Home Spa Lady

The end of the summer is a great time to strategize on how to
make the last four months of your work year most productive.

Clearing your office space and getting it organized is a good way
to go into the last quarter of the year. As you create your space
and plan your schedule, you can incorporate tools and leave time
for mini-spa experiences within your work days. You can do many
easy things in your office environment to give you powerful
rejuvenating opportunities.

Here are some tips for either your home office or your corporate
office:

–You can create a 5 minute “mini-steam” right at your desk. This
can open your sinuses, your pores, your mind and give you a much
needed highly rejuvenating break in your workday.  Pour hot
water in a cup.  Put 2 - 3 drops of an essential oil such as
eucalyptus, lavender, or peppermint in the cup. Put your face
over the cup and take a large file folder capping over your head
to create an enclosed environment. Close your eyes and take a few
deep breaths. Write on the outside of the file folder in black
marker “Taking a 5 minute spa break - Do Not Disturb!”.

–Give yourself a 2 minute acupressure session with points on
your face. Some people call this a non-surgical face lift. This
uses the Asian principles of opening up the channels of energy or
“chi”.  It can give you an instant uplift, alleviate a headache,
clear mental fog, and bring a glow to your face. Using both hands
with the pads of your first 2 fingers press firmly all over both
sides of the face.

–Take a 4 minute fantasy vacation.  Close your eyes, put your
feet up on your desk, take a deep breath and picture your
favorite vacation spot.  See yourself there feeling good and
having a great time.  The unconscious mind doesn’t know the
difference between a real or imagined event.  Your body will
thank you!

–Rap over a wrap.  Have a spa cuisine lunch with a good friend.
Sandwich wraps filled with veggies and protein are a good healthy
lunch. Combine that with a “heart to heart” conversation for
great stress reducution.

–Give yourself self-administered foot reflexology sessions right
at your desk.  Keep a foot roller at your feet to roll your feet
on (shoes off) during the day. This can stimulate reflex points
on your feet that can relax and invigorate your entire body.
Along with foot rollers you can also use a golf ball,
racquetball, or tennis ball.  Don’t forget to keep a pair of
comfy slippers under your desk for times you just need to relax
your feet.

–Share a healing touch with an office mate.  Exchange a nice
shoulder rub with each other to relax those “computer tight”
shoulder and neck muscles

–Walk outside.  Take a 10 minute nature break -  and that
doesn’t mean the rest room! A stroll outside in nature can do
wonders for you.

–Freshen your environment. Diffuse essential oils in your office
or cubical area so that it smells good, cuts down on unwanted
bacteria, viruses, fungus and mold, and delivers more oxygen to
your work space.

–Have a voluptuous jade plant on your desk near your computer.
Not only does the shiny green color relax you, but the jade plant
helps to absorb electromagnetic frequencies that come off of
your computer screen.. In fact, many common houseplants detoxify
the environment. Keep several types of plants nearby in your
workspace. Peace lilies, spider plants, and English Ivy are all
good plants to use.

–Fish are fun and relaxing to look at. A pretty and low
maintenance fish to have on your desk is the Betta fish.  It
doesn’t need a filtered aquarium to live in and lives on just a
few pellets of food a day.

–Keep healthy snacks in your desk drawer to keep your blood
sugar levels stable, especially during stressful days and days
you skip meals.  Mixed nuts, trail mix or healthy protein bars
are good to have on hand. Ningxia Red juice packets for on the go
are a great healthy energy boost (from Young Living - to order
contact your distributor or go to http://tinyurl.com/aenfp ).

–Music soothes the soul - and our souls often need soothing
especially when we are stressed at work with issues and
deadlines.  Have your iPod or MP3 player with some of your
favorite relaxing tunes on it playing lightly in the background.

–Google your concerns. If your mind is distracted from work
because of certain life issues like relationship problems, health
challenges, or family concerns, then google a phrase that best
describes your concern and read about it - such as “single again
at 50″, “empty nest syndrome”, “midlife crises”, etc.