(page 60) DECEMBER 2013
HEALTH TREND BY ALANA SNYDER
The infrared wavelength is the most effective wavelength for healing epidermis and dermis layers of the skin.
ASPIRE TO PERSPIRE When I saw SuiteSweat open at the Beakon Centre, I knew I needed to try it. I can sit in a sweatbox and burn calories? Sold. When I finally got the courage to go, I realized I didn’t know what it truly was. Set up like a tanning salon (a really fancy, spalike tanning salon of my dreams), each person has their own suite (or you can have more people in it with you if you desire—sweat party!). Each booth has a flat screen television with DirectTV, a radio/CD player, a comfy chair and the infrared sauna. Simply put Submitted Image.
on your towel wrap and you’re good to go (they ask to come with makeup removed and suggest bringing a drink to keep hydrated). You can do almost anything while you hang out in the heat for 40 minutes—read a book, work, watch TV (I’m guilty of watching Bad Girls Club: Miami), or relax to music. There are controls where you choose how bright you want it in the sauna and— my favorite part—you can choose your favorite “mood lighting” from red to blue to blue/green and more. It’s the small things in