter, better for stiff backs and tired legs. Ten to fifteen minutes is enough for either, so listen to your body and leave early if needed.
Heat, cool, rest. The resting part is the one everyone skips, and it matters most.
A cool shower or a minute in the plunge pool closes the round and wakes you up. Then rest for as long as you were in the heat. Two or three rounds are plenty; more is not better, it is just more tiring.
The steam room, softer than the sauna and kinder to tired lungs.
End in the lounge with water or tea, not in the heat. Lie still for twenty minutes and let your heart rate settle. This is when most guests say the week finally leaves their shoulders.
More notes from the treatment rooms.
