Benefits of heat & light therapy

with Brian Richards

As a young man, Brian Richards had a laundry list of health issues: mind-racing, insomnia, acne, adrenal fatigue and more. Doctors wanted to give him Accutane and other pharmaceutical drugs to manage his symptoms, but he wanted to get to the source of the problem. He realized that the reason for cellular degradation is our environmental toxic exposure on a variety of levels—chemical, electro-magnetic, emotional, etc. He sought a natural detox solution and his research led him to the conclusion that passive sweating is one of the best ways to detox the body. He decided to build his own sauna to provide that full-body thermal light therapy for himself.

In today’s episode, Brian shares his own story and those of patients who have benefited from this therapy, along with the science behind why saunas work: how near-infrared incandescent light exposure stimulates the cells so that they can repair themselves, and allows the body to detox.

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Highlights from the conversation include:

how the sun provides the beneficial light that our bodies need
the problems that have arisen from our lack of exposure to it
how every human culture has a sauna tradition.
how the purpose of the sauna is to recreate that experience with the sun, and to trigger passive sweating
why/how passive sweating is more beneficial for the body than active sweating
how our skin is the ultimate detoxifier
the toxins that surround us—mercury, aluminum, pesticides—and how we encounter them
why they are the main reason for our cellular degeneration
the benefits of passive sweating (paired with infrared light) for healing
how this therapy shapes improves outlook, lessens anxiety, improves patience, ups energy levels, and relieves insomnia
how light therapy activates biological systems that help the mitochondria reduce cell inflammation, promote anti-aging, and repair epigenetics
the damage & stress that comes from blue light (from our screens, tablets, etc.) which is ubiquitous
how our ancestors got: full-spectrum light in a balanced fashion
how his son’s staph infection cleared up without antibiotics, thanks to heat-lamp therapy (10 min. in morning and 10 min. in evening for 15 days)
how a woman turned around her fibromyalgia within a matter of months
how a man who was sensitive to sunlight was able to build his body back up
the theory that bad genes (that contribute to Lyme’s or other diseases) are already in all of our bodies, but they are only expressed when we are stressed or vulnerable
light activates human biological systems; heat therapy is also supported by science
the importance of taking your health into your own hands
how natural healing is lower risk compared to invasive, conventional solutions

Resources

For the science behind heat/light therapy and products – Space Sauna
Wise Traditions podcast #115 – The chemicals that wreak havoc on our health w/ Dr. Anthony Jay

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