15 minutes · private room · open daily on Chapel Street. A full-body bed of red and near-infrared light. Use on its own, or close out a bathhouse session with it.
What is red-light therapy?
Time spent lying in a full-body bed of red and near-infrared light, with as much bare skin in the light as you like. Research reviews describe red and near-infrared light being absorbed by the mitochondria in skin cells, activating signalling pathways linked to repair and renewal (Avci et al., 2013). Customise the wavelengths & their frequency to suit your goal, and build your own ritual. Longer wavelengths reach deeper into your body.
15 minutes, all yours.
Settle in.
The room is yours: door closed, the bed ready. Undress to your comfort; bare skin gets the benefit.
Choose your ritual.
Select the setting that suits your goal, or build a session to your liking.
Lie back in the light.
Fifteen minutes on the bed, eyes covered, light from head to toe. Nothing else asked of you.
Get ready or settle in.
Whether it's prepping for the day ahead, changing for your bathhouse session, or winding down at the end of the day, access to the change rooms is unrestricted.
What are you here for?
Choose one. We'll show you what the studies found, and what they asked of people.
Skin
In a controlled trial, people who had red light twice a week reported smoother skin, and ultrasound measured denser collagen.
Wunsch and Matuschka, Photomedicine and Laser Surgery, 2014
Twice a week. Thirty sessions over about fifteen weeks.
Suggested days: Tuesday and Friday.A good place to start: the 10-pack.
See pricesRecovery
A review of trials found light used before exercise improved performance and lowered markers of muscle damage afterwards.
Leal-Junior and others, Lasers in Medical Science, 2015
On training days, before you train where you can. For most people, three or four a week.
Suggested days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.A good place to start: the membership, four sessions a week.
See pricesSwitching off
No study for this one, and we don't need one. Fifteen minutes lying down, phone away, nothing asked of you.
Whenever the week needs it.
Suggested days: Thursday.A good place to start: a 6-pack, or the Complete Membership.
See pricesOnce is nice. Often is the point.
Red light builds with repetition. The studies that show results ran sessions two to five times a week, for eight weeks or more. So we suggest: three or four short visits a week.
Three ways in.
Make it part of your week, take a pack, or try it once.
Membership options
| Red light | Complete | |
|---|---|---|
| Red-light sessions | 4 a week | 4 a week |
| Bathhouse | Not included | 7 a week |
| Booking | Like any session | Like any session |
How the membership works
- The first three months are the minimum: long enough for the habit to take.
- After that it carries on until you cancel, with two weeks' notice.
- Billed weekly to the card you join with. Manage it from your account.
Pack options
Sessions per pack
Buy up front, use them at your own pace.
How packs work
- Book each visit like any session; the pack covers it.
- Valid for 12 months.
- Each pack is for one person and can't be split.
Subject to Navia pack terms.
Single session
Fifteen minutes on the bed. The way to find out if it's for you.
Fifteen minutes in the red glow, before or after the circuit
Nothing to figure out.
Shops 4 & 5, 233 Chapel Street, Prahran VIC 3181.
Open 6:30am–10:00pm daily.
Arrive five minutes early. Give your name at the desk and we'll take it from there.
Remove makeup and heavy moisturisers beforehand if you can. Nothing else to bring.
Common questions.
What's the difference between red light and infrared?
The red-light bed uses red light, which you can see, and near-infrared, which you can't. It's a light session, so you won't sweat. Our infrared sauna is different: a heated private room for 45 minutes, and you will sweat. Plenty of people do both.
How often should I come?
Three or four times a week, for a couple of months, is where we'd start. That's close to how the research was run, and it's what the membership covers.
What should I wear?
As little as you're comfortable with. It's a private room with the door closed, and bare skin is where the light lands. Take off makeup and heavy moisturiser beforehand if you can.
Who isn't it for?
Check with your GP first if you're pregnant, take medication that makes your skin sensitive to light, have a history of skin cancer, or have a condition affecting your eyes.
Can I add it to a bathhouse session?
Yes. Book red light for just before or just after your bathhouse session. Fifteen minutes on the way in or out. The Complete Membership covers both.
Do I need to be a member?
No. Anyone can book a single session, or buy a pack.