We come to work each day to serve your needs. We are committed to the art of wellness and dedicated to providing you with an experience that leaves you yearning for more.
You take a journey here that is more than a relaxing escape, it is an oasis of well being that provides you with a blissful retreat from all the noise and stressful aspects of life.
From the timeless techniques used in our massage and facials to the penetrating warmth of our healing far-infrared sauna, the path your healing journey takes you on will give you that longed-for sense of renewal, revitalization, replenishment, and relaxation.
Welcome to Bliss. We’re glad you’re here.
Happy Mother’s Day
Ask any mom and they’ll probably confess that the picture they had in their head of what life would be like raising children is drastically different from their reality. No parent-yet-to-be can imagine the vast, gripping love they’ll feel for their child – it’s like an ache, a burn. The love you feel for your child or children is the most tender, the most ferocious, the most compelling feeling ever! Period.
I’m laughing as I write this because I’m raising teenagers. My husband and I face the complexity of loving our children as we longingly imagine them living elsewhere… yet, they’re so fun right now. They’re bursting with ideas and blooming with emotion and it’s great watching them grow, literally.
I remember being a first-time mom and frantically sterilizing everything that came within city limits of our baby. As a first-time mom I followed every rule and made up some of my own. I was confused when my wise Granny rolled her eyes and gave our infants peanut butter, honey and strawberries before the doctor’s regulated 18-month marker and laughed secretly. I later joined the club of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th time moms who lovingly wiped fallen, dirty pacifiers on their jeans and told their toddlers to put the slugs down.
Our parenting journey can take us to places we never imagined ~ glorious places of pride and accomplishment, worrisome, challenging places that bring growth and changes we n.e.v.e.r. saw coming, or even scary places where we might be lost for a while. Through it all though, a mom’s love is foundational and unwavering. We are that soft place for our children to land … when they need us; not necessarily when we need them. A mother’s love is unique in that we love our children away from us. Our teachings make them independent, strong and need us less. No other love is like that. We find joy in them spreading their wings and soaring, and then joy in their safe landing as well.
“That’s beautiful, honey, what is it?”
“Don’t you know, mommy?”
“Um, is it a cat by a tree?”
“No…”
“Is it an elephant by a pond drinking water?”
“NO…”
“Are those clouds in a field with a mouse … no, a bear? Is it a bear?”
“No! No! No!” Mama.”
“I don’t know, sweetie, will you tell me what it’s a picture of?”
“It’s a picture of you, Mama, isn’t it pretty?”
“It’s the best picture I’ve ever seen.”
Your bliss awaits ~
Simply Blissed
Two Blissful Ways To Create Simplicity in Your Life
Simplicity sounds divine, doesn’t it? It sounds like a lazy summer afternoon in a backyard hammock sipping homemade iced tea under dappled sunlight. Simplicity. This word might make you want to take a deep breath and exhale a long, luxurious ahhhhhhh.
But when you think about actually creating simplicity, the brain grows overwhelmed and anxiety starts to rise. Simplicity in real life means making difficult choices and you might wonder: what on earth would you cut out?
Simplicity seems like a lovely goal, but it can seem too challenging to make a reality. Before you decide that it’s only for other people, read on.
Relaxing on hammock in backyard
Simplify your sleep
Among its many benefits, (source—link to article from health.com: 11 Surprising Health Benefits of Sleep), sleep improves memory and focus, increases creativity, lowers stress, supports healthy weight, prevents accidents, and plays a role in lifting depression. In other words, if you were to simplify any part of your life, focusing on sleep would bring you nightly bliss and make you more resourceful during the day.
Two different ways to try
With this in mind, we offer these two specific areas to simplify—starting tonight.
Bedtime ritual
It feels so good to cozy up in bed, but getting there might be challenging. To simplify, we suggest doing a ritual of bedtime preparation. A ritual is a series of intentional actions you do at a set time for a specific reason.
For example, night owls could start their bedtime ritual at 11pm, turn on the bedside lamp, dress for bed, read for 20 minutes, then turn off the light. Or, early birds could start brushing teeth at 9:15pm, mute the phone, turn off the lights, and do deep breathing for ten minutes. The common thread in these examples is to do the same thing every night. This brings consistency, and life becomes simpler.
What would your ideal bedtime ritual include?
Morning ritual
Just like going to bed, a predictable morning routine creates simplicity. Ideally, your morning ritual would include a specific time to rise from bed and the activities you’d do immediately after. For example, you could walk, shower, dress, and review your calendar. Or you might rise, stretch, eat, read, and plan your day. You could even create a written or digital checklist to help you remember each step while you’re still groggy and waking up.
What activities would you include in your ideal morning ritual?
The bliss and simplicity of sleep rituals
Could anything be more blissful than abundant, luxurious sleep every day? Life is often so full of surprises, these simple rituals support you in getting into bed each night, and then back out again in the morning without having to think. By removing thought and choice from the equation, you get amazing results with only the barest effort.
Simplicity is possible. While you might not be completely consistent starting off, you’ll become a believer. When you’re renewed each night, you’ll be more resourceful and available to the people and projects you love—while feeling great in mind and body.
You might even discover you don’t need that hammock in the backyard after all!