The Transformative Power of Contrast Therapy: Insights from Our Community - Full Transcript

00:00[Music] [Music] welcome back to contrast Studios live welcome back to contrast Studios live welcome back to contrast Studios live this is your host Patrick coin and I this is your host Patrick coin and I this is your host Patrick coin and I could not be more excited about who we could not be more excited about who we could not be more excited about who we have today we have Heather Renee and have today we have Heather Renee and have today we have Heather Renee and Kelly would love for you guys to Kelly would love for you guys to Kelly would love for you guys to introduce yourselves tell us what you do introduce yourselves tell us what you do introduce yourselves tell us what you do and then we're going to get into some and then we're going to get into some and then we're going to get into some really fun really fun really fun conversation my name is Kelly Green and conversation my name is Kelly Green and conversation my name is Kelly Green and I actually own a pilates studio right up I actually own a pilates studio right up I actually own a pilates studio right up the street and I think my favorite thing the street and I think my favorite thing the street and I think my favorite thing I do is I still think it's the best job I do is I still think it's the best job I do is I still think it's the best job is being a is being a is being a mom my name is Renee Marshall I classify mom my name is Renee Marshall I classify mom my name is Renee Marshall I classify myself as a working mom full-time mom myself as a working mom full-time mom myself as a working mom full-time mom always um but work full-time as well and always um but work full-time as well and always um but work full-time as well and um favorite thing to do I love honestly um favorite thing to do I love honestly um favorite thing to do I love honestly lately has been coming here not to sound lately has been coming here not to sound lately has been coming here not to sound cheese but no chees some people go to cheese but no chees some people go to cheese but no chees some people go to church I go to contrast wow put that on church I go to contrast wow put that on church I go to contrast wow put that on a a a t-shirt we'll give you the credit for t-shirt we'll give you the credit for t-shirt we'll give you the credit for that too

01:00that too that too um my name is Heather Smith and I'm a um my name is Heather Smith and I'm a um my name is Heather Smith and I'm a stay-at-home mom but very active um stay-at-home mom but very active um stay-at-home mom but very active um otherwise love working out playing otherwise love working out playing otherwise love working out playing tennis all the things well first off tennis all the things well first off tennis all the things well first off thank you for making time for us very thank you for making time for us very thank you for making time for us very excited to have you guys we'll keep the excited to have you guys we'll keep the excited to have you guys we'll keep the same order but just a couple questions same order but just a couple questions same order but just a couple questions for you so first things first is how for you so first things first is how for you so first things first is how long have you guys been a member at long have you guys been a member at long have you guys been a member at contrast Studios and how often do you contrast Studios and how often do you contrast Studios and how often do you use contrast how many times a week do use contrast how many times a week do use contrast how many times a week do you come so I think I saw the city of you come so I think I saw the city of you come so I think I saw the city of Montgomery promoted did your business Montgomery promoted did your business Montgomery promoted did your business and I think I might have walked in the and I think I might have walked in the and I think I might have walked in the door maybe on day two um and I love it door maybe on day two um and I love it door maybe on day two um and I love it from the get-go I had just finished from the get-go I had just finished from the get-go I had just finished something that I didn't think really something that I didn't think really something that I didn't think really worked and I wanted to do the Deep cold worked and I wanted to do the Deep cold worked and I wanted to do the Deep cold plunge that's really why I came not the plunge that's really why I came not the plunge that's really why I came not the sauna but more the plunge and I try to sauna but more the plunge and I try to sauna but more the plunge and I try to come three times a week love it get your come three times a week love it get your come three times a week love it get your 57 and 11 absolutely believe in the 57 and 11 absolutely believe in the 57 and 11 absolutely believe in the protocol 100% love protocol 100% love protocol 100% love that um so I drive by by here all of the

02:00that um so I drive by by here all of the that um so I drive by by here all of the time my kids go to Montgomery Elementary time my kids go to Montgomery Elementary time my kids go to Montgomery Elementary and um I actually saw your opening day and um I actually saw your opening day and um I actually saw your opening day and was like what is that place why is and was like what is that place why is and was like what is that place why is it so busy so I went home and Googled it so busy so I went home and Googled it so busy so I went home and Googled and Then followed this company on and Then followed this company on and Then followed this company on Instagram for a month so about November Instagram for a month so about November Instagram for a month so about November was when I had my first experience and I was when I had my first experience and I was when I had my first experience and I come at least three times a week try to come at least three times a week try to come at least three times a week try to do for four yeah makes me happy so I am do for four yeah makes me happy so I am do for four yeah makes me happy so I am a founding a founding a founding member joined in November and um I come member joined in November and um I come member joined in November and um I come well above the prescribed well above the prescribed well above the prescribed 5711 um I just really love it to me it's 5711 um I just really love it to me it's 5711 um I just really love it to me it's like a daily reset so it's it quickly like a daily reset so it's it quickly like a daily reset so it's it quickly became a daily routine for me um so I became a daily routine for me um so I became a daily routine for me um so I come as often as I can typically Monday come as often as I can typically Monday come as often as I can typically Monday through Friday if I'm lucky I come on through Friday if I'm lucky I come on through Friday if I'm lucky I come on Saturday morning so you come up to six Saturday morning so you come up to six Saturday morning so you come up to six times a week that makes me so happy I times a week that makes me so happy I times a week that makes me so happy I love it I can ask so many question it's love it I can ask so many question it's love it I can ask so many question it's a daily it's like part of my routine a daily it's like part of my routine a daily it's like part of my routine just like brushing your teeth got to get

03:00just like brushing your teeth got to get just like brushing your teeth got to get the amazing yeah so I think it's very the amazing yeah so I think it's very the amazing yeah so I think it's very important that we understand the important that we understand the important that we understand the benefits of contrast and we understand benefits of contrast and we understand benefits of contrast and we understand the benefits of the community behind the benefits of the community behind the benefits of the community behind contrast but the want in need to try contrast but the want in need to try contrast but the want in need to try something very difficult is very something very difficult is very something very difficult is very individual it's very very very individual it's very very very individual it's very very very introspective what is the reasoning introspective what is the reasoning introspective what is the reasoning behind why each one of you decided to behind why each one of you decided to behind why each one of you decided to walk in the door like yeah it is walk in the door like yeah it is walk in the door like yeah it is beautiful we have a great staff we have beautiful we have a great staff we have beautiful we have a great staff we have amazing equipment it's clean I could amazing equipment it's clean I could amazing equipment it's clean I could brag about us all day but it's a very brag about us all day but it's a very brag about us all day but it's a very introspective decision to make that introspective decision to make that introspective decision to make that choice what brought you guys to that choice what brought you guys to that choice what brought you guys to that decision of trying contrast cuz it's new decision of trying contrast cuz it's new decision of trying contrast cuz it's new it's Innovative it's it's Innovative it's it's Innovative it's new so I think I decided to do this um I new so I think I decided to do this um I new so I think I decided to do this um I have been doing the same exercise have been doing the same exercise have been doing the same exercise routine for about 10 to 12 years and I'm routine for about 10 to 12 years and I'm routine for about 10 to 12 years and I'm in in in mid-50s and um I just thought it's time mid-50s and um I just thought it's time mid-50s and um I just thought it's time to change it up a bit and why not try to change it up a bit and why not try to change it up a bit and why not try something that's a little bit something that's a little bit something that's a little bit challenging mentally as well as challenging mentally as well as challenging mentally as well as physically

04:00physically physically and this the combination of the Heat and and this the combination of the Heat and and this the combination of the Heat and the cold seemed very good for what I do the cold seemed very good for what I do the cold seemed very good for what I do for a living and movement is very for a living and movement is very for a living and movement is very healing to me so I I believe strongly in healing to me so I I believe strongly in healing to me so I I believe strongly in just challenging yourself and I tell just challenging yourself and I tell just challenging yourself and I tell everybody when I walk in my kids don't everybody when I walk in my kids don't everybody when I walk in my kids don't believe I do it and I'm like no no I believe I do it and I'm like no no I believe I do it and I'm like no no I really do get in the tub and um I just really do get in the tub and um I just really do get in the tub and um I just find that find that find that it's it's something worth experimenting it's it's something worth experimenting it's it's something worth experimenting to see if you can go a little bit above to see if you can go a little bit above to see if you can go a little bit above your comfort zone important especially your comfort zone important especially your comfort zone important especially with as much as you move how many with as much as you move how many with as much as you move how many classes do you teach a day I teach classes do you teach a day I teach classes do you teach a day I teach Pilates about 20 hours a week wow so I'm Pilates about 20 hours a week wow so I'm Pilates about 20 hours a week wow so I'm moving every day at least like today was moving every day at least like today was moving every day at least like today was a 7-h hour day so I just got done a 7-h hour day so I just got done a 7-h hour day so I just got done teaching seven hours but I don't move teaching seven hours but I don't move teaching seven hours but I don't move 100% with each of the clients I have to 100% with each of the clients I have to 100% with each of the clients I have to watch them but um it's the the contrast watch them but um it's the the contrast watch them but um it's the the contrast has been very good for my body thank you has been very good for my body thank you has been very good for my body thank you for sharing that

05:00uh so I came for my first try cuz it was uh so I came for my first try cuz it was free I was like never done it ever cold free I was like never done it ever cold free I was like never done it ever cold plunge never Lov sauna so I knew I could plunge never Lov sauna so I knew I could plunge never Lov sauna so I knew I could get through the heat no problem how long get through the heat no problem how long get through the heat no problem how long have you been SAA um rarely but when I have you been SAA um rarely but when I have you been SAA um rarely but when I do I just find it very enjoyable the do I just find it very enjoyable the do I just find it very enjoyable the heat like my body loves heat so um I heat like my body loves heat so um I heat like my body loves heat so um I don't know I I watched videos of other don't know I I watched videos of other don't know I I watched videos of other people and all this hype so I was like people and all this hype so I was like people and all this hype so I was like I'm just going to try it step out of my I'm just going to try it step out of my I'm just going to try it step out of my comfort zone and Not only was the staff comfort zone and Not only was the staff comfort zone and Not only was the staff very helpful and stepping me through my very helpful and stepping me through my very helpful and stepping me through my first first first session I left the tub and felt session I left the tub and felt session I left the tub and felt completely relaxed like a relax that completely relaxed like a relax that completely relaxed like a relax that I've never felt before um that when I I've never felt before um that when I I've never felt before um that when I went to go share my experience with went to go share my experience with went to go share my experience with friends I'd say oh my God it's like an friends I'd say oh my God it's like an friends I'd say oh my God it's like an instant Xanax I'd come out my heart rate instant Xanax I'd come out my heart rate instant Xanax I'd come out my heart rate I'm sorry was totally love totally decre I'm sorry was totally love totally decre I'm sorry was totally love totally decre increased I could take a deep breath

06:00increased I could take a deep breath increased I could take a deep breath which you know doing other kind of which you know doing other kind of which you know doing other kind of holistic things to try and calm myself holistic things to try and calm myself holistic things to try and calm myself this was like the first thing that's this was like the first thing that's this was like the first thing that's actually taught me how to you know count actually taught me how to you know count actually taught me how to you know count my breaths how to like relax myself um my breaths how to like relax myself um my breaths how to like relax myself um intense situations and um cold plunges intense situations and um cold plunges intense situations and um cold plunges have just taught me how to be have just taught me how to be have just taught me how to be comfortable with being comfortable with being comfortable with being uncomfortable and some days it's really uncomfortable and some days it's really uncomfortable and some days it's really easy and some days are hard but I work easy and some days are hard but I work easy and some days are hard but I work through both days and it's it's a nice through both days and it's it's a nice through both days and it's it's a nice kind of mental calming um that it's kind of mental calming um that it's kind of mental calming um that it's given me in my life so not to cut you given me in my life so not to cut you given me in my life so not to cut you off but very I think we have very off but very I think we have very off but very I think we have very similar reasons behind it do you find similar reasons behind it do you find similar reasons behind it do you find that you get more out of it on days that that you get more out of it on days that that you get more out of it on days that you don't want to do it oh yeah like if you don't want to do it oh yeah like if you don't want to do it oh yeah like if if I love the sauna the cold plunge is if I love the sauna the cold plunge is if I love the sauna the cold plunge is like my Mountain so every every time I like my Mountain so every every time I like my Mountain so every every time I come it's like I kind of like tell come it's like I kind of like tell come it's like I kind of like tell myself I don't have to do it this time myself I don't have to do it this time myself I don't have to do it this time like no one will like no one will like no one will know and I'll just wait here until my

07:00know and I'll just wait here until my know and I'll just wait here until my time's up but I I take you know I stand time's up but I I take you know I stand time's up but I I take you know I stand in front of the tub I take my deep in front of the tub I take my deep in front of the tub I take my deep breaths and I go in and I've never breaths and I go in and I've never breaths and I go in and I've never regretted so it's the hard part of regretted so it's the hard part of regretted so it's the hard part of getting my feet in there but once I'm in getting my feet in there but once I'm in getting my feet in there but once I'm in I mean I don't regret it at all and I'm I mean I don't regret it at all and I'm I mean I don't regret it at all and I'm very grateful um I was going in the very grateful um I was going in the very grateful um I was going in the mornings I've shifted to the evenings mornings I've shifted to the evenings mornings I've shifted to the evenings just because it helps me sleep um the just because it helps me sleep um the just because it helps me sleep um the infrared the the light therapy has infrared the the light therapy has infrared the the light therapy has helped me with seasonal effectiveness so helped me with seasonal effectiveness so helped me with seasonal effectiveness so it hasn't been I mean I mean it's I've it hasn't been I mean I mean it's I've it hasn't been I mean I mean it's I've noticed it but it hasn't really affected noticed it but it hasn't really affected noticed it but it hasn't really affected me and if it does I just come here more me and if it does I just come here more me and if it does I just come here more often I kind of up that so yeah it's often I kind of up that so yeah it's often I kind of up that so yeah it's awesome so similar story I would say awesome so similar story I would say awesome so similar story I would say very um active lifestyle um been doing very um active lifestyle um been doing very um active lifestyle um been doing the same things for a long the same things for a long the same things for a long time and not to say I'm old but I'm time and not to say I'm old but I'm time and not to say I'm old but I'm getting older and I started to realize getting older and I started to realize getting older and I started to realize like little aches and pains um so I was like little aches and pains um so I was like little aches and pains um so I was was like starting to just be more

08:00was like starting to just be more was like starting to just be more intentional about stretching considering intentional about stretching considering intentional about stretching considering adding a yoga practice weekly really adding a yoga practice weekly really adding a yoga practice weekly really considering pilotes um lower imp I know considering pilotes um lower imp I know considering pilotes um lower imp I know I'm so excited actually uh some lower I'm so excited actually uh some lower I'm so excited actually uh some lower impact things um so during that time impact things um so during that time impact things um so during that time coal plunging became very popular on coal plunging became very popular on coal plunging became very popular on social media platforms truthfully so I social media platforms truthfully so I social media platforms truthfully so I started looking at that and realizing started looking at that and realizing started looking at that and realizing maybe something I would love to do maybe something I would love to do maybe something I would love to do searched It Up near me found you guys searched It Up near me found you guys searched It Up near me found you guys and it's been amazing and it's been amazing and it's been amazing um during that time too I was actively um during that time too I was actively um during that time too I was actively searching for a therapist couldn't find searching for a therapist couldn't find searching for a therapist couldn't find one I loved found contrast and it's like one I loved found contrast and it's like one I loved found contrast and it's like I don't need a therapist contrast is my I don't need a therapist contrast is my I don't need a therapist contrast is my therapy I really feel that way um it therapy I really feel that way um it therapy I really feel that way um it just puts me at a calmer Baseline and just puts me at a calmer Baseline and just puts me at a calmer Baseline and it's it's like my daily reset yeah I got it's it's like my daily reset yeah I got it's it's like my daily reset yeah I got a a little frog in my throat for that a a little frog in my throat for that a a little frog in my throat for that because the big reason um and I don't because the big reason um and I don't because the big reason um and I don't know if you guys know my story or not know if you guys know my story or not know if you guys know my story or not but the whole reason of the idea when I

09:00but the whole reason of the idea when I but the whole reason of the idea when I brought it to Chris to help me build the brought it to Chris to help me build the brought it to Chris to help me build the business and and and really be the business and and and really be the business and and and really be the engine behind it is I have been on engine behind it is I have been on engine behind it is I have been on anxiety in anti-depressant and adhc anxiety in anti-depressant and adhc anxiety in anti-depressant and adhc medicine since I was nine um I was one medicine since I was nine um I was one medicine since I was nine um I was one of the first real kids they put on Rin of the first real kids they put on Rin of the first real kids they put on Rin tra vibands I could go down a list um tra vibands I could go down a list um tra vibands I could go down a list um and I'm very very hyperactive I don't and I'm very very hyperactive I don't and I'm very very hyperactive I don't sit well um I work when I have free time sit well um I work when I have free time sit well um I work when I have free time because I'd rather work than sit still because I'd rather work than sit still because I'd rather work than sit still and um I felt completely numb um I tried and um I felt completely numb um I tried and um I felt completely numb um I tried every therapy session um psychother I've every therapy session um psychother I've every therapy session um psychother I've tried everything I've had a therapist tried everything I've had a therapist tried everything I've had a therapist since I was nine and um the first time since I was nine and um the first time since I was nine and um the first time i' ever got into a plunge it's the first i' ever got into a plunge it's the first i' ever got into a plunge it's the first time I've ever released emotion and men time I've ever released emotion and men time I've ever released emotion and men don't talk about that let be honest with don't talk about that let be honest with don't talk about that let be honest with you my dad different era my friends my you my dad different era my friends my you my dad different era my friends my mentors it's not really spoken about and mentors it's not really spoken about and mentors it's not really spoken about and I think it's very important that as men I think it's very important that as men I think it's very important that as men you need a release that's not you need a release that's not you need a release that's not detrimental to your health it's not detrimental to your health it's not detrimental to your health it's not deadlifting it's not screaming and deadlifting it's not screaming and deadlifting it's not screaming and fighting it's not grappling which are fighting it's not grappling which are fighting it's not grappling which are all great external sources of stress but all great external sources of stress but all great external sources of stress but um I've been off anxiety and ADHD

10:00um I've been off anxiety and ADHD um I've been off anxiety and ADHD medicine for 7 months now since I medicine for 7 months now since I medicine for 7 months now since I started plunging and I haven't been to a started plunging and I haven't been to a started plunging and I haven't been to a therapy session over a year now I'm not therapy session over a year now I'm not therapy session over a year now I'm not claiming that you yourself will reap the claiming that you yourself will reap the claiming that you yourself will reap the same benefits from this but um for me same benefits from this but um for me same benefits from this but um for me from an owner's perspective to see that from an owner's perspective to see that from an owner's perspective to see that you guys have the same heartfelt you guys have the same heartfelt you guys have the same heartfelt feelings from it because it's so it's so feelings from it because it's so it's so feelings from it because it's so it's so introspective and unique and independent introspective and unique and independent introspective and unique and independent and that's why I think our private rooms and that's why I think our private rooms and that's why I think our private rooms are so important I don't selfishly want are so important I don't selfishly want are so important I don't selfishly want to share that time with anybody the only to share that time with anybody the only to share that time with anybody the only person I do share space with is my wife person I do share space with is my wife person I do share space with is my wife or if I have a friend who's really or if I have a friend who's really or if I have a friend who's really struggling and needs to pick me up let's struggling and needs to pick me up let's struggling and needs to pick me up let's go in there and let's talk it out um but go in there and let's talk it out um but go in there and let's talk it out um but that that makes me really really really that that makes me really really really that that makes me really really really happy so it it leads me into the next happy so it it leads me into the next happy so it it leads me into the next conversation which is the benefits right conversation which is the benefits right conversation which is the benefits right like the benefits of contrast have like the benefits of contrast have like the benefits of contrast have outweighed the negatives and and changed outweighed the negatives and and changed outweighed the negatives and and changed my life forever and it will be a portion my life forever and it will be a portion my life forever and it will be a portion of my routine like you talked about of my routine like you talked about of my routine like you talked about sorry about this mic a routine that you sorry about this mic a routine that you sorry about this mic a routine that you talked about will get taller for the talked about will get taller for the talked about will get taller for the rest of my life um um and we could talk

11:00rest of my life um um and we could talk rest of my life um um and we could talk about the benefits but what do you guys about the benefits but what do you guys about the benefits but what do you guys see is the biggest benefits that you it see is the biggest benefits that you it see is the biggest benefits that you it could be one one solid lifestyle change could be one one solid lifestyle change could be one one solid lifestyle change is enough to have a ripple effect down is enough to have a ripple effect down is enough to have a ripple effect down the chain and to change other things in the chain and to change other things in the chain and to change other things in your life but what is say one two or your life but what is say one two or your life but what is say one two or three it could be one that are the best three it could be one that are the best three it could be one that are the best benefits that you've benefits that you've benefits that you've seen I would have to say the the seen I would have to say the the seen I would have to say the the probably the most profound benefit you probably the most profound benefit you probably the most profound benefit you can almost feel instantly is more energy can almost feel instantly is more energy can almost feel instantly is more energy so I typically come in the afternoon and so I typically come in the afternoon and so I typically come in the afternoon and I could close my eyes in the sauna and I I could close my eyes in the sauna and I I could close my eyes in the sauna and I rest and then I used to have to kind of rest and then I used to have to kind of rest and then I used to have to kind of gear up to jump in the pool in the the gear up to jump in the pool in the the gear up to jump in the pool in the the tub but now and I would listen to a song tub but now and I would listen to a song tub but now and I would listen to a song that would help me it was at least 3 that would help me it was at least 3 that would help me it was at least 3 minutes long and now I don't listen to minutes long and now I don't listen to minutes long and now I don't listen to anything I love the sounds that you have anything I love the sounds that you have anything I love the sounds that you have in the rooms and the benefit too is you in the rooms and the benefit too is you in the rooms and the benefit too is you have to think clearer so you're putting have to think clearer so you're putting have to think clearer so you're putting yourself in this cold water and you're

12:00yourself in this cold water and you're yourself in this cold water and you're you're teaching yourself to stay calm you're teaching yourself to stay calm you're teaching yourself to stay calm and to take deep breaths and I do and to take deep breaths and I do and to take deep breaths and I do percussive breathing all day long in my percussive breathing all day long in my percussive breathing all day long in my Pilates practice this is a little Pilates practice this is a little Pilates practice this is a little different breath because you're different breath because you're different breath because you're overcoming that sensation but then overcoming that sensation but then overcoming that sensation but then actually I can submerge within seconds actually I can submerge within seconds actually I can submerge within seconds now and I I just think no matter what now and I I just think no matter what now and I I just think no matter what whatever is inflamed is going down so I whatever is inflamed is going down so I whatever is inflamed is going down so I do think my joints feel better so that's do think my joints feel better so that's do think my joints feel better so that's another benefit is just just the the another benefit is just just the the another benefit is just just the the increase in the energy and my joints increase in the energy and my joints increase in the energy and my joints feel better feel better feel better and I own a business and so to be honest and I own a business and so to be honest and I own a business and so to be honest your staff they are delightful you can your staff they are delightful you can your staff they are delightful you can tell when you walk into a business when tell when you walk into a business when tell when you walk into a business when people are happy to work and every people are happy to work and every people are happy to work and every single one of them not a single person single one of them not a single person single one of them not a single person is not friendly and helpful and they is not friendly and helpful and they is not friendly and helpful and they have to guide a new person through that have to guide a new person through that have to guide a new person through that routine to get into the tub to be able routine to get into the tub to be able routine to get into the tub to be able to breathe and so Bravo to what you're

13:00to breathe and so Bravo to what you're to breathe and so Bravo to what you're doing because every single person likes doing because every single person likes doing because every single person likes being here and it helps you feel being here and it helps you feel being here and it helps you feel comfortable trying something new great comfortable trying something new great comfortable trying something new great shout out to our GM Lindsay who's done a shout out to our GM Lindsay who's done a shout out to our GM Lindsay who's done a great job developing our great job developing our great job developing our staff what one more question what do you staff what one more question what do you staff what one more question what do you tell yourself in the plunge I want tell yourself in the plunge I want tell yourself in the plunge I want everyone's response to that as well when everyone's response to that as well when everyone's response to that as well when we talk about the benefits what is the we talk about the benefits what is the we talk about the benefits what is the one thought that gets you through that one thought that gets you through that one thought that gets you through that unbearable experience at well now I unbearable experience at well now I unbearable experience at well now I think 3 minutes is almost too short for think 3 minutes is almost too short for think 3 minutes is almost too short for me I'm like up to three and a half and I me I'm like up to three and a half and I me I'm like up to three and a half and I almost did the advanced like I can do it almost did the advanced like I can do it almost did the advanced like I can do it cuz it is just 8° colder and I believe cuz it is just 8° colder and I believe cuz it is just 8° colder and I believe completely that it's Mind Over Matter completely that it's Mind Over Matter completely that it's Mind Over Matter 100% so if you can help yourself calm 100% so if you can help yourself calm 100% so if you can help yourself calm down and believe like gosh it's only 3 down and believe like gosh it's only 3 down and believe like gosh it's only 3 minutes I can do anything for 3 minutes minutes I can do anything for 3 minutes minutes I can do anything for 3 minutes and the benefits far outweigh the fear and the benefits far outweigh the fear and the benefits far outweigh the fear then just do then just do then just do it so I I I don't have to say anything it so I I I don't have to say anything it so I I I don't have to say anything anymore I just kind of go in

14:00uh so my benefits are more mental and uh so my benefits are more mental and emotional and emotional and emotional and um I definitely do experience like the um I definitely do experience like the um I definitely do experience like the emotional release during the cold emotional release during the cold emotional release during the cold plunges the SAA time is i' I've fallen plunges the SAA time is i' I've fallen plunges the SAA time is i' I've fallen asleep um I I asleep um I I asleep um I I meditate I honestly sometimes I'm a mom meditate I honestly sometimes I'm a mom meditate I honestly sometimes I'm a mom and it's like my only 30 minutes of and it's like my only 30 minutes of and it's like my only 30 minutes of alone time and sometimes I've just gone alone time and sometimes I've just gone alone time and sometimes I've just gone into like have a cry cuz I've had and into like have a cry cuz I've had and into like have a cry cuz I've had and there's no one watching and there's no there's no one watching and there's no there's no one watching and there's no one to judge um then the cold plunge for one to judge um then the cold plunge for one to judge um then the cold plunge for me is just relaxation like pure me is just relaxation like pure me is just relaxation like pure relaxation um it's hard the one thing I relaxation um it's hard the one thing I relaxation um it's hard the one thing I do tell myself is I can do hard things do tell myself is I can do hard things do tell myself is I can do hard things and I repeat that a lot and I've and I repeat that a lot and I've and I repeat that a lot and I've actually carried that outside of this actually carried that outside of this actually carried that outside of this building so I've kind of taught myself building so I've kind of taught myself building so I've kind of taught myself oh I I do cold plunges they're really oh I I do cold plunges they're really oh I I do cold plunges they're really challenging oh this seems challenging if challenging oh this seems challenging if challenging oh this seems challenging if I can do cold plunges I can do other

15:00I can do cold plunges I can do other I can do cold plunges I can do other things so it's nice to kind of take that things so it's nice to kind of take that things so it's nice to kind of take that lesson and imply it outside um there lesson and imply it outside um there lesson and imply it outside um there have been a lot more of those lessons have been a lot more of those lessons have been a lot more of those lessons like mentally and emotionally that I've like mentally and emotionally that I've like mentally and emotionally that I've taken out um but mainly the doing the taken out um but mainly the doing the taken out um but mainly the doing the hard things and um noticing when I'm hard things and um noticing when I'm hard things and um noticing when I'm tensing now um cuz in the plunge I I tensing now um cuz in the plunge I I tensing now um cuz in the plunge I I like can tell right away I'm like okay I like can tell right away I'm like okay I like can tell right away I'm like okay I have to sit back I have to relax my have to sit back I have to relax my have to sit back I have to relax my shoulders um your staff has taught me to shoulders um your staff has taught me to shoulders um your staff has taught me to get the water up to my neck to hit the get the water up to my neck to hit the get the water up to my neck to hit the Vegas nerve for calm I try most days to Vegas nerve for calm I try most days to Vegas nerve for calm I try most days to get there um but when I don't I'm not get there um but when I don't I'm not get there um but when I don't I'm not hard on myself I'll just like okay next hard on myself I'll just like okay next hard on myself I'll just like okay next time I've had a personal record of being time I've had a personal record of being time I've had a personal record of being in for seven minutes cuz I was just like in for seven minutes cuz I was just like in for seven minutes cuz I was just like feeling it and I don't know what has feeling it and I don't know what has feeling it and I don't know what has changed since then but it's been a changed since then but it's been a changed since then but it's been a little bit difficult getting back to little bit difficult getting back to little bit difficult getting back to that seven minutes I don't know if it's that seven minutes I don't know if it's that seven minutes I don't know if it's the weather outside um sometimes for me the weather outside um sometimes for me the weather outside um sometimes for me it's like hormonal um but yeah I've done it's like hormonal um but yeah I've done it's like hormonal um but yeah I've done seven minutes and I was like so proud of seven minutes and I was like so proud of seven minutes and I was like so proud of myself and telling everything everybody myself and telling everything everybody myself and telling everything everybody I don't submerge my head I don't put my

16:00I don't submerge my head I don't put my I don't submerge my head I don't put my hands in um but it felt great and I was hands in um but it felt great and I was hands in um but it felt great and I was like I'm just going to go with it and like I'm just going to go with it and like I'm just going to go with it and relax and you and super calm like the relax and you and super calm like the relax and you and super calm like the the one thing is just I think my family the one thing is just I think my family the one thing is just I think my family appreciates it um my therapist I like appreciates it um my therapist I like appreciates it um my therapist I like say highly all the time like I really say highly all the time like I really say highly all the time like I really feel like there's self-care but this feel like there's self-care but this feel like there's self-care but this is just beyond that for me like I need is just beyond that for me like I need is just beyond that for me like I need it I need to go it's the 30 minutes I it I need to go it's the 30 minutes I it I need to go it's the 30 minutes I gift to myself that day when I go I'm gift to myself that day when I go I'm gift to myself that day when I go I'm just thrust into testimonials so it's a just thrust into testimonials so it's a just thrust into testimonials so it's a lot it's amazing um the the fact that lot it's amazing um the the fact that lot it's amazing um the the fact that our staff the building everyone from the our staff the building everyone from the our staff the building everyone from the marketing team to the people who come in marketing team to the people who come in marketing team to the people who come in and clean after we're gone that has and clean after we're gone that has and clean after we're gone that has created a safe enough space for you to created a safe enough space for you to created a safe enough space for you to have that have that have that experience I'm very grateful I am I'm a experience I'm very grateful I am I'm a experience I'm very grateful I am I'm a happy man right now so thank you absolutely man yeah right that absolutely man yeah right that I had to come last every time shoot um

17:00I had to come last every time shoot um I had to come last every time shoot um so benefits physically I absolutely can so benefits physically I absolutely can so benefits physically I absolutely can tell a difference um in terms of like tell a difference um in terms of like tell a difference um in terms of like Muscle Recovery and whatnot um I Muscle Recovery and whatnot um I Muscle Recovery and whatnot um I completely agree and as I've alluded to completely agree and as I've alluded to completely agree and as I've alluded to for me it's more mental um the calm that for me it's more mental um the calm that for me it's more mental um the calm that I get the reset that I get every day I get the reset that I get every day I get the reset that I get every day that I'm here um it's that I'm here um it's that I'm here um it's unmatched I don't really have to tell unmatched I don't really have to tell unmatched I don't really have to tell myself anything thing anymore I do 20 myself anything thing anymore I do 20 myself anything thing anymore I do 20 minutes in the sauna and 4 minutes in minutes in the sauna and 4 minutes in minutes in the sauna and 4 minutes in the tub every single time um I'm a the tub every single time um I'm a the tub every single time um I'm a person of habit as I've alluded to um I person of habit as I've alluded to um I person of habit as I've alluded to um I used to do three and I jumped it up to used to do three and I jumped it up to used to do three and I jumped it up to four and it was a massive benefit to me four and it was a massive benefit to me four and it was a massive benefit to me um 3 minutes I found myself kind of um 3 minutes I found myself kind of um 3 minutes I found myself kind of staring at the clock and thinking like staring at the clock and thinking like staring at the clock and thinking like okay another second gone another second okay another second gone another second okay another second gone another second gone when it was 4 minutes it was long gone when it was 4 minutes it was long gone when it was 4 minutes it was long enough that I have to like settle in enough that I have to like settle in enough that I have to like settle in close my eyes and like and let go yeah close my eyes and like and let go yeah close my eyes and like and let go yeah and don't think I don't have to think

18:00and don't think I don't have to think and don't think I don't have to think about anything I do listen to the same about anything I do listen to the same about anything I do listen to the same song every time um can I ask what's song every time um can I ask what's song every time um can I ask what's onong uhhuh it's praying by Kesha the onong uhhuh it's praying by Kesha the onong uhhuh it's praying by Kesha the lyrics are lyrics are lyrics are fire so if you want to go home and fire so if you want to go home and fire so if you want to go home and listen to it the lyrics really are so listen to it the lyrics really are so listen to it the lyrics really are so those four minutes the song is 3 minutes those four minutes the song is 3 minutes those four minutes the song is 3 minutes and 50 seconds so I listen to that I get and 50 seconds so I listen to that I get and 50 seconds so I listen to that I get lost in the lyrics they're amazing and lost in the lyrics they're amazing and lost in the lyrics they're amazing and then I typically have about 15 to 17 then I typically have about 15 to 17 then I typically have about 15 to 17 minutes left um um after that and then minutes left um um after that and then minutes left um um after that and then I'm out I'm out I'm out so um yeah amazing so I will try that so um yeah amazing so I will try that so um yeah amazing so I will try that song next time I have everyone watching song next time I have everyone watching song next time I have everyone watching this will have to try that song next this will have to try that song next this will have to try that song next time yeah you'll have to try the song time yeah you'll have to try the song time yeah you'll have to try the song and then you'll like randomly hear it and then you'll like randomly hear it and then you'll like randomly hear it out in life and I'm like oh like it out in life and I'm like oh like it out in life and I'm like oh like it brings me back to contrast every single brings me back to contrast every single brings me back to contrast every single time which is kind of amazing as well time which is kind of amazing as well time which is kind of amazing as well what brings me back and it's an offset what brings me back and it's an offset what brings me back and it's an offset what brings me back if I smell Hotel what brings me back if I smell Hotel what brings me back if I smell Hotel Collection anywhere I literally am like Collection anywhere I literally am like Collection anywhere I literally am like I'm in contrast right now 100% it is I'm in contrast right now 100% it is I'm in contrast right now 100% it is is Mom I think it's so important and my

19:00is Mom I think it's so important and my is Mom I think it's so important and my wife runs my life and my household in wife runs my life and my household in wife runs my life and my household in the in the most positive way right um the in the most positive way right um the in the most positive way right um it's a it's a female driven household in it's a it's a female driven household in it's a it's a female driven household in my house and i' never think my wife my house and i' never think my wife my house and i' never think my wife gives herself enough time or credit on gives herself enough time or credit on gives herself enough time or credit on top of time I really she I don't want to top of time I really she I don't want to top of time I really she I don't want to say she does a bad job at it um but I say she does a bad job at it um but I say she does a bad job at it um but I think that we're creating a really think that we're creating a really think that we're creating a really strong group of women that are starting strong group of women that are starting strong group of women that are starting to take care of themselves outside of to take care of themselves outside of to take care of themselves outside of the house and I think it's really the house and I think it's really the house and I think it's really important important so what would you important important so what would you important important so what would you guys tell your mom friends or your guys tell your mom friends or your guys tell your mom friends or your friends that are kind of neglecting friends that are kind of neglecting friends that are kind of neglecting their self-care cuz they're taking care their self-care cuz they're taking care their self-care cuz they're taking care of everyone else in the world besides of everyone else in the world besides of everyone else in the world besides themselves and that's what I get on my themselves and that's what I get on my themselves and that's what I get on my mom about my sister about and my wife mom about my sister about and my wife mom about my sister about and my wife about because I want them to take care about because I want them to take care about because I want them to take care of themselves because without them our of themselves because without them our of themselves because without them our lives crumble really fast and I lives crumble really fast and I lives crumble really fast and I guarantee you guys can attested that at guarantee you guys can attested that at guarantee you guys can attested that at home what would you tell your home what would you tell your home what would you tell your friends that haven't come to contrast friends that haven't come to contrast friends that haven't come to contrast yet what would you tell them about the yet what would you tell them about the yet what would you tell them about the experience and why do they need to get experience and why do they need to get experience and why do they need to get in

20:00well first of all I think the greatest well first of all I think the greatest compliment that you gave everybody is a compliment that you gave everybody is a compliment that you gave everybody is a it's a free first session um so wh why it's a free first session um so wh why it's a free first session um so wh why not try it not try it not try it um self-care is number one priority in um self-care is number one priority in um self-care is number one priority in my life so I learned a long time ago my life so I learned a long time ago my life so I learned a long time ago that if I don't take care of myself then that if I don't take care of myself then that if I don't take care of myself then it's obvious to the clients to my family it's obvious to the clients to my family it's obvious to the clients to my family so I'm a huge advocate and I would tell so I'm a huge advocate and I would tell so I'm a huge advocate and I would tell I I tell all my clients about this place I I tell all my clients about this place I I tell all my clients about this place because I've been doing it for over 3 because I've been doing it for over 3 because I've been doing it for over 3 months and months and months and um it's um it's um it's critical probably mostly because of the critical probably mostly because of the critical probably mostly because of the mental health and the increased energy mental health and the increased energy mental health and the increased energy for me the better sleep for me the better sleep for me the better sleep um just it will make your days go better um just it will make your days go better um just it will make your days go better and and you're around this community so and and you're around this community so and and you're around this community so there is something to say about there is something to say about there is something to say about Community you see people coming in and Community you see people coming in and Community you see people coming in and out you start to recognize this the

21:00out you start to recognize this the out you start to recognize this the staff um there's something about staff um there's something about staff um there's something about community so if you've built this they community so if you've built this they community so if you've built this they will come so I I just I'm I'm a huge will come so I I just I'm I'm a huge will come so I I just I'm I'm a huge proponent of taking care of yourself and proponent of taking care of yourself and proponent of taking care of yourself and 30 minutes is not a lot and it's it's 30 minutes is not a lot and it's it's 30 minutes is not a lot and it's it's amazing what 30 minutes can do and I amazing what 30 minutes can do and I amazing what 30 minutes can do and I think most importantly you guys deserve think most importantly you guys deserve think most importantly you guys deserve it and I think welcoming that energy and it and I think welcoming that energy and it and I think welcoming that energy and and letting yourself realize you deserve and letting yourself realize you deserve and letting yourself realize you deserve it helps you relax a little more as well it helps you relax a little more as well it helps you relax a little more as well well and the Aesthetics are beautiful um well and the Aesthetics are beautiful um well and the Aesthetics are beautiful um the decoration the the the black wall the decoration the the the black wall the decoration the the the black wall the um the little ducks sometimes the um the little ducks sometimes the um the little ducks sometimes floating in the tubs are hysterical I floating in the tubs are hysterical I floating in the tubs are hysterical I used to listen to Pink Try was the name used to listen to Pink Try was the name used to listen to Pink Try was the name of her song my mom loves and that's what of her song my mom loves and that's what of her song my mom loves and that's what I had to get in that's was I first I had to get in that's was I first I had to get in that's was I first started and then I was so proud when I started and then I was so proud when I started and then I was so proud when I didn't need any music um but I do I look didn't need any music um but I do I look didn't need any music um but I do I look around and it's peaceful so it's a gift around and it's peaceful so it's a gift around and it's peaceful so it's a gift you give yourself and if you can do it you give yourself and if you can do it you give yourself and if you can do it seven days a week by all means I'm

22:00seven days a week by all means I'm seven days a week by all means I'm actually after listening I'm like shame actually after listening I'm like shame actually after listening I'm like shame on me I need to come more and then last on me I need to come more and then last on me I need to come more and then last in that tub a little bit longer which in that tub a little bit longer which in that tub a little bit longer which I'm totally going to do I need to step I'm totally going to do I need to step I'm totally going to do I need to step it up to 4 minutes after hearing you it up to 4 minutes after hearing you it up to 4 minutes after hearing you that sounds wonderful wow thank that sounds wonderful wow thank that sounds wonderful wow thank you how about you uh the nice part are you how about you uh the nice part are you how about you uh the nice part are your hours so the fact that you open so your hours so the fact that you open so your hours so the fact that you open so early for a woman who wants to do early for a woman who wants to do early for a woman who wants to do something before the kids are awake it's something before the kids are awake it's something before the kids are awake it's perfect um and I've never had an issue perfect um and I've never had an issue perfect um and I've never had an issue with coming in early and that's maybe with coming in early and that's maybe with coming in early and that's maybe for the first month I was in here for the first month I was in here for the first month I was in here religiously at 5:30 home by 6:10 I don't religiously at 5:30 home by 6:10 I don't religiously at 5:30 home by 6:10 I don't live too far from here could get ready live too far from here could get ready live too far from here could get ready for the day and like no one noticed um I for the day and like no one noticed um I for the day and like no one noticed um I was noticing I was super sleepy after was noticing I was super sleepy after was noticing I was super sleepy after lunchtime and I was like oh this new lunchtime and I was like oh this new lunchtime and I was like oh this new relaxes me too much and so I shifted at relaxes me too much and so I shifted at relaxes me too much and so I shifted at night but the 30 minutes it's anything night but the 30 minutes it's anything night but the 30 minutes it's anything else for me was too much of a commitment else for me was too much of a commitment else for me was too much of a commitment and I never stuck to it I'm like or i' and I never stuck to it I'm like or i' and I never stuck to it I'm like or i' feel guilty for leaving and taking that feel guilty for leaving and taking that feel guilty for leaving and taking that time but 30 minutes no one notices I'm

23:00time but 30 minutes no one notices I'm time but 30 minutes no one notices I'm gone I do my thing and I come home and gone I do my thing and I come home and gone I do my thing and I come home and I'm just calmer and happier for them so I'm just calmer and happier for them so I'm just calmer and happier for them so that's my gift to them um if they can that's my gift to them um if they can that's my gift to them um if they can just give me the time which they do no just give me the time which they do no just give me the time which they do no one complains my husband's super one complains my husband's super one complains my husband's super supportive I've tried I've gotten him in supportive I've tried I've gotten him in supportive I've tried I've gotten him in I've gotten family members in and I've gotten family members in and I've gotten family members in and they'll all do the first and then they'll all do the first and then they'll all do the first and then they're like that was cool and then they're like that was cool and then they're like that was cool and then they're like but not for them and I'm they're like but not for them and I'm they're like but not for them and I'm still trying to find like my people to still trying to find like my people to still trying to find like my people to you need to come you need to join me you need to come you need to join me you need to come you need to join me like it makes me feel so calm and like it makes me feel so calm and like it makes me feel so calm and they're like I don't do cold I'm like I they're like I don't do cold I'm like I they're like I don't do cold I'm like I don't either I never did and honestly don't either I never did and honestly don't either I never did and honestly I'm like very stubborn I'm not one to I'm like very stubborn I'm not one to I'm like very stubborn I'm not one to like buy packages of things and after my like buy packages of things and after my like buy packages of things and after my first session I was like I want to I'm a first session I was like I want to I'm a first session I was like I want to I'm a member like where do I sign and I didn't member like where do I sign and I didn't member like where do I sign and I didn't even have to think about it and I was even have to think about it and I was even have to think about it and I was like I want to do this all of the time like I want to do this all of the time like I want to do this all of the time and I was so proud of like it was the and I was so proud of like it was the and I was so proud of like it was the feeling really proud of myself for doing feeling really proud of myself for doing feeling really proud of myself for doing something hard and challenging you something hard and challenging you something hard and challenging you deserve it like I said you deserve to be deserve it like I said you deserve to be deserve it like I said you deserve to be proud of yourself you're kicking ass so

24:00proud of yourself you're kicking ass so proud of yourself you're kicking ass so I tell everybody I shared it on I tell everybody I shared it on I tell everybody I shared it on Instagram and someone actually thought Instagram and someone actually thought Instagram and someone actually thought that your room was like my basement and that your room was like my basement and that your room was like my basement and I was like no no no I mean I wish really I was like no no no I mean I wish really I was like no no no I mean I wish really compliment but no compliment but no compliment but no um yeah and so I share with everybody um yeah and so I share with everybody um yeah and so I share with everybody I'm like the cold cold plunge person now I'm like the cold cold plunge person now I'm like the cold cold plunge person now it's fun yeah um I would tell my friends it's fun yeah um I would tell my friends it's fun yeah um I would tell my friends to just try it um and I would urge them to just try it um and I would urge them to just try it um and I would urge them to try it more than once the first time to try it more than once the first time to try it more than once the first time it's a definite shock to your system and it's a definite shock to your system and it's a definite shock to your system and it's scary a little intimidating the it's scary a little intimidating the it's scary a little intimidating the first time I remember getting in for first time I remember getting in for first time I remember getting in for like a minute and a half and only to my like a minute and a half and only to my like a minute and a half and only to my waist my arms were out and it was like waist my arms were out and it was like waist my arms were out and it was like oh my gosh can I do that and then the oh my gosh can I do that and then the oh my gosh can I do that and then the second time I was already down to my second time I was already down to my second time I was already down to my neck and feeling good um so I would just neck and feeling good um so I would just neck and feeling good um so I would just urge them to try there is literally not urge them to try there is literally not urge them to try there is literally not a negative I can think of from walking a negative I can think of from walking a negative I can think of from walking in the door and being greeted by like in the door and being greeted by like in the door and being greeted by like three best friends because that's how three best friends because that's how three best friends because that's how they treat you here it's amazing um to they treat you here it's amazing um to they treat you here it's amazing um to the whole

25:00the whole the whole experience is just there's just nothing experience is just there's just nothing experience is just there's just nothing negative it's all just a really good negative it's all just a really good negative it's all just a really good experience and just has been really good experience and just has been really good experience and just has been really good for me um so why wouldn't I just scream for me um so why wouldn't I just scream for me um so why wouldn't I just scream it from the mountain tops you know to it from the mountain tops you know to it from the mountain tops you know to get him in if you guys ever wanted or get him in if you guys ever wanted or get him in if you guys ever wanted or needed part-time jobs please let me know needed part-time jobs please let me know needed part-time jobs please let me know cuz you guys my daughter told me to cuz you guys my daughter told me to cuz you guys my daughter told me to incredible we don't have to talk anymore incredible we don't have to talk anymore incredible we don't have to talk anymore I am very very very grateful that you I am very very very grateful that you I am very very very grateful that you guys shared space with me I'm grateful guys shared space with me I'm grateful guys shared space with me I'm grateful that you guys told me your story um and that you guys told me your story um and that you guys told me your story um and I'm glad you guys know a little bit of I'm glad you guys know a little bit of I'm glad you guys know a little bit of more about me to where you guys can see more about me to where you guys can see more about me to where you guys can see where this idea came from and um I did where this idea came from and um I did where this idea came from and um I did it from a place of it from a place of it from a place of not not to gain monetary value and it's not not to gain monetary value and it's not not to gain monetary value and it's great that we're a for-profit business great that we're a for-profit business great that we're a for-profit business but I only create things that add people but I only create things that add people but I only create things that add people to Val or add value to people's lives to Val or add value to people's lives to Val or add value to people's lives and help people that need it and that is and help people that need it and that is and help people that need it and that is my mission that's why I'm on this Earth my mission that's why I'm on this Earth my mission that's why I'm on this Earth and you three guys reaffirmed that for and you three guys reaffirmed that for and you three guys reaffirmed that for me so it gave me a lot more energy than me so it gave me a lot more energy than me so it gave me a lot more energy than a cold plunge so thank you so so much

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