Finding Relaxation in Un-relaxing Times
Finding Relaxation in Un-relaxing Times
When you turn 42 during a pandemic you hope to do something that celebrates life itself in addition to finding a means of giving yourself a little self-care.
It was my hope to give back to myself and to be fully present and relaxed after spending hours working to help others in my coaching business. I like to follow the teachings I provide to my clients. So much our life is set on “go mode” that we’re too busy to experience that “enjoying life fully” feeling like we used to as kids. It was important for me to carve this time out to refuel to stay optimal for my clients.
✨So, when do we give ourselves permission …after it’s too late and we’re completely stressed and overworked and maybe when our health has declined?
We often rush to our vacations to get away from “real” life and we forget to enjoy the simple tasks that we view as mundane in our everyday life cause we claim “we’re too busy” trying to get everything done.
✨Instead there’s a way to enjoy even the mundane of tasks and to plan our schedule more efficiently, while listening to our truest needs. It starts with slowing down and hearing ourselves fully in a state of being present (regardless of what you think is important that you must get done in your schedule).
If you think your life depends on it, you would be right.
With that said, I was hosted to celebrate my 42nd birthday by the owner of True Rest float spa Napa, Ross and his wonderful team. I kept hearing about True Rest and I’ve now deemed it “soul spa.”
This experience measures up with some of my other favorite treat to self favs like pool hopping, going on a tropical vacation, and dining out of my favorite restaurants at home in Napa. But, this experience got me on a soul level.
I’m an advocate for taking time for self in order to shift one’s perspective of their life for the better. Whether it’s a deep mediation, or visualization, this type of inner chill time does the work to create more awareness about our lives. What I found during my experience was a new means of a heightened place of calm and inner listening.
If you’re looking for ways to turn off in order to hear yourself more, evoke more creativity into your business decisions, see life more clearly for what it is you truly desire, de-stress, and minimize anxiety, I’d highly recommend this experience! Here’s your promo code to enjoy your own wonderful experience for 50% off your first float.
First start by viewing what was once mundane in a whole new way. Start doing more of what you enjoy and mix this into every day. You should be giving yourself breaks within your day in order to actually hear yourself again. What if we could take more “self care” time and time to do the things that “feed us” before we actually got stressed, overworked or needed it. Imagine where we’d be in mind and spirit. For starters we’d be better able to handle our “to do” list and we’d have more clearly defined goals based on what truly works for us and what we actually want on our list verses being on auto pilot and doing everything. What is allowed in our day would look a lot different, from what it currently looks like.
I’m big fan of relaxing and regrouping doing what I love and that’s usually having to do with a beautiful visit outdoors and a feel good movie or show that has to do with the 80’s and 90’s… like Who’s the Boss, Frasier, or Dirty Dancing.
As a lifestyle coach and business owner, I find it hugely important to teach ways to get back to our “truest self” and the only way we can do that is by being in touch with ourselves to hear our own needs of what we are desiring.
It’s totally true that when we take the burdens of life off our shoulders and body literally and figuratively, like in that of a float spa, we can be allowed to really bring our mind to a more clear and focused perspective on life. It can lead to calling in more creative abilities and evoke less stress in our body so that we might have the means to focus on our truest goals.
Here’s what I experienced and you may experience as well although each float is different for each individual:
You start by being welcomed into your very own spa like bathroom with a shower filled with luxurious soaps and shampoos. You’ll then get into your own private space ship like vessel (called a “pod”) and boy did I get transported.
You can choose through a list of instrumental music genres, or float in silence and your next choice would be do you like the flowing water lights on or off and lid open or closed. I choose for a experience with sounds you might hear like ancient Native American culture and lights on and lid open but soon closed it to keep more cozy and secured in.
The pod is filled with 1,000 lb of pharmaceutical grade Epsom salt. It’s 30% denser than water and that’s what causes you to float effortlessly.
I was literally so buoyant that when I went to tilt my head back, it went all the way back as if I was going to be lead into a back bend. It was so relaxing and took the pressure off me having to do anything. The salt takes over! The only work I had to focus on was turning my mind off.
I’ve been doing guided visualizations and envisioning myself into much of my future desires for years so this arena of being still in mind and opened was welcomed and comfortable for me to do. It always seems to bring on ideas for my business and actually causes me to focus more so I found myself going in and out of sleep. I wasn’t worried about falling asleep in 160 gallons of water but I trusted the process and just let myself go. I was able to connect with my spirit guides during my 60 minute experience which was pretty powerful and I can’t wait to make another visit to True Rest Float Spa Napa soon! Each person’s experience is subjective to them.
The most important thing to remember going into this, is to just clear your mind, let the rest work for you to just relax should be your main goal and think of this as your retreat, you deserve time spent on self. We all work so hard just keeping up the times, in the way the world is these day with technology, being a constant thing, and with never really turning off enough. This sort of thing over time is a renewal to help serve as a way to bring “yourself” back in. We’re all too busy “accomplishing”, meeting our own set deadlines, reaching tasks, life.
Let’s be real with ourselves, if so many of us are determined to work as dedicated as we’ve been at being on “go” mode, we are going to need to more deliberate with setting time aside for downtime. Enjoying life's simplicities is one of the top ways to bring on more of lighter way of life we can to hear our soul’s callings.
Thank you to the entire True Rest Napa Team for a wonderful experience!
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