Shiftwave Chair and Full Spectrum Infrared Sauna in Liberty

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Shiftwave: Nervous System Support for Recovery, Regulation, and Readiness

Shiftwave is a nervous-system training technology designed to help the body shift state through carefully sequenced pulsed pressure waves, audio, and guided protocol experiences. Used by professional teams, athletes, clinicians, high performers, and individuals navigating chronic stress, Shiftwave supports the body’s capacity to settle, recover, refocus, and return to a more organized internal state.

Rather than asking the mind to “think” its way into regulation, Shiftwave works through the body. Its protocols provide patterned sensory input that may help the nervous system downshift from stress, increase body awareness, support recovery, and create a felt experience of greater steadiness, clarity, and capacity.

Clients commonly report feeling more settled, clearer, more present, less physically tense, and better able to rest after sessions. Some also report improvements in sleep quality, energy consistency, stress recovery, and their ability to return to daily life with more focus and resilience.

At KCNPI, we are especially interested in Shiftwave as a body-based support for people whose nervous systems have been shaped by chronic stress, trauma, anxiety, pain, dissociation, emotional dysregulation, high performance demands, or treatment-resistant patterns. We are continuing to observe, document, and learn how different protocols support different nervous-system presentations.

Support nervous-system regulation

Shiftwave protocols are designed to help the body access different states, including settling, restoration, activation, focus, and recovery. Through pulsed pressure waves, audio, and protocol sequencing, Shiftwave gives the body a structured sensory experience that may support autonomic flexibility and help users return to a more regulated state.

Support focus, clarity, and cognitive readiness

When the nervous system is overloaded, the mind can feel foggy, scattered, reactive, or shut down. Shiftwave may help reduce cognitive overload by supporting the body’s ability to settle and reorganize, creating conditions for clearer thinking, improved focus, and greater present-moment awareness.

Support physical recovery and body awareness

Shiftwave delivers rhythmic pulsed pressure waves through the body, creating a strong sensory experience that many users describe as grounding, organizing, or tension-releasing. This patterned input may help increase body awareness, reduce perceived physical tension, and support recovery after stress, exertion, or prolonged activation.

Support sleep and restoration

Shiftwave includes sleep-oriented protocols designed to support the body’s transition into rest. Many users report deeper rest, easier settling, or improved sleep quality after using these protocols. For some people, a brief protocol before bed may help the nervous system shift out of the demands of the day and into a more restorative state.

Support stress recovery

Stress is not only a thought pattern; it is a full-body state. Shiftwave provides a body-based pathway for supporting stress recovery by helping the nervous system move toward greater steadiness, safety, and internal organization. Users often describe feeling calmer, more grounded, or more able to return to themselves after a session.

Support long-term resilience and capacity

Over time, repeated experiences of settling, recovery, focus, and body-based regulation may help users build greater nervous-system awareness and resilience. The goal is not dependency on the technology, but increased access to the body’s own capacity to regulate, recover, and respond with more flexibility.

Integration time matters

A Shiftwave session should not be considered complete the moment the protocol ends. After a protocol, the body may still be receiving, organizing, and integrating the experience. We encourage users to allow time afterward for the experience to settle more deeply into the body before rushing back into activity, conversation, decision-making, or another protocol. This post-protocol integration window is an important part of the work.

Based on billions of data points taken at the Shiftwave Institute, journeys  use specific patterns and frequencies of pulsed pressure waves to guide  both body and mind to optimal states. Journeys help improve fluid flow,  autonomic tone, and neural activity.  By synchronizing blood, lymph, and  neural signals, the body's ability to heal itself emerges, resources are delivered where needed, and toxins and inflammation can be cleared. Read more about the Shiftwave here: https://www.shiftwave.co/

Shiftwave has a weight capacity of 400 lbs.

Please talk to your therapist about whether the Shiftwave could be a helpful addition to your healing journey.

Feedback from clients:

• My body pain was gone while I was doing my journey.
• I felt like a cold, wet blanket was taken off of me.
• My mind is so clear.
• That was f'ing fantastic!
• That put me to sleep fast!
• Was I really in your office for an hour?
• It is hard to find words for the experience, it is unlike anything I have ever done.
• It shook my tics out.
• I feel so peaceful and relaxed.
• I don't know what that was, but I was having visions of fun and tears of joy!
• I was transported somewhere else.

When you book your first Shiftwave session, Nancy, KCNPI's office manager, will guide you through the introductory process and your first journey, which takes about 15 minutes. Then you are welcome to use your remaining time to explore the available journeys. You have the option to have your mental health professional with you during your sessions at the cost of your normal session rate.

Detoxification  

Sweating is one of the body’s most natural ways to eliminate toxins, making it a crucial part of detoxification. Infrared saunas allow you to eliminate toxins by heating the body from the inside out, infrared sauna detoxification not only eliminates chemicals and other toxins from the body but also helps ease soreness and allows the body fully relax.   ​  

Relaxation  

Infrared sauna therapy promotes relaxation by helping to balance your body’s level of cortisol, your body’s primary stress hormone. The heat generated by the sauna will also help to relax muscles and relieve tension throughout the body, allowing you to relax and de-stress.  

Pain Relief  

If you suffer from muscle aches or joint pain, infrared saunas can relieve this form of inflammation by increasing circulation and relaxing your muscles. With infrared therapy, the infrared wave penetrates 1.5” to 2” into the body stimulating a relaxation response allowing the muscles and tendons to unwind and release tension. The penetrating heat also raises the core body temperature which creates a “false fever” in the body forcing the immune system to spring into action and start making more white blood cells. The result is a reduction in swelling and inflammation, two major factors in easing chronic pain. In addition, as the infrared heat elevates your core body temperature, capillaries and arteries dilate to increase blood flow allowing more oxygen rich blood to travel to areas of tension and pain. Your muscles, joints, and soft tissue experience relief and healing.  ​  

Weight Loss  

The heat generated by an infrared sauna can cause your core temperature to increase, which can also lead to an increased heart rate — the same increase in heart rate that you experience when exercising. When your body has to work harder to lower your core temperature or keep up with an increased heart rate, your body will burn more calories, resulting in weight loss.  According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, regular use of a sauna imparts a similar boost on the cardiovascular system as running. As you relax in the gentle infrared heat, your body is hard at work producing sweat, pumping blood and burning calories. American Medical Association concluded that a 30-minute infrared sauna session could burn roughly 600 calories.    

Immune System Boost  

Infrared Saunas can raise your core body temperature, inducing an artificial fever.  Fever is our body’s natural way to strengthen and accelerate the immune response. This enhanced immune system and improved elimination of toxins and wastes via intense sweating, increases your overall health and resistance to disease.     

Improved Circulation  

As the heat from infrared saunas increases your core body temperature, your circulation will increase along with it. Consistent infrared sauna sessions, especially in the middle-infrared level, can stimulate blood flow, improve muscle recovery, and decrease pain and inflammation after intense exercise.     

Skin Purification  

Infrared sauna technology can help purify your skin by eliminating toxins, deeply embedded impurities and dead skin cells from your pores and increasing circulation, resulting in clearer, softer, and healthier-looking skin. Increased circulation draws your skin’s own natural nutrients to the surface. You’ll see improved tone, elasticity, texture and fresh color. Increased blood circulation has also been shown to relieve acne, eczema, psoriasis, burns, lesions and cuts. In addition, open wounds heal more quickly, reducing scarring.

• Wait at least 1 – 2 hours after eating before beginning a full spectrum infrared sauna session.  
• When you first begin to use your infrared sauna, Start Slowly. You will begin to break a sweat after a 20 -30 minute session. 
• After becoming acclimated to infrared heat, users average 25-45 minute sessions. Two sessions per day is permissible if you are working on a specific therapy goal.  
• Stay Hydrated! A good rule of thumb is to divide your body weight by two and drink a minimum of that many ounces of water on a daily basis. (160 lbs. divided by 2 = 80 ounces of water or eight 10 ounce glasses of water, daily. Drink plenty of good water, fruit juice, iced tea, green tea before, during and after your sauna routine.  
• You may not sweat a lot during your first 2-3 sauna sessions. This is normal for many people, as they haven’t had a recent history of sweating.  
• Take care not to overheat during your first few sessions. If you feel lightheaded, have a queasy stomach, or start to get a headache, terminate session immediately. 
• As the body continues to adjust, sweating can increase dramatically and body temperature regulation becomes more effective.  An increase in heart beat of up to 30% above the resting pulse is generally considered safe, unless a medical or heart condition requires keeping your pulse rate lower.  
• Body temperature should not be allowed to rise above 102 degrees F. “Moderate sauna use is safe for most older people, but diabetics and anyone being treated for heart or circulatory conditions should check with their doctor, particularly if taking medication” states Dr. J.H. Halperin, Professor of Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center.  
• Watery Fat and Cellulite deposits begin breaking up into smaller water clusters as your core body temperature reaches approximately 100.5 degrees F.  If sauna cabin temperature becomes too hot for your comfort, or the cabin becomes ‘stuffy’, you may slide open the ceiling vent to or, just open the door for a minute or so, to let some fresh air inside.  
• Sauna Apparel ~ Lightweight shorts and t-shirt, or swimsuits are good.   Place layers of pads on the bench seat to absorb perspiration during your session. Far infrared will penetrate clothing and towels.  
• By Stretching your arms, legs, neck, back area, etc. during your far infrared sauna session you can achieve increased body flexibility, range of motion, and reduce chronic stiffness and problem areas.   
• If you feel the beginning of cold or flu symptoms, use your infrared sauna 2-3 times per day/ 20 – 30 minute sessions. By inducing hyperthermia, you can strengthen your immune system. In many instances, frequent far infrared sauna sessions will eliminate your cold and flu symptoms completely in a day or so.