4 Tips For The Most Relaxing Bath Ever
As you know, it’s so important to look after yourself. You need to give yourself time to relax and just let your stress melt away. It’s easier said than done, sure, but there are simple ways you can do this. One of the most popular – and accessible – ideas is to have a relaxing bath. Let the water flow and soak yourself in there, achieving a state of relaxation you didn’t know was possible.
If you’re feeling stressed and want to look after numero uno by running a bath, here are some tips to make it the most relaxing ever:
Get the right temperature
Your bath needs to be the perfect temperature to relax, which is usually somewhere between hot and warm. It should be hot enough to make you feel very warm, which helps to relax your muscles and melt tension away. But, it shouldn’t be too hot that it’s scoldingly uncomfortable, or too cool that you start shivering.
Also, and you can call this a bonus tip, ensure the level of the water is high enough to submerge all of your body when lying down.
Set good lighting
Is it relaxing to lie in your bath with the lights on full blast? No, you’ll blind yourself and find it hard to release any tension. Likewise, you can’t bathe in darkness as it’s unsafe. Instead, you need to create the perfect atmospheric lighting. Two ideas present themselves: one is more long-term, while the other is a quick idea.
The long-term lighting idea is to get some LED lights installed in your ceiling that can change colour and brightness. Any licensed electrician in your area should be able to do this and it means you can set the lights to dim and make them a relaxing warm colour. The short-term idea is to turn your lights off and light candles around your bathroom. Either way works, and you can combine the two if you like.
Use a bath bomb or bath soak
Put something in your bath to ensure there are loads of bubbles and a lovely aroma. Bath bombs or bath soaks are both really good options here. Both of them can include ingredients that help you feel more relaxed – like lavender. It adds a new dimension to the bath and really helps you settle down.
Here’s another bonus tip: add Epsom salts to the bath for added muscle relaxation as well.
Buy a bath pillow
Lastly, get your hands on a bath pillow to prop behind your head. It is far more comfortable than lying against the plastic side of the bath! You can buy these from pretty much anywhere, and they help you lay back, relax, and enjoy your bath.
These four tips (six if you count the two bonus ones) will help you run the most relaxing bath you’ve ever experienced. Now, you can de-stress whenever you feel like it; just run a bath and lie there for 20-30 minutes, letting your whole body soak and unwind.
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