Sometimes it just helps to take a day for yourself and breathe. Take everything in and just appreciate what you have and how lucky you are. Yesterday, I went to a local relaxation center in Rhode Island. I struggle with relaxing and try my best to take at least one day a week to relax and wipe away all those stressors. After seeing an ad in a local magazine I decided to visit a relaxation center that offers many things but, I went to experience their urban sweat services. The urban sweat service allows for one to go and experience all 6 saunas and steam rooms that they offer. I was allotted 2 hours of free time to roam all the rooms. I only have visited saunas at the gym or pool and never ventured out into the sauna world. I was excited to see how this may help me relax and improve my dystonia symptoms.
The first room I entered was the himalayan salt grotto sauna room. The salts release negative ions which helps regulate the air that we breathe and contra the positive ions released by all our electronics that we surround ourselves with. These salts help asthma, allergies and any other respiratory issues one may have. Due to my lingual dystonia it becomes very difficult to breath due to the tongue blocking my air flow. But in this room, I was able to lay right on the salts and slip away into a peaceful universe. I came back to reality on several occasions due to my snoring (highly relaxed loud breathing as I would like to say), but I would awake with a chuckle, knowing that in fact I was able to relax and slip away for a while.
The first room I entered was the himalayan salt grotto sauna room. The salts release negative ions which helps regulate the air that we breathe and contra the positive ions released by all our electronics that we surround ourselves with. These salts help asthma, allergies and any other respiratory issues one may have. Due to my lingual dystonia it becomes very difficult to breath due to the tongue blocking my air flow. But in this room, I was able to lay right on the salts and slip away into a peaceful universe. I came back to reality on several occasions due to my snoring (highly relaxed loud breathing as I would like to say), but I would awake with a chuckle, knowing that in fact I was able to relax and slip away for a while.
The other rooms that I entered were the yellow turmeric room, eucalyptus steam room, urban ham man and the ocean relaxation room. Due to the heat, spice and or aromatherapy of these rooms served different purposes to help restore my body and help me get back to balance. I felt relieved when I left the "spa". All I did was venture from room to room and slip away to a place where there was no time or worries. I felt like I had been there forever but denounced to me, I was only there for 2 hours of my day. Stress allows for dystonia symptoms to worsen and can also cause other illnesses if stress is not dealt with properly. In the United States, and living in this generation, it is difficult to notice when one is stressed and it is difficult to take some time to slow down and smell the roses. I highly recommend that we all take time for ourselves and even if you cannot visit a sauna spa center (relaxation center), there are new ways that relaxation can be achieved. Please visit the inspiration page to view some examples.
Have a great day!