For thousands of years ancient cultures understood that the process of sweating offered an effective cleansing process for the body, many cultures have maintained a focus on sweat lodges and saunas as a primary method of encouraging sweating along with exercise (and hard manual work!). Elimination of toxins such as metabolic by-products from our own cells occurs through breath, urine, stool and sweat. As the skin is the body’s largest organ and one designed to aid in cleansing and purifying (like a kidney), sweating plays a crucial role in maintaining a healthy body.

With modern lives characterized by poor diets high in processed foods, sedentary lifestyles and pervasive exposure to environmental toxins, the arguments for enjoying a regular sweat have never been more persuasive.