@Connie Zack ，我是Sunlighten公司的联合创始人。25年前，我哥哥患有慢性疾病，经诊断为汞中毒。他使用红外桑拿后，病情得到了显著改善，这促使我创立了Sunlighten公司，致力于推广红外线疗法。红外线是太阳光谱的一部分，它可以被身体吸收，并产生治疗效果。与传统桑拿不同，红外桑拿直接作用于身体，而不是加热空气，因此在较低的温度下就能达到同样的效果。红外桑拿有很多好处，包括排毒、改善心血管健康、减轻炎症、改善情绪、提高睡眠质量、促进减肥和改善皮肤状况。红外线可以帮助排出体内的重金属，如汞、铅、镉和铝。它还可以改善线粒体功能，延缓衰老，并促进细胞再生。红外桑拿对女性的荷尔蒙健康也有益处，可以帮助平衡激素，改善甲状腺功能。它还可以改善心血管健康，提高运动能力，并改善情绪。使用红外桑拿时，应注意保持充足的水分，并补充电解质。建议循序渐进，保持一致性比强度更重要。Sunlighten公司提供多种不同类型的红外桑拿，以满足不同人群的需求。
我是Connie Zack，Sunlighten公司的联合创始人。25年前，我哥哥的健康状况急转直下，被诊断为汞中毒，这彻底改变了我们一家人的生活。他经历了慢性疲劳、剧烈疼痛和眩晕等症状，传统的治疗方法却收效甚微。 直到一位具有前瞻性思维的牙医建议他尝试红外桑拿，他的病情才开始好转。
这段经历让我意识到红外线疗法的巨大潜力。它是一种安全、自然、便捷的疗法，能够在舒适的家中进行，且几乎没有副作用。 这促使我创立了Sunlighten，致力于将这项技术推广到全世界。
那么，红外桑拿究竟是什么？它与传统桑拿有何不同？
红外线是太阳光谱的一部分，是一种包含热量和光的能量波段。它并非加热空气，而是直接作用于人体细胞，促进细胞的振动和能量流动。 这与传统桑拿（干蒸或湿蒸）完全不同，传统桑拿是通过加热空气来提高体温，而红外桑拿则在较低的温度下就能达到同样的效果，带来更舒适的体验。
Sunlighten红外桑拿的优势在于其专利加热器和优化的波长，能够最大限度地将红外能量传递到人体，从而获得最佳的健康益处。
红外桑拿的益处是多方面的，基于大量的科学研究：
针对女性，红外桑拿还有额外的益处： 它能够帮助平衡激素，改善甲状腺功能，并改善心血管健康和情绪。
如何安全有效地使用红外桑拿？
Sunlighten提供多种类型的红外桑拿，以满足不同人群的需求和预算。我们致力于帮助人们改善健康状况，提升生活质量，活得更长久、更健康、更快乐。 如果您对红外线疗法感兴趣，欢迎访问我们的网站 sunlighten.com，或致电咨询我们的专业顾问。 别忘了提及MindBodyGreen，我们将为您提供特别的优惠！
The mindbodygreen Podcast⋅4d ago
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04:32 红外线疗法治愈了我哥哥的慢性病，这促使我创建了Sunlighten公司。
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05:35 我哥哥通过使用红外桑拿改善了他的健康状况。
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06:50 红外线疗法是一种安全有效的自然疗法，没有副作用。
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07:26 红外线疗法可以帮助排出体内的重金属，如汞。
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09:54 红外线来自太阳，是光谱的一部分，它可以被身体吸收并产生治疗效果。
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11:09 红外桑拿和传统桑拿的工作原理不同，红外桑拿直接作用于身体，而传统桑拿加热空气。
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14:15 红外桑拿的工作温度比传统桑拿低，因为它直接作用于身体，而不是加热空气。
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15:26 红外桑拿可以促进排毒。
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16:50 红外桑拿可以通过汗液帮助排毒。
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18:01 红外桑拿对心血管健康有益。
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19:13 红外桑拿可以减轻炎症、改善情绪、提高睡眠质量、促进减肥和改善皮肤状况。
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24:13 红外线疗法对细胞健康和线粒体功能有积极影响。
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24:51 红外线疗法可以改善50%的老化标志。
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26:32 红外线桑拿是一种可以改善身体健康的工具，可以帮助延缓衰老。
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27:16 红外线疗法可以改善女性的荷尔蒙健康。
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29:49 红外线桑拿可以改善女性的情绪和心理健康。
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30:32 红外线疗法可以改善女性的心血管健康。
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33:11 使用红外桑拿应该循序渐进，保持一致性比强度更重要。
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34:22 即使只使用一次红外桑拿，也能获得显著的健康益处。
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36:21 使用红外桑拿前后都需要保持充足的水分，并补充电解质。
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39:31 Sunlighten的mPulse智能桑拿可以将红外光谱分成四个不同的波长，并提供不同的预设程序来满足不同的健康需求。
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41:37 未来红外桑拿技术将与可穿戴设备和健康检测相结合，提供更个性化的健康解决方案。
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45:04 消费者可以通过访问Sunlighten官网或致电该公司来了解更多关于红外线疗法的信息，并获得折扣。
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Welcome to the MyBodyGreen podcast. I'm Jason Wachub, founder and co-CEO of MyBodyGreen, and your host. This episode of the MBG podcast was created in partnership with Sunlighten. Supporting your longevity starts at the cellular level, but it's not just supplements that can promote healthier mitochondria. Infrared therapy is a powerful tool for fighting inflammation, enhancing cellular energy, and even revitalizing stem cells. And all it takes is stepping into a Sunlighten sauna. 语法解析
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What if I told you that healing could come from sauna? Not just any sauna, but infrared sauna, a powerful tool that's been transforming health for over two decades. Today's guest, Connie Zak, is at the forefront of this revolution as the co-founder of Sunlighten, the global leader in infrared saunas and infrared light therapy. 语法解析
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In today's show, we explore the science and power of infrared sauna therapy, how it works, why it's different from traditional saunas, and the profound impact it can have on detoxification, cardiovascular health, inflammation, and even mental health. We'll also break down fascinating research on how infrared light can help remove heavy metals like mercury, impurities, 语法解析
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improve circulation, and promote cellular healing and longevity. If you've ever wondered how infrared saunas work, whether they're worth the hype, or how they can fit into your routine, you don't want to miss this show. And yes, we're going to have a code for you as well. Let's dive in. 语法解析
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So let's start with your family's rather dramatic healing experience with infrared therapy and how it led you to ultimately create Sunlighten. Yeah, so over 25 years ago, so crazy to think that my brother was chronically ill and he was young and it was debilitating and really hard on the family to watch somebody you love go through such a horrible, horrible situation where he didn't have any answers. And it really wasn't until he went to the dentist and his family 语法解析
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what I call the most progressive dentist, you know, ever in the 90s said to him, you know, Jason, I think that what's happening, I think the reason you are so sick, he had chronic fatigue and having like just really like heavy pain, vertigo. And he said, I think what's going on is the mercury from your amalgam fillings is leaking into the body. And I think that's what's causing all of this. 语法解析
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And if you can find a way to get that mercury out and lighten the load, I think that you're going to notice how like, you know, a significant difference. And, um, 语法解析
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So then they had this conversation, well, how in the world can you do that? So he mentioned a couple of different options and he said, but there's this other that's more like non-invasive that I've been reading about. It was called infrared and it's a type of energy that can potentially detoxify the body and do it in a very safe, natural, easy way. And so that's what my brother did, changed his life. He bought an infrared sauna. At the time, there was just only one sauna. 语法解析
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available. And it slowly but surely, it took a long time. So we've evolved a lot since then, but it slowly but surely changed his life. And I always had the good fortune. I was in St. Louis at the time and so was he. And I just, I was able to watch the transformation and I just, it was like a light bulb moment, right? Where I'm like, 语法解析
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oh my gosh, this is something that's natural, safe. You can use in the comfort of your own home. You can do it while you're not doing anything else. Like it's not hard work and you can do it without side effects. And at that same time, I was launching my career at Procter & Gamble in the pharmaceutical side of the business. And so I was immersed. I mean, I'm kind of an all-in type person. And so I was all in into pharmaceuticals and 语法解析
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reading everything I could and being on every nonprofit foundation, like everything to help people. My mission was to help people live healthier lives. And I thought I was doing that through PNG and I wanted people to feel as great as they could. And then I started doing research on infrared. I thought, oh my goodness, there's actually, there's something here that is available in Asia, but there's no science that has been brought over to the United States. And if somebody could 语法解析
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could do that and bring it over and make it a little bit more efficient, make it more effective. We would have something that could cure… 语法解析
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you know, situations versus just being band-aids, which is what I was doing. I was doing it to the best of my ability, but that, you know, they're all, every medication that we brought forward, every single one had side effects, right? Like every single one. It's because it changes the body. And so there's, you know, there's, there's sacrifices you have to give up. And with, with infrared, there were no sacrifices. You just got in, felt better and lived a better life. Powerful story. I think about what your brother went through. What's the alternative? Yanking all of my 语法解析
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teeth out like god no like i know and even then even because he they he did change all the fillings and but that process alone right like that process alone cause cause you know the release and then mercury is as i'm sure you know everybody who follows you is you know aware i mean that is just 语法解析
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one of the heaviest metals, it is extremely, extremely difficult once you get that in your body, you know, in different ways. And if you're not living a, you know, a really good, well-balanced, you know, detoxifying, you know, lifestyle, it's going to stay in your body and you're going to, you know, not feel very good. So I'm thrilled that he, that the dentist was progressive and brought it to his attention because it changed his life. And, you know, I love it. 语法解析
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That's what we're focusing on now. Mercury poisoning is very scary. That was a big part of Mark Hyman's journey. He ran through the ringer. He couldn't get off the floor. This was probably decades ago, if I remember. You hear him talk about it. It just got awful. Yes. In fact, that was one of the reasons he found us. We're on 2025, so we have been working with Dr. Hyman for 20 years. 语法解析
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20 years. Isn't that hard to believe? But it was because of all this heavy metals and mercury poisoning. And I don't know if you know, Dr. Jeff Spencer, he's one of my favorite people, but he had also mercury poisoning. And then somebody told him this is, I mean, forever ago, Hey, Sunlighten has this, you know, technology and they can really help do it without, you know, doing chelation without doing other things and just in a safe, naturally efficient way. And so those are two people that early, early on, you know, we, 语法解析
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we met because of my brother's story. Very powerful. And I think in, in today, in 2025, just, I think more people are attuned to kind of the toxic load that we're all carrying, which is the cost of living. Unfortunately, it's just the cost of living, right? You go outside, there's nothing you can do about it, but let's talk about infrared. So what is infrared sauna and how does it work? 语法解析
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Yeah. So infrared is something everybody is familiar with, even though they may not think they are, because it comes directly from the sun. So it's part of the sun's light spectrum. It is a band of three different wavelengths that consist of both heat and light. And I always like to reference it as infrared. 语法解析
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energy medicine, because it is energy that's being transferred and received into the body and absorbed into the body. And the three different wavelengths are all absorbed differently, which we can talk about. We don't have to go deep into the science, but it is important for people to understand that infrared is broken down into several different parts. And it is, you know, felt through the body through that feeling, you know, when you walk outside and it's cloudy, and then all of a sudden the sun peaks out and you just 语法解析
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It's like in an instant gratification. You feel instantly different. You're like, oh, wow. You didn't even realize you needed that. You're like, oh, God, that felt so good. You just want to stand there for a moment and like soak in that feeling. That's infrared. That's the feeling of the infrared energy being absorbed into the body and starting to work with the cells. 语法解析
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So it's very different from traditional heat, which we could talk about. It's just it's completely the way it works with the body and the cells is in a different way than regular heat. So what are some of the differences between infrared sauna, say, from dry sauna? Yeah. So traditional, I call them traditional or dry. We'll use your language. The dry sauna heats the air. So you get hot when you walk in. 语法解析
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You get hot because the air is hot and then you'll start to sweat or you'll start like all everything from then on is because that air is hot. Infrared passes the middleman, passes the air and works directly with the body. So it's a completely different mechanism of action. And again, if you just kind of 语法解析
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In vision, it's all about the energy and that energy transfer being absorbed, that those rays of light and those rays of heat being absorbed into your cells. And literally, they start changing. 语法解析
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The structure of your cells, they start changing your water molecules. Dr. Bland always talks about your water molecules literally start dancing, you know, when infrared energy is absorbed into them because they're starting to vibrate and move around. And that movement and that flow of energy is what causes so many phenomenal benefits. And it causes people heartburn. 语法解析
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to, for example, like my brother, to have such intense transformations because with all that movement, that mercury that was trapped and stuck 语法解析
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Inside his body now has different pathways and now has different ways to be released through the body either through sweat or through Through you know urine, you know through blood like different ways it can be removed but infrared is the conductor, right? It's like that. It's like the the orchestra, you know, it's like it's the one that's it that's that's allowing the direction and allowing the flow to to happen and to get all that transformation that's so needed and so for 语法解析
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a standard sauna that's dry, you typically find like coals that if you touch, you'll burn yourself. I'm assuming the temperatures are significantly higher. Can you talk about some of those differences in terms of 语法解析
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Coals for sure for source and then like the temperature differences. Yeah. So dry saunas, there's also steam. There's traditional hot rocks, coals. All of those operate in the same way. Their temperature typically is around the same. You know, it's typically around 170, 180 and then north of that temperature. 语法解析
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And temperature for those saunas is really important because that's how you're receiving the heat, right? So it's important that you have particular temperatures. I call it like temperature. It's a unit of measurement for dry saunas and steam saunas and coal saunas because that's how you know if you're going to get hot because you have, if the air is not hot, then you're not going to get hot because that's where the heat exists. Right. 语法解析
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You know, with infrared, it operates at much lower temperatures because we're bypassing the air and we're working directly with the body. And so the energy being absorbed once the body, once that light and heat energy, because there's two different types of infrared, once that is absorbed into your cells, then that's when you start to immediately get the transformation and the movement. So you don't, you eventually start to feel hot immediately. 语法解析
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But when you walk in, you're never going to feel like that. It's not, it's not, the feeling is never going to be the same as a, um, coal sauna or as a dry rocks. And you're just not going to get that, you know, that kind of little bit of a, just like that, that burst of, of hot air because the energy is going into your body. In my experience, it's a lot more enjoyable to infrared specifically yours. I, I, I just, and yeah, 语法解析
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it's a more the experience is more relaxing and there's this feeling of 语法解析
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rejuvenation, where on the contrary, in my experience, the traditional sauna kind of walk out feeling like, oh, God, I gotta get me some electrolytes right now. Like, give me something. That was intense. It's just an entirely different experience. But the reason I love infrared and specifically what you do at Sunlighten is there's also the science. 语法解析
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around infrared sauna's benefits. Can we walk through some of the benefits? Sure. So let's start with detox since we kind of started at the top with detoxification. And there's just… 语法解析
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Phenomenal studies on how infrared promotes detoxification. And there's also a study, since we just talked about traditional and infrared and the differences, there's a study called the BOS study, blood, urine, sweat study, that compares exercise, traditional saunas, and infrared and talks about the removal of 语法解析
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heavy metals such as mercury, lead, cadmium, aluminum, as well as other types of toxic substances. And the end result, the summary is that infrared does a better job of removing all those toxins. And specifically what the most powerful, to me, one of the most powerful parts of that study was 语法解析
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that the sweat piece of the study was super, super powerful, meaning that when everybody was going through the study, they were measuring, like, for example, take mercury, their mercury in their blood. And there was one particular piece where none of the participants had mercury in their blood, 语法解析
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However, a lot of those participants, when they measured their urine, had mercury in their urine. So that's the power of how much sweat can help detoxify the body and the importance of removing toxins, you know, through sweat. I mean… 语法解析
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toxins can be removed lots of different ways and infrared helps with all of the different systems, but the sweat aspect is, is pretty powerful. So detoxification is, and we did a study. Well, 语法解析
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Not Sunlighten, but it was with Arsana. It was University of Missouri, Kansas City that did a study years and years ago on, it was the concept, the theory of the study was just in general, does infrared have health benefits? And one of the benefits that came out of that was detoxification and the removal of arsenic specifically. There was somebody who was shocked. 语法解析
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Like, you know, they didn't know they had arsenic in their body. But at the end of the study, it was all gone when they found out they had been using the Sunlighten study because it was a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, intense study. 语法解析
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I had just come off from PNG, just had to apply all that pharmaceutical knowledge never again while I go through something that rigorous. But it was great because it proved a very important concept, which is toxin removal. The other thing it proved while we're on that topic is the whole heart health category, so cardiovascular benefits. This, out of all of the different benefits as far as scientifically concerned, 语法解析
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The cardiovascular arena is the most abundant. You're supported most abundantly out of all of the different systems. The heart health, it just goes, it's mind-boggling when you look at all of the data because you have our United States data now. You also have the data in Asia that existed like right when we started Sunlighten. And in our study at UMKC, we showed a significant rejection in blood pressure, which that was 语法解析
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I mean, having just come from pharma and I was actually working on antihypertensives and every single one that we brought to market had side effects. I was like, oh, my gosh, we just did this. You could just sitting in the sauna for 30 minutes and there is no side effects. And in fact, you felt even better than before. 语法解析
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So detox, heart health, inflammation, lots of great science supporting the reduction of inflammation. And we know inflammation is the number one cause of aging. Mood, and this is important, especially for women, boosting mood and mental health. There's studies on depression and showing a significant increase or decrease, I guess is a better way to say it, a significant decrease in depression status. Sleep. 语法解析
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Weight loss and then skin, especially when you combine all of the wavelengths because there's significant benefit with red light, near infrared, combining that with far and mid with the entire infrared spectrum. Just the boosting of the collagen and the elastin and the detoxification through sweat, you just get a beautiful, beautiful glow in your skin. And it really does help to slow down the clock effect. 语法解析
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If nothing else, it helps you feel safe. 语法解析
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so much better. You know, I always say, you know, if there was a study, a clinical study on energy production, you know, in a sunlight and sauna, we would get a 10 out of 10. So you can't have a tool that gives you more energy scientifically, as well as just physically when you get done. Like, as you said, when I get out of, you know, rocks on, I'm just like, I'm beat, you know, and I get on my sauna and I'm like, let's go, you know, I have so much more energy and, um, 语法解析
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And that's been proven scientifically, but I also think, well, not I think, I know that the way the flow, the increased oxygenation to the brain that happens when you're inside a sunlight and sauna, that helps to get rid of the mind, you know, chatter and the mental fog, clear that up, and then give you, it's like emptying out the trash in your head, right there on your computer. You know, you delete the trash, and then you get all this new room, you know, for new concepts and new information. So, yeah. 语法解析
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Those are some, we're not limiting to all of that. There's more science out there, but those are some of the key benefits. I didn't say pain, pain relief as well. That's huge. 语法解析
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It is huge. And just to spend a moment on a couple. So heart health, Dr. Joel Kahn has been seeing the praises of sauna and sunlight specifically for years. He's a fantastic cardiologist. And then I follow Dr. Ashley Mason as well on social media. She's been posting a lot recently about mental health on some of her studies. And that's, Mike, if you think about mental health, 语法解析
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and heart health, that's pretty compelling from a longevity perspective. Yes, 100%. And the mental, I mean, we could have a whole show about that as far as there's so many elements to using sunlight and infrared sauna and the brain. There's so much there, both with red light and near infrared and far infrared, like all the different wavelengths. 语法解析
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And then also just knowing that when I go in, I'm going to feel better. It's that whole mental confidence. You know, when you do something and you know, it's like, okay, I'm going to go in there. I'm going to press, you know, the detox button and I am going to feel better when I get done. So there's just so many connections to improving your brain function, improving your mood, which is 语法解析
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to me, one of the key factors to living a more fulfilled life and to not only living longer, but really enjoying the way you feel while you're living. This episode of the MBG podcast was created in partnership with Sunlighten. 语法解析
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Head over to sunlighten.com to learn more or check out the link in our show notes. Well, what's so great? I think you hit the nail on the head. It's a practice you feel great during it and then after. And then ultimately, there are these incredible longevity benefits. I think… 语法解析
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We've come so far, you know, you've mentioned energy, you know, light is infrared is energy. And we've come far in terms of understanding cellular health and mitochondria and the relation that plays in terms of, you know, our anti-aging, essentially cellular repair. We turn over cells, you know, anti-aging in terms of aesthetics, how we look, our skin appearance, and ultimately how fast or how slowly we're 语法解析
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we age internally and we also like externally slowing that down. Could we spend a moment and talk about this bigger theme of cellular health 语法解析
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and how infrared really fits in there in such an impactful way. Yeah, this is such a, pardon the pun, hot topic right now with everybody. I mean, there's so many tests to measure things, which I love. I'm just in my playhouse. I'm just like, this is so great that people are really wanting to hear how can I improve my mitochondria. And 语法解析
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And so when it comes to longevity, infrared really impacts, I mean, significantly our cellular health. And there's a lot of data about there's being 10 hallmarks of aging and five of those, so 50%. 语法解析
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of the 10, infrared significantly impacts. And mitochondria is one, you know, mitochondria dysfunction will definitely change the way you age and will like accelerate the way you age. And infrared helps to make more cell engines. It helps to repair the cell engines, which is your mitochondria. I mean, it just makes your mitochondria function more effectively. It also helps 语法解析
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with cellular senescence. This is, you know, if you've heard of zombie cells, you know, these are cells that as we age, they, you know, they change in function and they tend to hang around instead of, you know, go on their merry way. They'll just hang out and infrared kind of helps, we call it the zombie slayer, just kind of 语法解析
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gets them going, gets them out, has cellular cleanup so that that way you can improve your cellular function. Inflammation is one of the hallmarks of aging. 语法解析
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Infrared activates a gene inside the body that helps to regulate and control inflammation. So that's significant. So that helps to slow down as well as red and near light as well. Gut is important. Gosh, I mean, gut is so important to aging. And infrared helps gut health through detoxification as well as reducing inflammation in the gut. 语法解析
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And then finally, the last hallmark of aging are stem cells and the vitality of our stem cells, the importance of making sure that they're repaired and regenerated and infrared helps with all of that. So one tool helps with 50% of the hallmarks of aging. So it's like a whole body longevity hack that you can have in your home. And you can sit down and do it. Yeah. And then you can have it stack too. We didn't even talk about that. That's a… 语法解析
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I don't know if it's a guy thing or a girl thing, but I love to go in and, you know, how many things can I get done inside my sunlight? And, you know, that's good for me. That makes me feel good. Not necessarily work, but like things that boost my energy. So on that note, you mentioned, is it a guy thing or a girl thing? Any research on that? 语法解析
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on benefits in terms of hormonal health transitions like perimenopause or menopause? Dr. Taz has done a lot of research on infrared helping with hormone health. And so has Sarah Gottfried, Dr. Gottfried. I mean, there's been a lot of research on females and helping with thyroid and 语法解析
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you know, improving the health of your thyroid and improving hormonal balance. And a lot of it comes down to like very simple stuff, you know, which is helping to promote detoxification because what happens a lot of times, especially as we age and hormones start to change, people then start to put other things in their body, you know, that if their body isn't in a state of 语法解析
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where it's being able to consistently just naturally detoxify, right? And that like you'll be able to, you know, your bucket, so many people, their toxin bucket is overflowing. And so then they put more stuff in and it just overflows more and leaks in. And then you get into this hormonal like mess, right? 语法解析
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And one of the ways that infrared can really help specifically, obviously, with women is to balance all of that and to make sure through detoxification that you're cleaning the body out, your gut, you just have a really clean environment so that when you put… 语法解析
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other stuff in that's hopefully clean, you're not harming the body. So I know on the male side, there's a lot of research with all the parts of infrared on nitric oxide and helping with, you know, nitric oxide production, which a lot of men, you know, tend to like the increase in nitric oxide. I don't need to go any further than 语法解析
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than that. But so that helps, you know, on the male side. I do know on the, you know, being a female and having a network of women, 语法解析
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who have our sauna and use it. The happiness piece, we'll call it happiness because it really is a happy place. And people always say to me, they're like, Connie, I love my sunlight. This is my happy place. And I'm so much, I can go in there, like Leanne Rimes always talks about, she's like, I can go into my sunlight and sauna and I'm in a dark, dark state, dark place, so stressed, so many things on my mind. And I go in and then I come out and I'm like, 语法解析
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oh, the world's a happy place. This is my happy box. So it's that, which is really important for women because I mean, I know both genders take on a lot and it just seems as though women, they put extra pressure, especially with being a mom and if they're in the workforce and being a wife and being a daughter, a lot of women are in that sandwich part of their life where they're taking care of their kids and they're also taking care of their parents. And nitric oxide specifically, I also think is so key for women in that it 语法解析
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essentially supports a healthy cardiovascular system with blood pressure and as women are going through perimenopause and menopause with some of those fluctuations that's when cardiovascular problems can start to come up and it's 语法解析
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You know, and I think women are also cardiovascular disease shows up in different ways with women. It's not the traditional with men like, oh, I've got the pain in my chest. Like it's a lot more subtle with women. It's a lot more dangerous. And that's something I think people are becoming a lot more aware of. Yes. And on that note, there's some great data. So people that want to dig deeper, you can just search on way on therapy. It's W-A-O-N stands for soothing warmth therapy that was founded in 语法解析
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in Asia, but specifically when you talk about cardiovascular health and 语法解析
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There are so many studies that are so powerful on how infrared in short doses. That's another difference between infrared and traditional we didn't talk about earlier. But you don't need to stay in there a ton of time. You can get this transfer of energy into your body being absorbed into the body in a short amount of time. And the way on therapy did only 15 minutes and they showed 语法解析
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they showed a significant benefit on the cardiovascular system, people with chronic heart failure, as well as, this is my point with women, is because there's a study showing the quality of life scores improved. So there was a physical component, but then there was also the mental component. And then there was also exercise capacity. So they measured people who used infrared and didn't use infrared and did six-minute walks. And they found that the people after infrared, they could walk 语法解析
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Their distance was so much farther than people who didn't use infrared. And then whenever you have something like that, I always go back to the mental aspect because whenever you find out, oh my goodness, I just was able to walk faster because I did this. There's a mental component that you're like, hey, good for me. I am powerful. I am strong. I can now do things that I couldn't do before. And 语法解析
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I know that part, that part of what we do every day at Sunlighten is probably one of my favorite parts because it's just like putting yourself in a position that's empowering where you can take control, you know, and you can do it in a very safe, natural, easy way, you know, in the comfort of your own home. Yeah. And you can habit stock and it's a great way to get a quick win. Yeah. 语法解析
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every day. It becomes a non-negotiable. Yeah, you can read, you know, you can listen to this podcast, you know, you can meditate, you can do deep breathing exercises, 语法解析
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You know, intention setting, goals. I mean, you can do it all. You're stretching, yoga. I love it. So you mentioned doses. What are the best practices in terms of duration, frequency, temperature, any differences between male and female in your experience? 语法解析
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Yeah, so I would recommend if somebody is new to this and they're getting inside their sunlight and sauna for the first time, think of it as like your newest, you know, which is going to be your most favorite, but you're like newest in a wellness routine. And you want to start low and slow and get your body used to it because your body hasn't experienced, you know, infrared in this manner before. And so best practices are 语法解析
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You know, get in, start, you know, 15 minutes and see how you feel, you know, and then you can always, you know, increase from there. And but it's important that you don't. This is not a wellness routine where it's about intensity. So lightens in for its own is about consistency. So consistency wins over intensity every single time. 语法解析
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So the more consistent you can be, and you don't have to do it for an hour, you know, by any means, but if you're consistent, it's going to be a habit that you're going to keep. And you're going to be a habit that you're going to find a time every single day or every other day, you know, whatever hour of your lifestyle lends to that you can use. And the more often you use it, the more benefits you're going to feel. So is there a minimum effective dose in your view? Is it, you know, if 语法解析
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Three days a week, four days a week? What do you think is? There is not a minimum, and here's why. Because the research shows that, like, for example, you mentioned Dr. Mason, who she's modeling her studies after Dr. Razon in Wisconsin. And he did a really, really powerful depression study years ago. 语法解析
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And with infrared heat. And he found that in only one session that the significant reduction in depression symptoms decreased. And it lasted up to six weeks. 语法解析
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So there is no, you know, I mean, minimum obviously would be one, right? But I do know as far as if you're listening and you want to get all these energy benefits and you want, you know, the cardiovascular benefits and especially if you're looking for like, you know, 语法解析
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you know, weight loss where you, the way it helps with weight loss is by helping to increase your caloric burn. So those kinds of, those types of benefits, then you're going to want to do, you know, more often. I would, if you're looking for those, I will give you a guide, you know, three to four times a week is a really good place to be. That's a winning formula that you can do a minimum of 15 minutes. If you can go 30 to 40 times, 语法解析
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You'll, you know, enjoy, you know, it even there seems to be in my experience, I call it the tipping point. You know, I don't know if you run or when I when I run, there's there's a tipping point of where I go from. Oh, my gosh, like this is so hard on my body and this is so painful. 语法解析
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to, oh my gosh, I could just keep going forever and ever. There's just like this point and it differs every single time I run. But in the sauna, typically it's around that 20 to 30 minute timeframe where all of a sudden your body just, it's like that energy is all connected and you can just, you can stay in there and you just don't really want to get out. And that's a great feeling. And so what, how do you think about pre and post 语法解析
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sauna hydration, nutrition to maximize your session and ultimately benefits? Yes. So pre and post, the number one thing that I can tell everybody, really the non-negotiable on both pre and post is hydration. 语法解析
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So important. And this is really, that's why I use the word energy medicine, because this is more than just like this luxury thing that you have in your home. You know, this is, this is, 语法解析
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This has been scientifically proven, and we've been doing this for over 20 years, you know, and the science supports all the hallmarks of aging, the five hallmarks of aging. So it's working with your cells, and it's doing it, obviously, in a really, you know, enjoyable way. But still, the flow and the increase and the transformation does make a change on the body. You need to make sure you support that change through adequate hydration, both before and 语法解析
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before and after. Before is important because you want to start to get the body, you know, hydrated before you take the session. And then of course, afterwards for obvious reasons. The other important factor that I recommend post is managing your electrolytes. So that's really important. And I mean, I've done so much 语法解析
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research in the past couple of years on people and everybody's sodium and their chloride and their potassium, magnesium and like it just changes. And that's also something that changes, you know, as we age and as our cells change. And when you do things that are very, even though it's a passive cardiovascular conditioning tool, you 语法解析
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it's still, the energy is very active on the body. And so you're, you are having that movement and that flow and that release. And so you can use, I mean, you can lose electrolytes. And so you need to replenish the body. You know, some people recommend binders, you know, as well to help just promote the detoxification aspect. So that's another thing that you can do as well. So I, but to make it simple, water, electrolytes, you're good to go. 语法解析
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I'll have to send you our electrolytes with creatine product after this show. Oh, I would love that. I'm curious. Do you like eating after or before? Or do you like distance? Distance. 语法解析
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But I'm also, to put it in context, I am a morning Sunlighten user. So I like to do my active, my exercise, my active, and then I like to end with my Sunlighten. And I have my water with lemon in there. And then afterwards, I'll probably have my, a lot of times, my green juice. But I won't eat water. 语法解析
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I definitely won't eat before. And there's definitely a delay in after as well. So you'll go straight from working out to the sauna and then start to begin your day. Got it. Makes sense. Exactly. What's been so interesting is you've been doing this for quite some time and the science has evolved. The product has evolved and it's beautiful. And we're at such an interesting time with technology, right? 语法解析
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Where are we today in terms of infrared sauna technology? And where do you think we're going? What are you excited about? Oh, that's a great question. So today we are at, you know, and I'll brag a little bit on impulse because I just feel like, like I said, it's a whole body longevity hack. It's just the most amazing thing. 语法解析
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evolution of a product. We started Impulse. Gosh, what was that? So Oprah was 2009. So 2010, we introduced Impulse. And what Impulse is, the only product on the market that separates the infrared spectrum into three 语法解析
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at that time three, now four, three completely different wavelengths. And each wavelength has a different frequency that we know on science that we need to have in order to be absorbed into the body and to get the benefits that are associated with that wavelength. So impulse separates it. 语法解析
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isolates it, delivers maximum amount to the body, and then we've developed programs. So we have six preset programs that find a way to blend those wavelengths at different intervals and different pulsations, again, based on science and the benefit you're trying to achieve. So 语法解析
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That's where we're at today. And now, just to build on, because in 2010, Impulse did not have red light. We launched with near infrared, which is the invisible part of the spectrum. Red light is right next to near on the spectrum, and it has red light. 语法解析
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red light. And so we recently in the past couple of years have included red light. So now impulse is the only one that has all four separately, as well as the six preset programs. So you just press, if you want cardio benefits, you press cardio, you want pain relief, you want anti-aging detox, you know, relaxation, weight loss, 语法解析
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one of those programs, you press the button and then the sauna is already, the brains are start to work and you start to feel the results of those benefits. So that's, 语法解析
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a great place to be. That's where we are today. And I love that sauna. It's called the Impulse Smart Sauna. We have others just so people don't think that that's the only choice. There's plenty of others to choose from. As far as going forward, what I'm excited about is I'm loving the fact that people are starting to, you know, like Function Health, you know, Dr. Hyman, that people are starting to care about their biomarkers. They're starting to test. They're starting to test for their mitochondria. They're starting… 语法解析
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you know, to, to care about their quality of sleep. They're starting to care about what impacts their quality of sleep. They're starting to care about heart rate variability. You know, they're starting to care about longevity. So that gets me excited so that we can take this, you know, one step further, which is, is, is getting connected to all of those wearables and, and getting to connected to all those tests and just, you know, just have, 语法解析
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Connecting, connected wellness, you know, is what I'm excited about. Infrared being one of the key spokes to that and to engaging us where we're at and providing solutions so that we don't have to think. Because what was happening now is we're getting all this data. Where I can't wait to take us is, so I know, you know, this biomarker. 语法解析
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But now what do I do about it? You know, and somebody just tell me what to do. Give me the tools to impact my biomarker. So the next time I take it, it's, you know, in the green zone and or my sleep, you know, is horrible. And but I don't know what to do about it. So that's where I feel like we come in and can't with all of our connections and resources and, you know, companies like yourself and we can all work together to 语法解析
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to provide our community the answers to, here's what you do about it. Here's the easy button. Yes. And like, to me, it's such a no brainer in that it, 语法解析
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If the highest level of cardiovascular disease is still the number one killer in America and the science is tried and true. So like if you're concerned about cardiovascular health, no brainer, absolutely need to do this. Then you talk about, in my view, the toxic load is just the cost of living in 25, no matter what you do. You know, our listeners are probably doing all the right things. They're trying to avoid, you know, excessive plastic and, you know, they're very, they read ingredient labels and they look for forever chemicals, but no matter what you do, it's going to happen. 语法解析
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I'm sorry, like, unless you live, like in the middle of nowhere, it's just and you start to do and sometimes they don't show up in labs, you start to feel crappy. And you go to a doctor and you're like, Oh, you're fine. And so to me, that's it. That's a big one that I think is pervasive. And then you touch on some of the, you know, new science, you know, Ashley Mason's work is really incredible. I think she's at UCSF. 语法解析
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Talk about mental health, mood boosting, you know, you touch on longevity, skin health, like who doesn't want to look good as they age? Mitochondrial dysfunction is essentially going to kill you. And so you kind of hit on everything. And so it's exciting. Well, thank you. I, you know, love what I do. And I mean, our… 语法解析
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Our brand promise at Sunlighten is it's really simple. We just want to help people feel better so they can do more of what they love to do and live their fullest life. You know, it's like, and that's what drives all of us here at Sunlighten. And we just, you know, want to help people in whatever way we can increase their quality of life as well as their quantity. We'll help both. Yes. Well, we're obviously huge fans, have been fans for a long time. Personally, I'm sold, but, 语法解析
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For someone listening and they're curious about infrared therapy, where should they start? Yeah, so go to sunlighten.com, S-U-N-L-I-G-H-T-E-N.com. Or you can call us. Our website's really easily navigated, but you can give us a call. And we have offered a significant discount for any listeners, but you do have to mention MyMod at Green.com. 语法解析
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So make sure you mentioned MindBodyGreen and we will give you a significant discount on your purchase. Our sauna consultants are very, very knowledgeable, very passionate. They want to help. What's important for me to mention, since I talked a lot about Impulse because it has all four wavelengths, is our consultants, 语法解析
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are knowledgeable about all of the different choices and we have four different collections here we don't just have one collection and they meet everybody's price needs so they're all over the board and we have financing opportunities and they will they will help you and they ask a lot of questions so that they can find the right fit well incredible there is a right fit for everyone and again we are huge fans uh congratulations we love sunlight and and uh 语法解析
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in our view, everyone should have one. Well, thank you. I've been so excited to come on. As I told you at the beginning, just a huge fan of MindBodyGreen. I love… 语法解析
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what you guys are doing because you're doing exactly what my vision is in this entire space, right? Is connecting people and providing resources and tools and elevating this wonderful space that I call, you know, wellness category. And so, you know, congratulations to you and Colleen and all the lives that you've changed and the work that you have done because that's significant and I really appreciate it. Oh, you're very kind, Connie. Thank you so much. The feeling is mutual. 语法解析
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