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Take On Summer Skin Challenges

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Having a regular facial and our Nashville Yards day spa is a wonderful way to take care of your skin this summer. But in between visits to your favorite day spa in Nashville, there are things you can do for your skin at home.

The Forecast Calls for a Sunny Complexion

There’s nothing like a sunny summer day spent enjoying all that Mother Nature has to offer, but there can be a dark side to your favorite summer experiences. Sunshine is essential to life (and to the perfect summer outing!), but the rays of the sun are also the leading cause of skin cancer. Fortunately, in this case, you can have your cake and eat it, too. You just need to take some simple precautions.

  1. Don’t forget the sunscreen. “Today, we know that 90 percent of skin cancer is linked to sun exposure – and yet, only 42 percent of women use facial sunscreen daily,” Allure magazine reports. Seriously? What will it take, ladies? No one is saying you have to slather a thick layer of zinc oxide on your nose. There are countless skincare products available that have sunscreen baked right in. Buy some – and use it!
  2. That hat looks good on you! In addition to sunscreen (not instead of!), a wide-brimmed hat can go a long way in protecting your dewy complexion from the harsh rays of the sun. If hats aren’t your thing, do your best to seek out the shade of a majestic tree or bring a beach umbrella along for your next picnic.
  3. Try to stay out of hot water. When it comes to hot water, you really can have too much of a good thing. That just-showered fresh feel is even more delightful in the summer months but hopping in the shower too often or using water that is too hot when you shower can dry your skin out.

Even if you are careful, summer can take its toll on your skin. But a visit to our innovative wellness retreat and day spa in Nashville Yards for a personalized facial can ensure you put your best face forward all summer long.

The Benefits of Meditation

The Benefits of Meditation

When we were designing a Wellness Journey for the clients at our day spa in Nashville, we knew we wanted to include meditation. Meditation has been scientifically proven to provide so many benefits! 

Your Wellness Journey at our Nashville Yards day spa invites you to: 

  • Discover your personal essence at the Wellness Blending Bar
  • Relax and unwind in the Steam Shower
  • Soothe muscle and detoxify your body in the Sauna
  • Hydrate & Breathe to release your “excess charge” and still your mind
  • Loose yourself in the healing frequency of Wholetones™ rhythms and a guided meditation in the Meditation Experience Lounge

And you can continue on your wellness journey by meditating at home!

Spa at Home: The Benefits of Meditation 

Are you one of those people who say, “I can’t meditate. My monkey brain won’t shut down,”? Well, guess what?  You don’t have to stop all those thoughts from popping into your head in order to meditate. 

The idea isn’t to stop thinking, rather it is to notice or acknowledge the thought and then let it go. There are tutorials for beginners that will tell you to think of your thoughts as clouds floating across the sky. You notice them when they appear but then you let them drift away. 

We have an even easier way of looking at it: Just don’t get caught up in those thoughts when they appear. 

Maybe this will inspire you to begin a meditation practice… 

The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) took an in-depth look at meditation. (Don’t you feel better just knowing we have a National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health? How cool is that!). 

“Meditation is a mind and body practice that has a long history of use for increasing calmness and physical relaxation, improving psychological balance, coping with illness, and enhancing overall health and well-being. Mind and body practices focus on the interactions among the brain, mind, body, and behavior,” they say. 

If you would like to begin your Wellness Journey and learn more about meditation in the Meditation Experience Lounge at R+R Wellness, Nashville Yards’ stylish day contact us. 

You can also book your appointment for an elevated spa experience in Nashville Yards online.  

You Deserve a Custom Massage

At R + R Wellness, one of the most innovative day spas in Nashville, every massage is a custom massage. Our massage therapists are highly skilled in a variety of massage styles, ranging from deep tissue and neuromuscular to stretching and reflexology, and will create a massage treatment designed to help you on your personal path to wellness.

 

Custom Massage – It Only Makes Sense

When you go to the doctor, you don’t know what kind of treatment is going to be most effective in easing your sore throat. When you take your car to the mechanic, you probably don’t know what steps they will need to follow to make your car run smoothly again. 

And, when you go into a day spa in Nashville, you might not know exactly what kind of massage treatment is going to be most effective in relieving your stress, easing your sore muscles or supporting your overall wellness.  

When you check in with the receptionist at your doctor’s office, do they hand you a menu of services and ask you to pick which one you want? Of course not. But that’s what most day spas in Nashville – and all around the country – have traditionally done. 

When you go to the doctor’s office or clinic, a trained healthcare professional will draw on their medical expertise to determine what is needed to help return you to health. And when you go to R + R Wellness Day Spa in Nashville Yards, a trained massage therapist will discuss your situation, your wellness goals and your personal preferences with you and, drawing on their expertise, will suggest an appropriate massage treatment customized specifically for you.

For more information on our unique approach to custom spa therapies, please contact us. And when you are ready to experience the difference that a truly customized massage can make, you can book your appointment at R+R Wellness Day Spa in Nashville Yards online. 

Health & Wellness at Home: The Power of Scent

At R and R Wellness Day Spa in Nashville, we believe that each one of your senses plays a role in your health and wellness.

The very first step of our Wellness Journey – our signature Wellness Blending Bar – engages your sense of smell. And that’s no accident. Your sense of smell is directly connected to areas of your brain that control mood, emotions, and memory. (That’s why certain smells can almost instantaneously evoke childhood memories.)

As the Harvard Gazette reported in a story that looks at how scent, emotion, and memory are intertwined, “Smells are handled by the olfactory bulb, the structure in the front of the brain that sends information to the other areas of the body’s central command for further processing. Odors take a direct route to the limbic system, including the amygdala and the hippocampus, the regions related to emotion and memory.”

 

Harnessing the Power of Scent at Home

When you embark on your Wellness Journey at our Nashville day spa, you will begin by crafting your own signature scent that will be used to create both a personalized body scrub and body butter to use throughout your journey.

You can draw on a variety of fragrances and essential oils when you are at home to help you create a certain mood, to help energize you or to help you relax. 

“Green bathing,” which refers to getting out and immersing yourself in nature, has been shown to be great at relieving stress. As the weather gets chillier, getting out for a walk might not always be practical. According to Health magazine, essential oils drawn from the forest – like balsam, spruce, and pine – can help to create a stress-relieving atmosphere at home. 

“Traditional aromatherapy recommends these foresty evergreen oils for soothing bumpy emotions and easing stress. Simply shake a few drops on your pillow or even onto a tissue. Breathe in deeply and slowly, relax, and visualize walking through a piney glade. (You can find pine essential oils at health-food stores.),” the magazine advises.

And, when you are ready to begin your Wellness Journey at our Nashville Yards day spa and create your own personal scent, we hope you will contact us.

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