Juice cleanse? Check
Kundalini Yoga? Check.
Cross fit? Check.
Paleta Home delivery meals? Check.
Lunch at the latest vegan Raw Foodie restaurant? Check.
Personal Guru, Psychic, Astrologer? Check.
We Angeleno's have cornered the market on our quest to be 100% toxin, stress and excess-weight free. We juice, cleanse, meditate, exercise, seek spiritual counsel or hit AA meetings around the clock.
So what's left to get excited about? What's left to tap into?
I was doing Raw Foods when people were just getting hip to Vegetarianism. VEGETARIANISM! At one point in the 90's, I ate nothing but fruit. (Wish I was joking).
In my now highly normalized, balanced mid-life as a mom of two nothing is off limits. I don't drink, smoke or do drugs and my biggest addiction is Splenda. Still, I find myself missing out on the benefits of my younger, more die-hard days of rigorous health consciousness.
Breakfast for this mom on the go is a Think Thin Bar and dinner is finishing what's left on my kids' plates. I need a boost but have no patience, time or tolerance for restricting or depriving. My body is not exactly a wonderland, my brain is on overdrive and there is no luxury of time for an hour and a half yoga class.
The gods of my mid-life, been there, done that existence hath spoken to me.
The ultimate detox, relax, recharge, lose weight, improve overall, well, overall everything is here. And holy shit, it's right on Larchmont! My happy place!!
ENTER: Shape House an Urban Sweat Lodge.
Get ready to let go, lose weight, clear your skin, get a better night's rest and sweat your ass off, all of this, inside an Infrared blanket.
Sohpie Chiche owner and founder, but if you ask me, the most amazing, inspired guru among us (check out her TED talks and her amazing website LIFE BY ME) explains:
"We take the body to 158 degrees if you can handle it we push a little harder..if it’s too much we back off.”
The 55 minute session goes like this: You put on cozy sweats and socks, are led to a private curtained off room, get snuggled on a massage-like table in the super womb blanket, given Alkaline water, a remote control to choose from the best stuff ever to watch or listen to (HBO, TED Talks, Netflix, Hulu, Music, etc) or simply close your eyes as the toxins, water and shitty karma drips out of every single pore. Keep 'em open and watch the amazing changing light (color therapy?!) play against the walls as you heat, heat, heat up.
The machine heats up your body while your body is trying to cool you down and that effort alone can burn anywhere from 800-1200 calories.
What comes out of your body is 96 % water the rest is toxins and a bunch of psychic bullshit you've been holding onto in my unscientific opinion.
What is Infrared Heat?
Far Infrared, aka FIR or Infrared, is similar to the heat that comes from the sun. You can’t see it, but you can feel its heat. But Infrared light/heat is very different than ultraviolet light (UV) which causes sunburn and damage to your skin. Infrared heat is within the same frequency as your own body heat. It is healthy, natural and a safe therapy. Infrared light allows uniform deep heat penetration that is highly effective as a source of healing.
Far Infrared is a part of the natural light spectrum just beyond visible light. You can’t see this band of light, but you can feel it in the form of radiant heat. The heat you feel from the sun, for example, is infrared energy. Don’t confuse it, however, with ultraviolet light (UV), which causes sunburn and damage to your skin. Infrared heat is healthy, natural and a safe therapy for all living things.
Infrared energy produces a uniform deep heat penetration without the usual sensation of feeling hot. This is achieved by using a specific Infrared band of energy peaking at around 9.4 micons; a level designed to penetrate beyond the skin (where heat is most acutely felt) to a depth where fat resides. As this subcutaneous fat begins to heat, your body begins to thermo-regulate itself by producing sweat.
And in the process of sweating, the multiple benefits are achieved… detoxing, skin conditioning, cardio fitness, relaxation, weight loss, and emotional health.
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Shape House, 434 North Larchmont Boulevard, at Rosewood Avenue, Larchmont (323-467-3000 orshapehousela.com), $45 per session.
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