Can Your Bathroom Be Your Home Spa? - Some Ideas for Turning it into Your Haven for De-Stressing

Aroma therapy has been around for close to 6000family) that compliments your tile will contribute
years. It's believed that inhaling the aroma of certaingreatly to the calming and stress reducing feeling
essential oils stimulates that part of the brainyou'll find when enjoying a bath. Some additional ideas
connected to smell. This causes chemicals to beare:
released which makes a person feel relaxed, calm, or• Adding a beautiful shower curtain or curtains for
re-energized. Aroma therapy works the best when ityour window to dress up the look of your bathroom
works on the mind and body simultaneously, which isin a color that compliments the paint and tile
why it works so well in the bath. Aroma therapy can• A potted green plant adds a touch of the exotic
be used for: anxiety, stress relief, insomnia, muscularand tropical and visually helps take your mind away
aches, headaches and circulatory problems.from your daily routine and problems as well as
Some of the aroma therapy scents that help areadding additional beauty and a feeling of tranquility to
lavender which is used to help people relax. It's saidthe room
to relieve headache and migraine symptoms and is• Color coordinated thick fluffy bath towels and
also used to help people with insomnia. Lemon, eitherbath rug add to the feeling of luxury
alone or in accompaniment with other scents, is used• Bath tub pillow and tray will help you take the
to give a person a mood-lift. Lemon is also said to betime to relax when you're in your bath
effective for relieving the symptoms of stress and• Dimming the lights or using candles instead of
depression. Almond, avocado, coconut and olive oilselectric light is a very important component to your
as well as orange and honey are wonderful, whenrelaxation. Lower lighting has calming effect, in fact
included, as excellent skin softening agents.many psychologists recommend turning down your
Try these scents for a luxurious bath:lighting about a half an hour before sleep so as to
• Soothing skin care with Avocado/olive oil /lemon,relax and have a better night's sleep
Lemon verbena and Olive/ almond/myrtleIt's very important to make the time to treat
• French lavender, Lavender/sage, Lavenderyourself to a spa bath after the kids have gone to
rosewood and Honey/vanilla make wonderfulbed. Of course, every day may not be a reality but
relaxation scentsonce a week should be a must! Having that relaxing
• For rejuvenation Orange, Lime/green tea, Applealone time will do wonders for getting a good nights'
pear and Coconut/limesleep. It will, too, have a positive effect on how you
Of course, all the wonderful scents in the worldface the challenges of the new day when you wake
probably won't help you relax if your bathroom isn'tup.
conducive to relaxation. Giving your bathroom a paintYou can discover more inspiration and scents...
make-over in a soothing color (soft hues in the pastel