Amazing Home Steam Rooms and Saunas - Where Did I Get These Pictures??

None of These Stunning Steam Rooms Should Be Without Eucalyptus Oil 

Are you working on a great room addition, remodeling your master bath, or just love to look at pictures of fabulous rooms that you hope to afford one day.  I am going to give you the secret to unlimited drooling over thousands of decorating tips and ideas.  It is kind of like the YouTube of decorating.  More and more of these pictures show up every day.  When you go back a week later, you have newly added examples of tasteful rooms, furniture, accessories, floor and window treatments, kitchen cabinets and more. 

Of course, in this blog, we're interested in ways to bring wellness into your life through eucalyptus oil, and steam is one way to achieve that.  Steam baths and rooms, facial saunas, and such can give you the one-two punch of steam and eucalyptus oil that will help your skin, breathing, peace of mind and so much more. 

So, I grabbed a few screen shots of my favorite steam rooms for you to check out.  But if you want to look at a few hundred, or maybe that was thousand, more ideas for steam rooms or any other room, head over to Houzz.com.  Here is the link for the steam rooms.  http://www.houzz.com/steam-room/p/32

 

 

 

Aztecs Had Steam Rooms, and Their Decendents Still Use the Tamzcal

Very Little Changed Since the Aztecs Ruled, the Tamazcal Offered the Same Great Steam Room Benefits Then as Now 

Steam baths from the ancient Aztec culture were used to provide physical, mental, and spiritual benefits.  As can be seen from their art, they considered a trip to these tiny steam rooms to be a treat on many levels. 

Aztek Tamazcal or Steam Room

Aztecs Used Steam Room Called Tamzcal

Early photographs show that the tradition was still being practiced 100 or so years ago in primitive areas of Latin America.

Aztec inspired Tamazcal seen in late 19th or early 20th Century

Today, the tradition continues with bamboo, stone or tile structures providing the steam room, and hot rocks brought from furnaces or bonfires to provide the steam

Tamazcal or Steam Room Design

Tamazcal (Steam Room) in modern Aztec village

Whatever the time, the culture, or the method, the result is the same.  Relaxation, tension relief, spiritual uplift, muscle recovery quickened, olfactory and respiratory system benefits, and more.  The Aztecs like the Northern Europeans, the Romans, and the Australians also recognized the added benefit of using Essential Oils from plants like the Eucalyptus to enhance the entire experience on every level.