The other day, before I made my way for my SEA Games duty at Seng Kang Hockey Stadium, I managed to squeeze in an hour of sweating over at Anti-Oxidant that is located at 1 Thomson Ridge for my Ganban-Yoku class at 2pm.
Before making my way here, I have no idea what Ganban-Yoku was. I knew it was something different and I have time on my hands in between my day job and my SEA Games duty, so why not?
This is what is shown on GuavaPass's brief on Ganban-Yoku :
At Anti-Oxidant, we have specially constructed dry-sauna rooms, where you rest onto our ‘anti-oxidant beds’. The ganban-yoku therapy is simple, yet very rewarding: Fully clothed in our yukata, you lie down and rest in the rooms for 45 mins.
These anti-oxidant beds consist of special ceramic tiles which naturally release Far Infrared Rays (FIR) and Negative Ions to help the body perspire and “detoxify” Unlike regular saunas, our rooms are kept between 39° to 41° C with the humidity at about 30%, providing for a comfortable temperature that is both safe and enjoyable for people of all ages.
How to do therapy?
Step 1: Change to the Yukata and proceed to the Anti-Oxidant room with towel and bottled Anti-Oxidant water
Step 2: Lie on Anti-Oxidant beds for 45 minutes
Step 3: Finish therapy by resting in the rest area for 5 minutes
Step 4: Enjoy a glass of enzyme drink before showering
Sounds fun right? It did to me anyway. So I clicked book and turn up for the class.
It was not really hard for me to find the place as I was on my bike and already googled on how to get there.
Since it was my first visit, I was quite unfamiliar with this place. You will be required to take off your shoes and change into the slippers they have provided you with.
After which, on your first visit, you will be required to watch a short 5 minutes video regarding what Anti-Oxidant is all about.
The video will go into more details on how anti-oxidant is really beneficial to our health and how we can benefit from this therapy.
This is the egg & bread experiment that you will learn about in the short video. It is about how a piece of bread and an egg do not go bad even if you leave them out in the air, in the anti-oxidant room. Pretty cool, because we all know how easily breads will go stale and start to get mouldy after a while and how eggs will turn bad and stink up the whole room if it goes bad.
After the whole video, they will pass you a yukata, one towel meant for showering, one small towel and a locker key. They will then show you the way to the changing room for you to get changed.
After changing into the Yukata, (and taking off all your undergarments too), you will be led to the resting area where the staff will ask you to drink at least half of the anti-oxidant water they gave. This is to ensure you are hydrated enough as you will be stepping into a dry, hot room for 45 minutes.
After drinking half, the staff will ask you to proceed to the room.
"These beds consist of special ceramic tiles which naturally release Far Infrared Rays (FIR) and Negative Ions which helps the body to perspire and "detoxify". Unlike regular saunas, their rooms are kept between 39-41 degree Celsius with the humidity at about 30%, providing for a comfortable temperature that is both safe and enjoyable for people of all ages." - Anti-Oxidant
So sleep, or sit, or stretch (if you have the space) if you want to in the room. Being in the room alone is the therapy, and I promise you, even if you were to just lie down, you will sweat buckets.
The best thing about sweating in this room is that, once you are out of the room, you will not feel sticky like you usually would if you were to be out in the sun! If you want to find out why, you should really head down for a trial with them.
After the 45 minutes session, I was told to proceed to the rest area while they prepare an enzyme drink for me before I proceed to shower. You can choose 2 flavours out of 3 :
- Ginger
- Lemongrass
- Hawthorn Berry
I had the ginger and hawthorn berry, and surprisingly, I liked the ginger one more.
Took me a while to get used to the taste but you can see from the picture above as to why these enzyme drinks are good for you.
If you are interested to do a trial class with them, give her a call at 6756 0636 or visit their website for more detail. Other than Ganban-Yoku, they also offer Ganban-Yoga class. It is basically yoga, in their anti-oxidant room. I was told that this is more beneficial for me compared to Hot Yoga in a heated room.
I will definitely try this soon and let you guys know all about it! :)
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