How to Have a Good Hammam Session?

Camylle reminds you of the 10 steps to make your hammam bath a moment of total pleasure:

1. Undress.

• Remove all clothing, underwear, jewelry, or other accessories. For a hammam session, you must be completely naked!!

2. Take a soapy shower and dry off.

• For hygiene, and also for better effectiveness in the steps to come, you must be clean and remove all oily substances covering the skin.

3. Take your place in the hammam.

• The higher you go, the hotter it gets. Find the spot that suits you. An average temperature of 45° is ideal. For hygiene reasons, use a clean bath towel.

4. For about fifteen minutes, inhale and exhale deeply, trying to concentrate on your breathing and clear your mind.

• An important moment that also allows you to benefit fully from an aromatherapy session. The essential oils in Camylle’s Brume de Hammam range, contained in the steam, penetrate rapidly through the skin and mucous membranes into the tissues and your various organs, exerting their beneficial actions.

5. If you were lying down, sit up two minutes before leaving the hammam to reactivate circulation.

• Sit up to reactivate circulation and avoid dizziness.

6. Leave the hammam and breathe deeply of fresh air.

• If possible, go outdoors and take deep breaths.

7. Take a cold, soap-free shower to avoid clogging the skin’s pores.

• Through the alternation of hot and cold, your body builds its immune defenses. You can also immerse yourself in cold water.

8. Rest for at least fifteen minutes.

• Make yourself comfortable, rest for at least fifteen minutes. Let your positive thoughts flow…

9. Hydrate: It is important to drink plenty between hammam sessions…, water or tea preferably.

10. Repeat, or alternate with a sauna session. Three successive sessions are ideal.

• Resume from point 3) for a new session. The feeling of purifying your body and mind will take precedence over all other thoughts.