Contrast Therapy: Is it better than ice bathing alone?
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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.

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Nervous System Health: Why contrast therapy is needed
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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.

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Truth about Contrast Therapy
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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.

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Fearing Your Natural Health
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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.

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Stress, Stop the Madness
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Stress, Stop the Madness

Second blog of importance. STRESS. We must discuss distress so we can understand EUSTRESS which we discuss HORMESIS. Easy to understand blog about why we use contrast therapy. Written by Certified Thermalist®, Toronto based - owner of Element Outdoor Sauna. This is part one of two parts about how stress (bad) has major implications of human health today. BUT we can use HORMETIC STRESS to combat, to make humans feel amazing. Contrast therapy blog written by an expert in the field.

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