A Day at the Day Spa

You feel the difference the moment you walk through the entranceway. Time slows down at the day spa. You leave behind the urgent cares of your everyday life and get ready to embrace a few hours or a full day dedicated to you: your well-being, your sense of renewal and repair, your body, mind, and soul.

A fixture of society since ancient times 

Spas have been a fixture of society since ancient times. The Greeks, Romans, Turks, and many other world cultures would spend their leisure time there, resting and relaxing, indulging in steam baths and body treatments, and socializing with friends.  

To learn more about our worldwide spa roots, see a History of Steam Bathing on the MrSteam website.

The social aspects of spas persist to today.

They are wonderful places for a day out with the girls, to bring mothers and daughters – or fathers and sons – together in a calm, relaxed setting. They are perfect for birthday celebrations, for wedding and baby showers, and of course, for anniversaries and holiday treats.

Many spas specialize in romantic getaways, a place for you and your loved one to revitalize your relationship and forge an even deeper connection. 

A source for significant health and wellness benefits

Yet many people see a visit to a day spa as an unnecessary luxury, an often expensive indulgence. Nothing could be further from the truth. Spas not only immerse you in a tranquil escape along with the beauty treatments they offer, but they also provide some significant health and wellness benefits.

One important advantage is access to professional spa specialists and beauticians.

We at MrSteam have always encouraged you to bring many spa treatments home, but we’re the first to admit that there are simply some spa services that are best performed by licensed professionals. Your partner might be able to give you a great foot rub or back massage, for instance – but when it comes to a deep tissue massage or the chance to alleviate chronic pain, you are much better off in the literal hands of a pro.

Professionals are best equipped to help you possibly reverse the effects of aging, find the best treatments for your particular skin type, counsel you on ongoing beauty treatments, and much more. They also have a broader knowledge of the products available to you than you can discover from a trip to the local cosmetics counter. 

Other benefits include:

• A vast array of treatments, everything from massage to body wraps, facials and makeovers, manicures, pedicures, and a great deal more. Within these broad categories are more focused and specialized treatments. You might indulge in an aromatherapy massage, for instance, in Abhyango – an oily massage based on Indian techniques – in herbal poultices, hot stones, Swedish, Shiatsu, or Thai massage – the list goes on and on.

• A day at the spa can reduce your stress levels by slowing your heart rate and bringing your blood pressure down. The calming ambiance and relaxation techniques can help you find greater life balance.

• The various treatments you enjoy also have the added benefit of strengthening your physical immunity, which fights off infection and disease.

• Taking this time and investing in your well being naturally engenders a mood boost that may last for days. Just anticipating that trip to the spa can help you cope with life’s challenges, while the afterglow makes you much happier and ready to take on the stresses that await you.

• If you are suffering from pain, putting yourself in the hands of an expert can help relieve it. Sometimes you can even use the information an expert imparts on your next visit to a health practitioner.

Choose the right day spa

Choosing the right day spa, of course, is the key to benefiting from the optimum experience. One way to determine where to go is to visit a day spa that features Steamtherapy treatments, which you can locate via MrSteam’s Try Us Out page.

You may also want to ask yourself the following questions about any day spa you choose to visit:

• What can you learn through the comments other patrons have left on such ranking and review websites such as Yelp? While you sometimes need to take both wildly enthusiastic and horribly critical comments with a grain of salt, a consensus of comments is a fairly solid indication.

• How clean is the day spa? With the various health treatments offered, you should only frequent establishments that are spotlessly hygienic. The dim lighting that evokes a tranquil mood might also mask a lack of attention to cleanliness. Make absolutely certain this is not the case.

• How friendly and welcoming are the staff members? If you are new to spa treatments, are they willing to take the time to explain them to you – or are they patronizing, making you feel inadequate and unwelcome? You want the experience to be as positive as possible, and the staff is an enormous part of that.

• Are all of the professionals licensed? Do they keep up with new techniques and products? You are paying for this expertise, so you want to make sure that it is up to date and that everyone involved is as knowledgeable as possible.

• Are the products used high quality ones? Generally, a day spa that invests in a MrSteam steam bath and other MrSteam products will supply other top-of-the-line products in other areas as well.

• Does the spa include all of the services – including a MrSteam steam shower – that you want? It’s especially gratifying to end your spa treatment with a restorative steam bath – and most day spas will include our essential oils aromatherapy as part of that most satisfying of treatments!

Restore balance and refresh yourself with a spa experience

We hope that you will reward yourself with the day spa experience. If you are new to the idea, we know you’ll discover that it is a wonderful way to restore balance and refresh yourself. And you may even find some brand new ideas to bring home to your personal bathroom spa, helping you to rejuvenate several times weekly until you can indulge at your favorite day spa facility once more!

And remember, you can create your own personal wellness spa, complete with a MrSteam SteamShower, in your own home.  Experience how easy it is, visit VirtualSpa.MrSteam.com.