Holiday Gift Guide 2023

Is it me or is that time just ticking away? How’d it turn into Friday? I swear I was just shaking my fist at the Monday morning sky whispering, “Not you again!” Do you ever feel like you have just enough time in a week to do what the company wants, what the kids want, what the community wants? Then your to-do list becomes a to-doom scroll? If it’s rolling under the car, it’s probably too long. What if we could help you think about one less thing and help you make some feel-good choices this season?

Exploring the Ancient Healing Art of Thai Massage

Thai massage is an ancient healing art with a rich history and a unique approach to healing the body, mind, and spirit. Its roots lie in Indian Yoga philosophy and focus on energy lines and acupressure points to promote physical and mental well-being. Practiced in a meditative and mindful state with an expression of loving kindness, Thai massage offers a holistic approach to therapy that can improve circulation, flexibility, energy levels, and emotional balance. By breaking down energy blockages and stimulating the flow of Prana, Thai massage can help revive general well-being and treat a range of diseases or relieve pain. With its growing popularity around the world, finding a qualified practitioner to customize your massage to your individual needs is now easier than ever. Try Thai massage today and experience the benefits of this ancient healing art for yourself.

Healthy Living, Massage & Bodywork, Self-care, Thai MassageGuest UserMarch 24, 2023Thai Massage, Massage, Wellness, Flexibility, RelaxationComment

Holiday Gift Guide 2022

As fall turns to winter and we mourn the loss of the warm sun, we instead get a little excited about snuggling up, drinking hot bevys, and getting stoked for celebrations with friends and family. Gatherings for me can look all kinds of ways. Big, small, intimate, wild, and they usually include delicious food. And, if you’re like me, the slight pressure of what to buy for whom can start knocking at the door once Thanksgiving is behind me. Full disclosure: I am not the worlds best consumer. Eek!

Healthy Living, Mental WellnessGuest UserNovember 28, 2022holidays, Wellness, mental health, stress, ecofriendly, sustainablilityComment

This Mother's Day, Let's Talk About Burnout and Balance.

The world learned many lessons over the pandemic. Many people learned new skills or hobbies. Even more faced difficult emotions like depression, heartbreak, uncertainty, and grief. And if there are any lessons to be held on to as the world slowly picks up from where we left off, let it be this: prioritizing one’s health and wellbeing is more important than anything. But when work gets in the way of your balance, how do you manage? And what about when you have children who also depend on you?

Healthy Living, Mental Wellness, Self-carePearl DayspaApril 25, 2022mothers day, burnout, balance, wellbeing, mental health, WellnessComment

Body Image through Touch: The Unsung Hero of Massage Therapy

Are you content with the person looking back at you from the mirror each morning or do you frown in frustration? Unfortunately, many of us are unhappy with the person looking back. Whether it’s lamenting about having a few extra pounds or exhibiting more serious, self-hating body dysmorphic disorders, body image is under siege in our celebrity-fixated society. While the media continues to airbrush photos of svelte supermodels for magazine covers, others are trying to teach young girls to love their bodies, beautiful imperfections and all. One way to combat the Hollywood hype and to create an appreciation for the bodies we have is through hands-on massage and bodywork.

Mental Wellness, Massage & Bodywork, Self-careGuest UserJanuary 31, 2022Wellness, mental health, body image, positivity, massage, massage therapyComment

A Very Different Holiday Gift Guide for A Very Different Year.

In the past I leaned toward making gifts for my immediate family, but that was when I had more free time, a smaller family (we’ve added nieces and nephews and in-laws to the mix), and less Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent decades stressing every year before really taking the time to re-evaluate how you view gift-giving. Here are some things I’ve learned as well as some ways to approach gift giving differently this year, so you can finally enjoy the holidays.

Healthy Living, Mental WellnessGuest UserDecember 6, 2021holidays, Wellness, mental health, stress, ecofriendly, sustainablilityComment

Skip Your Next Massage with these At-Home Wellness Tips

The honest truth is that massage is not the magic cure-all you would like it to be. It absolutely has benefits, but when you aren’t using it in conjunction with other wellness techniques, it can only do so much. Unless you’re independently wealthy, the chances are you have to budget your time and money wisely to afford massages. If you aren’t able to come in for massages as often as you’d like, there are things you can do in between your massage appointments to maximize the benefit. Many of these options are easy, low-cost, and keep the muscle tension at bay.

Massage & Bodywork, Healthy Living, Self-careLily LunnemannOctober 8, 2021massage therapy, massage, Wellness, strength, stress, self-careComment

How to Stop Burnout Once and For All

Burnout can have pretty lasting impacts on our health and wellbeing, both physically and mentally. As more research is done into the effects of our frenetic work society, it seems that self-care can no longer be considered a luxury. Taking time to rest and recharge is a necessity for you to lead a happy, productive life.

But if you’re just starting out with this transformative self-care journey, where do you even begin?

Healthy Living, Self-careGuest UserApril 1, 2021Self-care, recharge, Wellness, mental health, burnout, stress, resilience, personal growthComment

Setting Goals for Real Change

Once you’ve established why you want to set this goal, how you create and go about achieving it is just as important. Remember, if you don’t build the right foundation for your goal, it will stand on shaky ground. One reason why many New Year’s Resolutions fail is that they are too vague. How do you know when you have reached your goal when your resolution is to “be in the best shape of your life?

Mental Wellness, Healthy Living, Self-careGuest UserJanuary 12, 2021Wellness, well-being, goal setting, Mindfulness, mental health, personal growthComment

Set Yourself Up for Success this Cold Season

As those hot summer days transition into beautiful fall days, we all know that there is the potential to come in contact with seasonal colds and the flu. Add a global pandemic on top and it because apparent that health and wellness are of utmost importance this time of year. As I lean into my own season of wisdom and deeper self care, I have found there are ways to better support my body and immune system with the shift in weather and potential contact with unwell coworkers, kids, and community.

Self-care, Healthy LivingLily LunnemannOctober 20, 2020health, sleep health, Wellness, cold & flu, self-careComment

Resilience in the Face of a Hectic World

You may have heard discussions about resilience as of late. Resilience, or more specifically psychological resilience, is defined as “the ability to mentally or emotionally cope with a crisis or to return to pre-crisis status quickly.” In other words, resilience is your ability to experience the knocks of life without being down for too long. While there are a lot of contributing factors that determine resilience, like mental health and genetics, there are skills that can be learned and improved upon to help yourself through tough times. This might be why, since March, some of us have been feeling like an emotional wreck, while others are outwardly happier than ever. Let’s take a look at the basic tools you can use to build resilience through these uncertain times.

Mental Wellness, Healthy LivingPearl DayspaAugust 12, 2020resilience, mental health, Wellness, communityComment

Clearing the Clutter-The Psychology of Place Inside & Out

What’s cluttering your life? Is it the stuff in the corner of the bedroom, or the stuff in the corner of your mind? What are you tolerating that keeps you from expressing your true self? Authors Bruce and Lou Stewart say that clutter–both in our environment and our mind–is stagnating, blocking the free-flow of energy, or chi, in our homes and lives. Whether we’re detouring around a box in the living room or repeating a negative pattern in our head, it’s time to clear the path.

Mental WellnessSean VierraNovember 14, 2019health, mental health, Wellness, MindfulnessComment

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