National Stress Awareness Month: Why You Should Head to the Spa

We may all expect to deal with some degree of stress throughout our daily lives, and perhaps higher levels of stress at specific times, but this doesn’t mean that we like it. If we become exposed to lots of stress on a regular basis, it can become very disquieting and preoccupying. In fact, experiencing any amount of stress, for any amount of time, can get in the way of our plan to live a happy, healthy, fulfilling life.

Dealing With Stress Through a Spa Day

Not only can it make us feel overworked and like we’ve been spread too thin, stress can actually have detrimental effects on our physical health. In fact, stress can cause problems as small as acne outbreaks and as big life-threatening heart attacks, along with just about anything in between. As National Stress Awareness Month, April is an opportunity for individuals to step back and consider what causes them stress and how they can best manage it so that they are able to live the happy, healthy, fulfilling life they desire.

There may be no way to fully eliminate all stress from your life, but there may be certain things that contribute to a perpetually stressful condition, and these can most definitely be dealt with. Following are some key examples of how you can best manage stress:

• Keeping your body healthy. A healthy body that receives adequate nutrition and exercise, as well as any necessary health care, can better combat any problems and stress the individual may occasionally encounter.
   
• Making small but important changes. While there is something to be said for adhering to a general pattern or schedule in your life, there is also something to be said for making small but important changes. Little changes such as clearing out the clutter in your home or taking a small vacation can help to stimulate your mind in such a way that it can better cope with stress.
   
• Stop worrying. If you take a moment to consider the main sources of your stress, you may realize that you are worrying a lot–and maybe about things that won’t even come to pass. If you focus on what you are doing in the moment and simply handle things as they come up you won’t experience so much worry or stress.
   
• Laugh a little. Chances are you’ve already experienced moments where a really good laugh improved how you felt, so make sure you give yourself an opportunity to let go and laugh a little every day.
   
• Relax and breathe deeply. When you take a moment to relax, breathe deeply and think only of positive things, you can melt your stress away and help calm your body so that it can better heal itself.

Every single one of these things can easily be accomplished on a daily basis on one’s own. But if you look again carefully, you will notice that every single one of these things can also be accomplished by taking a trip to the spa. There are so many different spa services to consider, from facials and massages to detoxifying treatments, manicures, and pedicures, that there is sure to be something that will appeal to you. A visit to the spa can help you to take good care of your body, it can be a small but important change, it can be an opportunity to clear your mind of worry, to think happy thoughts and find something to laugh about, and it can definitely provide the perfect circumstances in which you can relax and breathe deeply. So while you may feel that taking a trip to the spa is a luxury that simply provides much-desired pampering, it’s time to recognize that a trip to the spa is actually very good for your physical and mental health, and therefore a great way to combat and reduce stress.

Love,

Gen