Red Light Therapy + Traditional Sauna: The Best of Both Worlds
For years, wellness has forced a choice. Do you book a traditional sauna to sweat it out and relax — or a red light therapy session for your skin, recovery, and energy? At Shift State in Henderson, NV, you no longer have to pick one. We built a single room that delivers both at once: a traditional high-heat sauna lined with full-spectrum red light therapy panels. One session, two of the most research-backed recovery tools on the planet, zero compromise.
The best of both worlds, in one room
Most studios treat sauna and red light as separate rooms, separate bookings, and separate price tags. Our combined suite runs a true high-heat traditional sauna while red light panels surround you, emitting all three key wavelengths — red light at roughly 630nm and 660nm for the surface of the skin, plus near-infrared around 850nm that reaches deeper into muscle and tissue. You settle in, the heat builds, the light does its quiet work, and you walk out with the compounding benefits of both in the time it used to take to do one.
The benefits of a traditional sauna
Dry-heat saunas have been used for centuries, and modern research keeps backing up what the Finns have always known. The heat gently raises your heart rate and opens up your blood vessels in a way that lightly mimics exercise, and large population studies have linked frequent sauna bathing with better cardiovascular health and longevity.
Beyond the heart, the heat helps loosen tight muscles and joints after training and pulls your nervous system into a deep, parasympathetic state of rest. Most people find a good sauna session melts away stress and leads to deeper sleep that night — finished off by a satisfying, full-body sweat that leaves you feeling clean, light, and reset.
The benefits of red light therapy
Red light therapy (also called photobiomodulation) uses specific wavelengths of light to support your cells at the mitochondrial level — essentially helping them produce energy more efficiently. Because we run all three key wavelengths, you get both surface and deep effects from the same panels.
Commonly studied and reported benefits include healthier, more radiant skin and support for collagen; faster muscle recovery and less soreness after hard training; comfort for aching joints and everyday soreness; improved circulation; and a noticeable lift in energy and mood. And unlike the sauna's heat, the light itself is gentle and comfortable — you simply relax while it works.
Why combine heat and light
Heat and light aren't just convenient together — they're complementary. The sauna's warmth increases circulation and opens the body up, which can help you get more out of the red and near-infrared light. One side calms and recovers you through heat; the other repairs and energizes you through light. Together they cover far more ground than either does alone — which is exactly why we stopped making our members choose.
Built extra-large, built to be shared
We made the room oversized on purpose, because wellness is better together. The sauna comfortably fits friends, partners, training buddies, or a small group, so you can catch up, decompress, and recover side by side instead of alone in a booth. There's real science to the social piece, too — connection and community are among the most consistent predictors of long-term health and longevity. At Shift State, the reset is communal by design: come solo and meet someone, or bring your people and make it a ritual.
Try it at Shift State in Henderson
The combined red light and traditional sauna suite is open now at Shift State — our movement, recovery, and reset studio in Henderson, NV, just minutes from Las Vegas. No appointment is necessary and walk-ins are welcome during open hours. New here? Come experience it with a Day Pass, or take a free 20-minute tour first. Book at shiftstate.com and feel the difference of not having to choose.
Shift State's services support general wellness and relaxation. They are not medical treatments and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you are pregnant, have a heart condition, or have other health concerns, please check with your doctor before using the sauna or red light therapy.