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If you've been following along, you know the last couple weeks have been about slowing down and actually listening to my body.

 

Volleyball injury. Shoulder flare-up. The whole thing. 🤦‍♀️

 

So instead of pushing through, I've been pairing Bioshack — the infrared sauna and cold plunge at Sweat — with Pilates for continued strength and rehab. And naturally… I went down the rabbit hole on all of it.

 

At first I thought: infrared? Sounds like a made-up sciency marketing word, honestly. 😂

Turns out — nope. Totally worth understanding.

 

Regular saunas heat the air around you. Infrared heats your body directly. Same sweating, same circulation boost, same muscle relief — but without that suffocating, hard-to-breathe feeling. Warm and deep, not overwhelming.

 

My routine has become something I actually look forward to.

 

Twenty minutes in the sauna first — lying on the bench, meaningful music washing over me, so relaxed I'm almost somewhere else entirely. Then a hot shower, which has been genuinely magic for my shoulder. Then the cold plunge — some days I love it, some days it's almost torture. I actually saw something recently about how women's cold tolerance shifts throughout the month and honestly... that tracks completely.

Then back into the sauna for another twenty minutes. Just breathing. Letting my thoughts settle.

 

I walk home lighter every single time.

 

It started as injury recovery. Now it's just… mine. A non-negotiable piece of my week that has nothing to do with burning calories or hitting a goal.

 

Just showing up for myself. Quietly. Consistently.

 

If your body has been asking for something like this — March is a good time to say yes. Use code Toria20 for 20% off the monthly unlimited Bioshack pass — that's $159 for the whole month, unlimited sessions. Purchase in March to claim it.

Once you start going regularly, unlimited is the only way to do it.💛

 

— Toria

 

Sweat member. Pilates lover. Shoulder still rehabbing. Sauna is my sanctuary.