Enjoy the benefits of an excellent steam bath
The Temazcal is a relaxing steam bath in the pre-Hispanic way. Many are attributed healing properties. The aromatic herbs used in the ritual help to generate a detoxification process. Reduces stress, due to the general state of the body obtained with heat and humidity.
These baths, originally made of adobe, have been used by various indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica and North America for medicinal purposes of sweating detoxification and expectoration based on vapors produced by herbal infusions. The equivalent name in Mayan it is zumpul-ché and in Mixtec, ñihi. The temazcal is a therapy or spa that has a touch special, since it is not only a Mexican way to relax. It is a steam bath that adds elements of the ancient cosmogony, of the pre-Hispanic past of our country.
The temazcal implies not only the bath but it is a whole ritual of purification and to recharge Energy. It is carried out within a structure of adobe or stone shaped like a honeycomb or like igloo. To begin with the temazcal ritual, the temaztiani (the person who leads the therapy), lit a fire and asks permission to each of the directions of the cosmos that represent the parts of the human being: body, being, mind, will, spirit, memory, cosmic energy, energy of the heart of the earth, and the energy of the center or human heart.
With the fire each one of those present is purified, they are cleansed and any field is removed magnetic or negative feelings, and they are harmonized to prepare them to enter the temazcal, the sacred bath .
Once inside the temazcal, it is practically like a steam bath or a sauna. But in this case the steam is produced by means of water sprayed on hot stones that was previously treated with medicinal plantsThe different herbs used in the ritual act as inhibitors of reproduction bacterial, anti-inflammatory, decongestant, antibiotics, antistamines, regulators of uric and folic acid; and they also activate and stimulate cell reproduction, are exfoliating and antioxidants.
The temazcal helps the elimination of uric acid, lactic acid and in general balances the PH the blood and contributes to the elimination of heavy metals that are absorbed in societies modern such as zinc, mercury, copper, lead etc. The temazcalstimulates the glandular system, in particular to the pineal and pituitary glands, known as the master glands. .
