Far Infrared Sauna Therapy
Far infrared sauna therapy offers a deeply restorative way to warm and relax the body from within. Unlike traditional saunas that heat the air around you, infrared wavelengths penetrate the skin and tissues, encouraging circulation, muscle relaxation, detoxification, and nervous system support.
At The Fifth Om in Kennebunk, Maine, our private sauna sessions combine therapeutic infrared heat with chromotherapy (color light therapy), allowing guests to customize their experience with calming or energizing light frequencies that support both physical and emotional wellbeing.
Whether enjoyed on its own or before massage or skincare treatments, infrared sauna therapy is one of the most effective ways to prepare the body for deeper relaxation and recovery.
Far infrared sauna therapy at The Fifth Om holistic wellness spa in Kennebunk Maine.
Why Guests Love Far Infrared Sauna Therapy
Guests often incorporate sauna sessions into their wellness routines to support:
• muscle relaxation and recovery
• improved circulation and gentle detoxification
• nervous system relaxation and stress relief
• clearer, healthier skin
• deeper relaxation before massage or bodywork
Chromotherapy: Light as a Wellness Tool
Our sauna also features chromotherapy, a form of color light therapy that uses different wavelengths of visible light to support emotional balance and relaxation.
Each color carries a unique frequency that may influence mood, energy, and nervous system regulation. When combined with the warmth of infrared heat, chromotherapy creates a multi-sensory wellness experience designed to restore calm and balance.
Guests may choose from a range of colors to enhance their session, from deeply calming blues to energizing reds and grounding greens.
Chromotherapy Colors
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Green possesses a soothing influence upon both mind and body. It is neither relaxing nor bitter in its impact. Green can be used for just about any condition in need of healing.
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Red brings warmth, energy and stimulation. Red is good for energy, fatigue, colds, and for chilly and passive people. Red energizes heart and blood circulation, it builds up the blood and heightens a low blood pressure. Red energizes all organs and the senses: hearing, smell, taste, vision, and touch.
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Blue is cooling and electric. It cools down inflammation, fever, high blood pressure; stops bleedings; and relieves headaches. Also calms strong emotions such as anger, aggression or hysteria. Brings tranquility. Anti-itching. Anti-irritation (for instance, redness of the skin). Anti-stress. Soothes suffering.
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Bright green is associated with harmony. It provides a neutral, positive calming effect.
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Purple helps to heal melancholy, hysteria, delusions and alcohol addiction, and brings spiritual insights and renewal. Purple-hued colors slow down an over-active heart, and stimulates the spleen and the white blood cells (immunity). Purple helps bring sleep, soothe mental and emotional stress, and decrease sensitivity to pain. Purple-hued colors help in detoxification.
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Bright blue promotes relaxation and calm. This shade of blue is often used to relieve headaches and migraines, colds, stress, nervous tension, rheumatism, stomach pains, muscle cramps and liver disorders. Blue is thought to have a positive effect on all kinds of pain.
Sauna as a Wellness Ritual
Many guests incorporate infrared sauna therapy as the first step in their wellness ritual at The Fifth Om. The gentle heat helps relax muscles, calm the nervous system, and prepare the body for deeper therapeutic work.
We often recommend beginning with a sauna session before:
• Holistic Facials to support circulation and skin vitality
• Integrative Massage to encourage deeper muscular release
• Bodywork or recovery treatments following travel or physical activity
This simple ritual enhances the benefits of your treatment while creating a more restorative spa experience.
Many enjoy a 30 minute sauna session before their facial or massage to deepen relaxation and enhance results.
Far Infrared Sauna Therapy at The Fifth Om
Standalone Session for one:
30 min / 30 dollars … 45 min / 45 dollars … 60 min / 60 dollars
FIR Sauna Session Package: ten 30 min sessions / 240 dollars
Standalone Session for two:
30 min / 40 dollars … 45 min / 55 dollars … 60 min / 70 dollars
Enhance your visit by enjoying a sauna session before (or after) your facial or massage to deepen relaxation and support circulation.
Sauna sessions include access to chromotherapy light therapy and a quiet space for relaxation.
Popular Pairing
Sauna + Integrative Massage
Begin with a 30-minute sauna session before your massage for deeper muscular release.
Frequently Asked Questions
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When you arrive, we will show you to the sauna and make sure you are comfortable and know how to use it. We’ll program it for you and will walk you through how to use the control panel should you wish to adjust the temperature or chromotherapy light color. We will give you a towel to wear and water to enjoy during your session.
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Our far infrared sauna runs at a maximum of 135 degrees. The heat is a lovely, comfortable part of sauna experience—that is truly warming to your whole system—but the main therapeutic benefits come from the far infrared panels throughout our sauna.
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Just bring yourself and we’ve got the rest! We have towels and water for you to bring into the sauna. The sauna is located in a small, private room that will be exclusively yours during your session.
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The sauna is safe to use every day. Benefits are experienced with a single session and are cumulative. For greater, long term relief, use regularly.
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Contraindications include cardiovascular issues, some medications, pregnancy, implants, pacemakers, and smoking. Although it isn’t a strict contraindication, FIR sauna use is not recommended for nursing mothers due to the release of toxins and the potential for those toxins to pass into breast milk.
Far Infrared Sauna in Kennebunk, Maine
Guests searching for a far infrared sauna near Kennebunk or Kennebunkport often discover The Fifth Om while exploring wellness experiences along the southern Maine coast. Our far infrared sauna offers a quiet, restorative space where visitors can relax, recover, and support whole-body wellbeing.
Located in downtown Kennebunk, The Fifth Om welcomes guests from Kennebunkport, Wells, Ogunquit, Biddeford, and the surrounding coastal communities seeking therapeutic sauna sessions and holistic spa treatments.
