Posts about relaxation and self-care always talk about taking a relaxing bath, particularly in the evening for a good night's sleep. Fantastic advice, don't get me wrong BUT during the heat of summer a bath is the last thing I ever feel like doing ! How about you?
Baths for me are part of the luxury I savour in the winter months, summer, heck no! With the turn of the seasons a little colder (as we've had a cyclone affecting our weather patterns this week), I opted for the first bath of the season. I add a dash of shower gel and stir up to get those bubbles a-bubbling and of course for the relaxing aromatics, a couple of drops of my favourite essential oil. Relax away ! If you are a connoisseur of baths or thinking of adding a bath when renovating, be sure to make it a spa bath, much higher up the relaxation scale than just a plain old bath.
In a conventional bath you'll get reasonable suds, but wow, when you have a spa bath and turn on those jets, just watch the bubbles rise right to the top of the bathtub. The bubble magic happens right before your very eyes as you inhale the aroma filling the bathroom. Disappear amongst those fragrant bubbles and enjoy! Bliss!
Turn all the jets to one end for a great foot massage and then revert to all the jets to the other end for a great burst of water across the neck and shoulders. If you don't have a spa to hand, relax in that conventional bath anyway and dream. Ah relaxation and why would you wait til the evening? Any time of day is wonderful for this self-care. One of the great things about the winter months.
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