Sweat Therapy Theory 2.0.wmv

People have used sweat rituals around the world for thousands of years to gain greater physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. Examples include the Finnish Sauna, the American Indian Sweat Lodge, the Russian Banya, the Jewish Shvitz, and the Islamic hammam to name a few. The work of my research team in developing Sweat Therapy in counseling psychology focused on using this powerful technique to promote health, psychological healing, and human growth.

Sweat rituals are much more than just intense heat exposure. Sweat rituals developed over centuries through human intelligence, creativity, and wisdom to optimize the experience to promote health. Like many holistic practices, sweat rituals are multidimensional. In addition to cultural priming, our theoretical model focuses on four factors that contribute to the therapeutic effects of sweat rituals.

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Science & Technology

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• Sauna
• Sweat Lodge
• Sweat Therapy
• Bania

[srmrmatt]

p.p.s. Was delighted to see, though, that you noticed states in that environment that I did as well. Very cool, thank you.

[srmrmatt]

p.s. One point though, take this for what it's worth to you: I have found that the universally stated positive results of "meditation" are not efficiently (at all) achieved by (sadly and unhelpfully introverted) introspection, but rather by intense presence a la Buddhist or Taoist principle. That's when it all becomes very technicolor and ineffable yet highly useful modes, thoughts, methods and things are learned.

[srmrmatt]

This was good. I practice Taoist principles (presence, the universal way, read it if you are interested, MItchell translation), and prior to seeing this I found myself in the sauna in an intensified state of "holding to the center"...the choice between presence and non-presence became more stark. Instead of being on one side or other of a rolling hill, I found the choice was between one side or another of a mountaintop. When I chose presence, it was more crystalline and intense. Good stuff.