Covent Garden Day Spa

Our new Infrared Sauna is a warming heat experience where you sit upright against a padded infrared light panel that penetrates deep into the muscles to help release tension and back pain. The heat penetrates deep into the muscles, warming the body from the inside out so this is the perfect treatment to have before a massage to maximise the benefits.

Key benefits: perfect for those who suffer from back pain and have tense, tired muscles. Also helps to assist with weight loss by burning calories (depending on the individual and water retention so weight loss varies by person).

Book a 25 minute session in advance when you call Reservations so that you guarantee your time.

You have a complimentary 25 minute experience included in your spa day/eve and have a choice between our Sleep Retreat and the new Infrared Experience.

Sanctuary recommends guests who are pregnant or suffer from the following conditions do not have the Infrared Experience:

• Pregnant or trying to get pregnant
• Acute swelling
• Epilepsy
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Adrenal suppression
• System lupus erthematosus
• Haemophiliacs/ predisposed to haemorrhage
• Silocone implants/ prostheses
• Metal pin, rods or surgical implants

Other contraindications that need to be considered are:

• Heat sensitivity
• Unstable or severe hypertension
• Diabetes
• Neuropathy
• Acute or chronic edema or lymphedema (swelling of the wrists, ankles, etc.)
• Cholinergic urticaria, acantholytic dermatosis, malaria, severe burns/scarring/heat rash
• If you take medications which may make you predisposed to heat illnesses when exposed to heat [eg. sympathomimetics, anticholinergics, tricyclic antidepressants, antihistamines, phenothiazines]
• If you take medication that may reduce perspiration ability [eg. diuretics, barbiturates, ß-blockers]
• Pace makers
• Congestive heart failure
• Significant alcohol or drug consumption