Dear candy canes and sugar plums!
PeaceBang is going to a Russian Steam Bath today to sweat a lot and exfoliate her skin.
If you have access to a steam bath, sauna or hot tub, consider warming yourself to the bones. I am having the opposite menopausal experience from most women and have felt chilled for years. I now LOVE summer heat. I am turning into my cat.
Sweating profusely has also, I believe, helped me to avoid some bad colds. I use eucalyptus oil in the steam room and it is marvelous. I have little exfoliating gloves and eucalyptus oil soap and the other women who frequent the steam room are teaching me how to do a proper exfoliation.
Make sure to bundle up real good before going out into the cold. And drinks LOTS of water.
Stay warm.
AMEN! about using the sauna. During the Winter I try to use the sauna at my YMCA. It also tends to clear out my sinuses, in addition to giving me relief from the near constant sensation of being chilled all Winter long. I also sometimes use the sauna to prime my system before I warm up for my work-out. And YES, drink lots of water before and after.
I have a full body heating pad with jade stones for infrared heat.
My Y does not have a sauna (sighs).