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How to take a turkish bath

04 . 12 . 2015
Hammam

Enter it calmly to obtain the greatest benefit: the positive effects of its heat will be good for your cardiovascular system.
Avoid using the Turkish bath when your stomach is empty or too full, and avoid heavy foods and alcoholic drinks.

To prepare yourself for entering the Turkish bath, take a hot shower: it will open the pores of your skin and encourage muscular relaxation.

Dry yourself very well to promote sweating. Your feet must be very warm: if they're not, take a foot-bath. Inside the cabin, you have to be free of all constraint: naked or at most wrapped in comfortable sponge toweling or other natural fiber. The ideal session lasts from a minimum of 8 minutes to a maximum of 12-15 minutes. Relax completely on the bench to benefit evenly from the heat. The heat will gradually make you sweat, your breathing will become slow and regular, and you will feel a growing sensation of calm: go along with it and relax.

After a Turkish bath, it's very pleasant and invigorating to expose yourself to the outside temperature, or take a cool shower or sponge bath. Your body temperature will assure you many minutes of pleasant, fresh wellbeing.

Take a rest, enjoy this maximum relaxation, then go back into the Turkish bath for a second session. After that, you'll have to rest again and maybe take a nap. You'll wake up feeling great!

The natural position to take in the Turkish bath is sitting or semi-reclining. Rub yourself with a horsehair glove to remove dead skin cells and stimulate blood circulation.

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