Showing posts with label spa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spa. Show all posts

Tuesday, 1 April 2014

How to Relax

Calm App

Ever since coming back from Ragdale Hall I have realised that I can train my mind to calm down and not be do panicky and stressed.   I am quite a anxious person and once I get an idea in my head and start thinking about the consequences I find it really hard to get it out of my head.  It goes round and round and I work myself into a right tiz!

At Ragdale they had this brilliant mind machine that Bean and I had a load of giggles trying to beat!  The more you emptied your mind, the further the ball moved closer to the target circle at the end - flipping tricky!  But once you actually got to a state of meditation the ball raced to the end and it made you realise how fantastic it feels to clear your mind.

I wanted to be able to replicate this at home and downloaded the Calm App (for free) to my phone.

I had a stressful week this week and really needed to de-stress over the weekend.  After a fabulous day out with Bean on Sunday around Brighton I had the house to myself, ran myself a bath and treated myself to a body scrub and a session with the calm app.

I feel amazing!


Mind Machine at Ragdale Hall

Iced water with orange slices great for revitalising and rehydrating

Neom Candle - Lavender, Jasmine and Brazillian Rosewood - bought to my this weekend by Bean as a thank you gift for having her!

Homemade Body Scrub - Salt, Rosemary and Rosewood oil




Monday, 31 March 2014

Spa Days


Oh Ragdale Hall, how marvellous you are!  Last month Bean and I took a fabulous trip up to the Midlands to finally celebrate her 30th Birthday in style.

Mum and Dad paid for us both to stay for 2 nights at the Hall for her 30th Birthday prezzie and I hope it was everything she wanted it to be.  I loved it! We had a fantastic superior room with dual aspect windows looking over the gorgeous lawns and pond.

I had a gorgeous Caribbean wrap, a full body massage, a hand and foot treatment and a fantastic eye brow thread.  What a relaxing weekend.

We literally wandered around the hall in our robes, drank champagne, lazed around reading our books and indulged in the outdoor swimming pool.

I've never been to a spa that wasn't just a pool with sauna and steam room, but Ragdale Hall has so much more than that, it even has showers that smell of mint.  I totally managed to relax and forget about everything outside of the little oasis of calm!

I think this perhaps may need to be an annual trip!

Sunrise out of our bedroom window

Breakfast that gets served to your room so you don't even need to get dressed or roll out of bed!

Amazingly comfy beds and super soft bed linen

Gorgeous corridors and one of the cafe areas

Feeling stunningly fresh faced after some of our treatments

Tasty Latte from the cafe

Sunset over the grounds