Hammam Sauna Spa by Effegibi
13 April 2010
“The Promised Land”
I have only been in a sauna a few times in my life, but whenever I have been able to do it, I have been absolutely astounded at the wonderful feeling of relaxation it provides. Unfortunately, this has always been in a public place, but there is something about the experience that has always made me wonder how it might be if one were able to have such a thing sitting in one’s own home. Doing so, I think, would do much to make what I very much consider the perfect master bathroom. The one thing I most want from a bathroom is a place where I can simply go to make the world go away, and this is especially true, I think, for those of us who have to contend with the workaday world and all the cares that attend thereto.
One of the things we really do to shortchange ourselves in this bang-bang-gotta-have-it-yesterday modern world is forego anything that remotely looks like rest and relaxation. But it’s the sort of thing that has always been important for soldiers in a combat zone and is, I think, equally important for the modern civilian soldier, just a place where a person can go to make the world go away and get it off of one’s shoulders. And with that I would like to introduce you to Effegibi, because those people really get that whole idea of making the world go away.
Effegibi specializes in the Hammam, which is the Middle Eastern variant of a steam bath. Some think of it as a wet relative of the sauna, and others call it a Turkish bath. The sauna uses a dryer heat, but both methods produce a wonderful feeling of wellbeing, which is a concept that is becoming increasingly popular these days. But because the Hammam uses steam, the effects it produces in one’s body really have to be felt to be appreciated. It’s not the sort of thing a person would want to do on a daily basis, unless you’re one of those who can just go home at the end of the day and CRASH-in which case you probably don’t need something like this anyway! But for most people, I do think it’s fair to say that it’s the sort of thing a person would want to save for once or twice a week, just whenever the shoulders are tighter than usual.
Another element that Effegibi has utilized in their line of Hammam is Chromotherapy, which is the ancient and natural science of colors. Every color has its own wave length and frequency and this, in turn, tends to influence the vibrational frequencies of our body’s cells to create balance and harmony. Blue, to cite just one example, is an almost univ
ersal peace-inducing color. The other element Effegibi has incorporated into their Hammam is music therapy, which, absolute classical music fan that I am, I can certainly attest to. Music soothes the savage beast-if it’s the right stuff!
The one problem with such a setup, though, is the amount of room it requires, which is what I find particularly intriguing about what Effegibi has managed to do with their Hammam. One of their many product lines, the Logica, is a new sauna with shower that occupies a square less than seven-and-a-half feet on a side. Sadly, that’s a bit large for my bathrooms, but I tend to think of myself as something of a Moses with these blogs at times. I’m leading you to the Promised Land, but not necessarily into it.
Joseph
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