Infrared saunas are known to holistically improve an individual’s well-being, presenting a unique selling position with great overlap for spas and wellness centres to add to their offerings, and integrate their advantages into broader themes of bodily wellness.
In this article, the Sun Stream Saunas NZ team will walk you through the economic and health benefits of infrared sauna usage for your spa business.
Business Benefits of Adding an Infrared Sauna
- Quick installation – Infrared saunas are surprisingly easy to set up. For instance, most of our Sun Stream sauna models (excluding our larger ones) are easy to assemble; you only need a screwdriver, a good look at our installation manuals, and a bit of spare time.
- Cost-effective – Depending on the model and tariff from your energy provider, IR saunas can become very cost-effective to run. Even if clients continuously use them for a full business day, it would only cost around $2.80 to $4.56 a day to put a smile on their faces.
- Unique selling proposition – Incorporating infrared saunas can often elevate your spa to a more ‘luxurious’ status as not everyone has amenities like these.
This will help differentiate yourself from the market, evoking a statement to existing clients that you prioritise their health and wellness by keeping up with growing fitness trends.
This allows your spa to strategically place itself as a ‘hotspot’ in the local area while keeping up with growing fitness trends, allowing you to expand your customer base and ultimately increase your net revenue stream.
Health Benefits of Infrared Sauna
Aside from the cost-effective advantages for your spa business, you expose your clients to a wide array of health benefits:
Naturally Detoxifies the Body
It is understood that infrared saunas help to induce deep, and heavy sweating. This, when combined with necessary lifestyle changes, could holistically support and even enhance the body’s natural detoxification process.
Harmful toxins such as pathogens, impurities, and pollutants such as mercury, lead, and arsenic are flushed out alongside sweat. This is an important benefit as we constantly breathe, ingest, and accumulate these toxins as we go about our day.
This makes infrared saunas great for wellness centres, as they work to improve their clientele’s overall health and well-being.
An Effective Way to Unwind
The warm and gentle heat of an infrared sauna helps clients relax their muscles, and release endorphins (our ‘feel good’ hormone) while lowering the body’s cortisol (stress hormone) levels.
This is especially important for spas, given their prime point of service surrounds physical and mental destressors – most often with the provision of treatments like massages, facials, and aromatherapies.
More importantly, infrared saunas can stimulate the pituitary gland to produce more heat shock proteins (HSPs). These groups of proteins are responsible for protecting and repairing damaged proteins, which could degrade due to stress.
Raising its output can result in systemic benefits such as improving cellular repair, muscle recovery, better heart health, and detoxification.
Browse Options With Sun Stream Saunas
Infrared saunas can allow spa owners to adopt a more holistic approach when it comes to their client’s health and wellness. Plus, they are a warm and gentle way for people to relax!
If you’re a spa owner interested in adding infrared saunas to your wellness centres, we recommend browsing our sauna models and exploring why they’re recommended by wellness experts and athletes worldwide.
Speaking of recommendations, we can also help you pick the perfect model based on your business needs. Contact us today for questions, inquiries, or assistance.