Wooden Hot Tub, Cold Plunge, and Sauna

At Amaya Natural Therapeutics…

The hot tub, cold plunge and sauna are facilities designed to reap the many health benefits of traditional hydrotherapy.  Hydrotherapy uses water to treat the body by stimulating and redirecting the flow of blood and carrying waste products away from the cells.  As a therapeutic application hydrotherapy has many benefits.  This is especially true in regards to its simplicity, as it uses only water to treat conditions.  We are made up of over 70 percent water and treatments that include water as a therapeutic principle are communicating in an essential and powerful way with our bodies.  Indeed, it is very true that just by drinking water we can help cure or reduce many health issues as dehydration has been extremely underestimated as a causative factor in most disease.  Historically, the power of water as a therapeutic agent has been recognized by many cultures and at Amaya we are carrying on a tradition that has nourished humans for ages.

Hydrotherapy works by using the inherent capacity of water to carry both heat and cold, and applying this amazing property of water to the body to effect circulation.  At Amaya, this is accomplished by alternating between our hot and cold tubs, helping to stimulating the circulation of both the blood and lymph, and thereby carrying nutrition towards and waste products away from the cells.  The biological mechanism that effects this change occurs as warm water relaxes our tissue, while cold water contacts it, and the alternation between the two yields a simple naturopathic practice that powerfully stimulates circulation.  In this way, hydrotherapy helps nourish cells by invigorating circulation and thereby promoting regeneration of tissues through the supply of fresh blood, helping the body to heal from sicknesses or physical injuries.

More specifically, by applying warm or hot water, arteries and veins expand, which allows additional blood and lymph to a specific area. Heat also allows blood and lymph to flow more easily in the veins and arteries. Cold water, on the other hand, makes the arteries and veins constrict, pushing blood and lymph away from the area. This transportation provides fresh oxygen and nutrients like protein to remove toxins and waste.

As a preventive measure hydrotherapy in invaluable. Taking showers daily and applying hot and cold water to the spine can stimulates the nervous system, which improves circulation to various parts of the body including the back, heart, and lungs. The benefits of hydrotherapy can help practically any health condition because it involves water, which as we said earlier, is an essential element in our body and by creating more vitality in relationship to all of our bodily fluids, hydrotherapy works to help improve our health as a whole system.

Amaya offers guests use of their hot tub, cold plunge and cedar sauna from 10 am until 8 pm.  Individual for a 90 min soaking session are $20. Towel rentals are $2.