Self-care is a term that has become highly inflated, especially for advertising purposes. The term "wellness" is also ubiquitous when it comes to marketing certain products.
Even though both terms have lost a lot of their meaning as a result, at their core, they address an important topic: your health and well-being.
And that's exactly what needs to be promoted. If you don't feel like visiting special spa facilities for this, we can help. We would like to introduce you to some ways, as well as the best products, with which you can create a wellness oasis in your own home.
4 Ideas for More Wellness at Home
Creating wellness at home means creating spaces that promote physical and mental health.
This includes numerous aspects, from improving air quality to using textures, materials, colors, shapes, and furniture that reduce anxiety and make us feel safe.
Of course, you can't change your home from the foundation to the roof. Nevertheless, there are some small adjustments and ideas to bring more wellness into your home.
Get Out into the Garden
Even if you don't have a garden, you shouldn't skip this point. Because here it's mainly about engaging with plants and nature.
Even though we are not fans of the term "gardening" as it shouldn't be seen as work, gardening is a perfect opportunity to bring some relaxation into your daily life.
Activities like mowing the lawn, picking flowers, sowing seeds, or repotting plants help to clear your mind. [1]
And a refreshed, active, and engaged mind is crucial for our well-being and offers a welcome change from screens and technology.
Nurturing and caring for plants can help reduce stress and anxiety. Plants in the house or apartment also ensure greater well-being. [2]
This means that even if you don't have a green thumb and do nothing more than water your plants regularly, they will create a pleasant, relaxing atmosphere in your home.
Podcasts for More Wellness at Home
Take the time to discover a new podcast. Podcasts can not only entertain; they can also soothe, inform, inspire, or make you think.
There is no shortage of podcasts on fitness, nutrition, and mental health. If you are looking for sound information about your well-being, we recommend "The Sauna Show" podcast by the Clearlight CEOs.
If you are simply looking for pleasant background noise, ASMR podcasts might be suitable for you.
ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response) refers to certain sounds and noises that can trigger a relaxing response in some people.
For example, a study by Sheffield University found that the heart rate of those who experience ASMR reactions in their body is significantly lower compared to those who do not experience ASMR. It decreased by an average of 3.14 beats per minute.
Additionally, it was noted that in people who find ASMR pleasant, positive emotions such as relaxation and sociability significantly increased. People who react to it report that the sounds help reduce stress, relax, and fall asleep more easily.
Movement is Wellness
When you exercise, you are demonstrably happier and less stressed. Exercise calms the mind, strengthens muscles, and improves overall well-being. [3]
The gym isn't your thing? Try a home workout. Or meet up with friends to play ball sports. Even a run can have an extremely positive effect on your health.
To integrate more movement and thus more wellness into your daily life, you can try walking short distances, cycling to work, or taking the stairs instead of the elevator.
Even a short walk in the fresh air can help to reduce stress, anxiety, blood pressure, and cortisol levels.
As you can see, it's not always necessary to do a long workout. Everyday movement and a few stretching exercises already ensure more wellness at home.
To round off your wellness evening at home perfectly, you don't need a hard circuit training session or long runs. A relaxing yoga session combined with pleasant music or a little meditation perfectly completes your wellness experience.
DIY Skincare
To do something good for your body and mind, you don't always have to go to expensive wellness centers.
With just a few resources, you can easily have a personal wellness day at home. In addition to the activities mentioned above, you can also take a soothing bath or take extra good care of your skin for more relaxation.
Don't worry, you don't need expensive brand-name products for this. You probably already have most of the ingredients in your fridge or fruit basket, so you can make your own DIY face masks or scrubs.
- Dry Skin
For a moisturizing face mask, mix half an avocado with a tablespoon of honey, then stir in 2 tablespoons of yogurt. Apply the mask to your face, leave it on for 20 minutes, and then wash your skin thoroughly.
- Oily Skin
If you have oily skin, a mask made of quark and lemon juice can help reduce excessive shine.
Mix both ingredients and then apply the mask to your face. Once the quark has dried, rub off the mask with a towel and lukewarm water.
- Blemished Skin
Blemished skin benefits from anti-inflammatory substances. These are found, for example, in chamomile tea and healing clay.
For a soothing mask, it is best to brew chamomile tea and, as soon as it has cooled down a bit, mix 6 tablespoons of it with 3 tablespoons of healing clay. You can get this at the drugstore or pharmacy.
Now apply the paste to your face and let it sit for a few minutes. As soon as the mask is absorbed, it will become dry and begin to crumble. Afterwards, remove it with lukewarm water.
- Dull Skin
You can easily make a revitalizing facial scrub from 3 tablespoons of coffee grounds and a few drops of almond oil.
Then let it sit for 15 to 20 minutes before rinsing it off with lukewarm water. The scrub promotes blood circulation and makes the skin glow again.
In addition to these soothing masks and scrubs, there is also the option of massage. With a Gua Sha stone, you can easily massage yourself.
Gua Sha is a traditional Chinese practice that promotes blood circulation and can have both medicinal and cosmetic effects. Gua Sha is used to treat chronic pain and for cosmetic reasons all over the body, but especially on the neck, throat, and face. [4]
These products will provide even more wellness at home
In addition to the almost free relaxation options mentioned above, there are also numerous wellness products for the home with which you can set up your own small spa area.
Depending on space, requirements, and budget, these offer various relaxing, healing, or therapeutic effects to reduce everyday stress and enhance your pampering program at home.
Is a home sauna worth it?
Are you looking for a special wellness experience for your home? Then an infrared sauna is definitely worth it.
There are various options for how you can set up a personal wellness area in your home with an infrared cabin.
Depending on the available space, this can be a small infrared sauna for 1 to 2 people. However, you can also install a larger model with space for up to 4 people in your wellness oasis.
No matter which model it is, the effect of a Clearlight infrared cabin is always equally health-promoting. This is due to the patented True Wave™ technology. Thanks to this, your body benefits from the efficiency of carbon heaters and the performance of ceramic heaters.
More precisely, this means higher infrared power and stronger heat output.
You enjoy 360° heat supply in all Clearlight infrared cabins, so that the infrared heat can be absorbed from all sides and you get the greatest possible benefit from it.
At the same time, the True Wave™ far-infrared and full-spectrum infrared heaters produce almost no electrosmog, so you can enjoy an absolutely worry-free spa day at home.
Some positive effects of regular use of an infrared cabin are:
- Improved circulation [5]
- Better detoxification [6]
- Pain relief [7, 8]
- Weight loss [9]
- Improved skin tone [10]
- More relaxation
- Better stress reduction [11]
- Higher sleep quality [12]
- Strengthened cardiovascular functions [13]
These are just some of the benefits of a home infrared cabin. A sauna or infrared sauna in your home will undoubtedly provide more wellness in your daily life with regular use.
Color Light Therapy for a Relaxed Everyday Life
Another way to create more wellness for your home is by using color light therapy.
Color light therapy, also known as chromotherapy, is a form of therapy that uses color and light to treat certain psychological and physical ailments. [14]
Each color has a different effect on the human body. We can even observe this in everyday life, for example, when we perceive red signs as warnings, but light-colored walls as pleasant.
The most well-known effects in chromotherapy include:
- Blue: Relaxation, improved concentration, promotes sleep, calming [15]
- Violet: Relaxation, lowering of heart rate, calming effect
- Red: Invigorating, increased mental performance
- Yellow: Mood-lifting, cheerfulness, optimism
- Green: Stress reduction, calming, lowering of heart rate
- Orange: Increased mental performance, mood-lifting [16, 17]
If you are still looking for products to enhance your home wellness treatment, a color light therapy device is ideal.
The lamps used for this can be applied both over large areas and partially. With Clearlight's chromotherapy device, you can even experience the power of colored light in combination with the heat and radiation of the infrared cabin.
A special feature in color light therapy is red light therapy. Here, low-wavelength red light is mainly used to treat skin conditions such as wrinkles, acne, and psoriasis. [18]
You can also combine this wellness treatment with the infrared sauna. The red light tower from Clearlight is heat-resistant and can be easily used in the infrared cabin.
This allows you to experience an even more intensive and effective spa treatment in your own four walls.
Weighted Blankets for Better Sleep
Weighted blankets are special therapeutic blankets that should ideally weigh about 10 to 15% of your total body weight. This means these blankets contain a filling with a weight of approximately 5 to 12 kg.
The resulting pressure on the body stimulates the nervous system. It simulates a kind of hug and is therefore supposed to trigger similar feelings as pleasant hugs.
Such blankets now help many people to relieve stress and relax better. [19]
A therapeutic blanket can demonstrably:
- alleviate the perception of pain [20]
- reduce the symptoms of anxiety [21]
- improve sleep quality
- alleviate the symptoms of depression
- lead to greater relaxation [22]
A therapeutic weighted blanket is therefore the optimal wellness item if you want to relax even better at home.
Fragrance Oils for a Pleasant Atmosphere
Aromatherapy is a special therapy using essential oils, where certain naturally occurring plant extracts improve the general health and well-being of body and mind. [23]
Especially in homeopathy, essential oils are often used for pain relief, stress reduction, relaxation, and to promote better sleep. [24]
It is important not to use cheap, synthetic fragrances. While these are not bad, they are much less effective than natural essential oils. Some of the most popular calming fragrance oils include:
- Lavender
- Bergamot
- Lemon balm
- Rose
- Sandalwood
- Chamomile
- Tonka bean
By the way, you can also combine the use of different scents with sweating in the infrared cabin. Special sauna sprays, aroma lamps, diffusers, or aroma cushions are particularly suitable for use and enhance the wellness effect at home.
Whether in the infrared sauna or outside, you can also use the various scents for meditation purposes. Just a few drops are enough to perceive a pleasant aroma in the room.
If you would like to know more about infrared cabins, wellness, and related products, we at Clearlight are happy to advise you.
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