Steam Room

The steam room is an amazing place.  Who knew?  My trainer told me to try it after one of our intense workouts.  It's very intimidating! I guess most things are when you've never done it before.  Normal response, right?

I'd never seen anyone in there.  It's this door on the wall that looks like it goes no where.  Scary. 

One day I ventured in.  I walked in and it looked pretty steamy!  I wasn't sure about a lot of things.....

*do you wear clothes, or just a towel like on tv

*can I go in with my shoes on                                    
*is there a place to turn on more steam

After sitting there for a moment, I walked out again to find the place where you turn on the steam.  Ok, yeh, this is it.  This is what I was looking for!

I sat there turned my music off, my phone on silent and closed my eyes.  It was so quiet! So nice.  I tired not to think of any thing at all.  That's hard to do by the way! But you can get there! 

Deep breaths in and out.  In and out.  It was great!  Very cleansing, very relaxing!

There are some things I should warn you about should you choose to venture into your local steam room:  

*It can be very claustrophobic.  Walking in with all the steam, it's hard to see and can be scary!
*The inside of my nose had condensation.  It wasn't running, or dripping but condensation, like on a glass.  Odd.
*Depending on the amount of steam, it may be hard to breath.  I don't keep the steam going in mine.  I steam it up, turn it off and then walk in.             
*It's hot.  Duh, right? But remember that you are hot and worked up from a workout.  Keep that in mind! Luckily I've lived in the south all my life, so it just feels like a Tuesday in July!

I plan to make this part of my routine in my afternoon workouts.  It's nice to have a quiet place to clear your mind!  And these days, my mind must be cleared at least once a day, sometimes two!