Dr Marc Cohen is a doctor that focuses on prevention and keeping people well. A registered medical doctor with a PhD in TCM, Marc has been practising and paving the way for progressive integrative medicine for over three decades. Today he joins Mason on the podcast to discuss the Yin and Yang of hot and cold therapy. This conversation moves away from the surface elements of hot and cold therapy to the depths of what the Finnish call- ‘loyly’- a word that describes the steam produced when adding water to the hot sauna rocks but translates to ‘Spirit of Life’.
In this episode Marc and Mason discuss:
䷁ Saunas.
䷁ Ice baths.
䷁ Hormesis.
䷁ Hot springs.
䷁ Hot therapy.
䷁ Cold therapy.
䷁ Thermodynamics.
䷁ Heated hammocks
䷁ Forced mindfulness.
䷁ The key to cold immersion.
䷁ The Yin and Yang of hot/cold therapy.
䷁ Getting comfortable in the uncomfortable.
䷁ The health benefits of hot and cold therapy
䷁ Finding the blissful midpoint of homeostasis.
䷁ The benefits of sauna for people with heart disease.
䷁Hacks to put your body into parasympathetic mode.