What a Great Day

Today I rose with a buzz in my step, I was heading down the coast to be pampered and spoiled. A quick shower and a bite to eat for breakfast and I was off, oh even the weather was perfect for the drive there that would take about an hour and a half down the freeway.

As I got further down the coast I could feel my body becoming lighter and it felt easier to breath, I took some deep breaths; the smell of the ocean air, the clear blue sky and the comforting warmth of the sun… I started singing along with the radio and let life’s cares float away.

I arrived with perfect timing; 15 minutes before my appointment just as the booking lady suggested. I was given a robe, a towel and a locker key and was directed to slip into something more comfortable and when I was done I could wait for further instruction in the relaxation room (bit like a doctor’s waiting room but with peaceful music and more comfortable chairs).

I was then guided down a hall filled with all sorts of aromas coming from the different rooms. My guide opened a door to my private spa room where my Dead Sea mud bath had been drawn, a deep breath and my nostrils were filled with a mixture of essential oils that had been mixed with the mud and a light smell of the mineral water. The room was not very large but my eyes were fixed on the double spa that was soon to be all mine.

My guide gently reminded me to drink plenty of fluids as she pointed to the decanter of chilled water beside my heavenly spa, she pointed out the hot and cold taps where I could regulate my own temperature or give my spa more depth if I so wished, she advised me that the mud would disperse and showed me the control for the jets, the volume control for the relaxation music that was being piped into every room, then wished me well and left the room.

I turned the music volume up, placed the towel in the rack provided and let the robe fall off my shoulders and sink to the floor, I removed my underwear and stepped naked into the murky warmth of heaven. I felt a shiver run up the back of my legs and then straight up my spine till my brain tingled. I felt the muddy sediment squish between my toes and already I felt my spirit lighten as a light breeze brushed my skin from the small window opened next to the spa for fresh air.

I pressed the button to kick start the jets and swished the mud with my feet and sure enough it all dispersed and the water then gently lowered myself into the murky depths, the heat ravished my cool skin until my body succumbed to the 45 minute abduction of my aches and pains, my stresses… my 45 minute removal from existence. My mind went blank as I floated somewhere far far away.

I don’t remember much after that, somehow I was dressed and sitting out on the decking in the café having a green tea and a fresh juice before starting my drive back home (well it seemed like I floated home), I did stop once on the way home to sit on the beach and watch the waves lapping at the shore, a flock of gulls dive bombing a school of fish, I sooo did not want to come back… but here I am.