We’ve all spent the last year figuring out how to adjust our lives around recent changes and restrictions. As we all spend more time at home, it’s important that you don’t forget to set aside some time to pamper yourself. This used to look like spas, salons and massages, but now home-luxury is taking on a new life! Let’s explore a few of the benefits of pampering yourself and how you can do it at home, and at no expense to you!
Benefits of pampering:
1. Mental Health: Meditation improves anxiety levels by 60%! Thinking about the ways we pamper ourselves, it’s surprising that it isn’t officially recommended as a mental health balm. For a healthy psyche, we need rest, focus, quiet, and introspection, all elements of a relaxing day of pampering.
2. Emotional Health: The healthier you are mentally, the more in-tune you will be with your emotional health. Putting the focus on loving yourself and your body will certainly help boost your emotional health.
3. Physical Health: A healthy mind is a healthy body, and pampering your physical body means you are more physically ready to deal with emotions and mental stress. But how do you pamper yourself without a day at the spa?
Ideas to Pamper Yourself at Home:
1. Cook a healthy meal with quality ingredients
Healthy food both energizes our bodies and our minds, and the process of cooking can help you get focused and slow down after a long and busy day. Making sweeping changes to your diet often comes with surprising flu-like SIBO symptoms. Never fear! These are short lived, while your body eliminates toxins, and you’ll feel better than ever in no time! While you’re at it, instead of throwing together an unhealthy comfort-food meal of mac and cheese, try something new and healthy, or teach yourself a new and health-centric cooking technique.
2. Put On Some Relaxing Music to decompress
Pop on some relaxing music while you cook or relax, and either release stress as you dance along to the music, or focus on calming your mind with soft and peaceful music. Many people like to keep this part of their routine private, with a pair of wireless earbuds or headphones, that can help you shut out distractions and focus on the task of relaxing!
3. Meditate while using essential oils
Essential oils are great for your skin, and also often smell fantastic! Take some time to use essential oils as a meditation tool, and let them take your quiet time to the next-level by engaging more of your senses, and letting you tune in or out to your own peaceful environment.
4. Create A Spa At Home
We always had the gear to pamper ourselves spa-style at home, but now we can really learn how to make use of it. Grab cucumbers, healthy snacks, peaceful music, essential oils or lotion, incense, lights or blankets, and grab a corner of your house to dedicate to relaxation this afternoon! Go crazy!
5. Groom Yourself
When we look good, we feel good, so take some time today to make sure you are well groomed in all those hard to reach, hard to see areas. Plucking or shaping your eyebrows is a great way to make a good first impression, or maybe file and paint your nails for a pop of fun and eye-catching color.
6. Read a book
Did you know that the world's most successful people are voracious readers, reading 4-5 books per month? Grab a second hand book or borrow one from a friend and settle in for a relaxing evening of reading. Reading before bed is a great way to tire out your eyes and relax before going to sleep. If books aren’t your thing, grab a magazine! The important thing is to focus, read and learn something new.
7. Go Offline
You might have noticed that blogs and social media weren’t included in our list today. That’s because it’s time to go offline and disconnect. Make a point of turning off your phone for a few hours each day. When you do, you’ll start to look forward to that brief time of the day that is entirely yours, with no technological distractions.
It’s so important that you take the time to focus entirely on your health and body on a daily basis – especially with the stresses of the pandemic around us and the hectic holiday season in front. Block out your calendar and message your husband, and set aside some “me-time” to pamper yourself today!
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