MY WAY BACK | What The COLD Taught Me About Addiction, Anxiety and The Brain. (Cold Saved My Life)
My Way Back: How Ice Bathing Helped me battle anxiety, depression and addiction - Cold ice baths saved my life. Contrast Therapy has built my resiliency through consistent practice. WE delve into the Limbic and Opioid Brain Systems.
Unique Contrast Therapy Protocol by Certified Thermalist®
Contrast Therapy protocol, by Certified Thermalist and creator of Element Outdoor Sauna. This blog is about a specific protocol and the layout. This protocol is used by those who frequent Element Outdoor Sauna and by those new to Element Outdoor Sauna in Toronto.
The dry barrel sauna and the ice bath are outdoors on a private rooftop space on the Danforth in Toronto. Open all year round, in all weather.
How to Prepare for a Contrast Therapy Session
Contrast Therapy | Tips before you head into a session. Certified Thermalist Blog written for you. Helping you understand the value of sauna and cold and how we need to prepare ourselves before a session. How do you prepare for the sauna? How do you prepare for the ice bath? Be smart about how you gear up for an awesome thermal session, contrast therapy session. Wellness toronto blog.
Cold Hands, Cold Feet: What Your Body is Telling You - And Why You Shouldn’t Ignore It.
Warning signs, caution signs your body is trying to get your attention. Contrast therapy, thermal therapy is the supportive therapy you need. Understand with the qualified Certified Thermalist where you have full guidance and knowledge to help you. STOP suffering - there is a natural way to fix your issues.
The Biggest Mistakes: People, Alcohol and Contrast Therapy
What happens when you add alcohol to intense heat, cold and hot tubs, is bad news. Certified Thermalist® explains in this blog. Contrast Therapy in Toronto, east end and outdoors.
NEVER mix alcohol with hot water, or sauna or cold water. Here is why. Dangers of contrast therapy use you can prevent.
Contrast Therapy: Is it better than ice bathing alone?
Contrast Therapy: Is it better to do just cold immersion? Certified Thermalist® and Thermoregulatory system expert helps to answer the question that so many people ask. What is better? Cold only or Contrast Therapy? Using our Thermal system wisely and understanding Thermogenesis is key. Denise is owner of Element Outdoor Sauna, east end Toronto sauna space, a great place to train for Contrast Therapy use.
Heat Waves to Frigid Temperatures: How humans should be able to adjust.
Humans need contrast therapy - all year long. We have to train our thermal system and thermal receptors for our health and well being. In this blog, we talk about weather and how we function within it, and what you can do to expedite nervous system health and calm by using contrast therapy. Contrast therapy blog written by Certified Thermalist® and contrast therapy expert, Denise Tompkins, owner Element Outdoor Sauna, Toronto;s east end outdoor sauna space, located on the Danforth.
Nervous System Health: Why contrast therapy is needed
Nervous system health is crucial to the human body. There is no avoiding the need to be calm. In this contrast therapy blog, written by Certified Thermalist® and contrast therapy expert, owner of Element Outdoor Sauna., located east end of Toronto, Denise dives deeper into hormetic stresses and will provide some exercises you can do today, at home. There isn;t a quick one fix to our nervous system health, but obtaining control of Vagal tone/ vagus nerve using contrast therapy is doable.
Truth about Contrast Therapy
Truth about Contrast Therapy is not what you may think.
Contrast Therapy blog written by Certified Thermalist® at Element Outdoor Sauna, an outdoor sauna space on the Danforth East End Toronto. Contrast Therapy is more than just heat and cold. In this blog we begin to explore the importance and value to humans. When you understand about the use of this ancient practice, it will make sense.
Fearing Your Natural Health
Contrast therapy blog, by Certified Thermalist® Denise Tompkins. East end Toronto sauna space.
In this blog, more of a rant, I wanted to write about something that has been a constant problem I see and hear. People fearing themselves. Natural health prevention. Believing in ones own power to prevent problems within before big issues can arise.
I share some of my story from when I was little, and now I understand more about how I dealt with the issues of yesteryears.