The Spa on Green Street

When will you say “yes” to fitness? Making that commitment today can reshape your body and your world! Here are a few tips to begin the process of finding time to dedicate to your health and wellbeing:

• Join our 30-minute Lunch Express Circuit and get visible results. Only $18 for twice-weekly small group training! Call 678.450.1570 to reserve your spot
• Make a commitment to be fit and make decisions based on that commitment
• Invest in your health with a wellness professional, making your well being your first priority
• Make a plan and put it in writing
• Prioritize your day taking your fitness needs into consideration
• Tell others your strategy; it’s up to us to tell others what we value
• End each day with a mental inventory of things you appreciate

Set up the right environment. What’s the right environment for sleep? A bedroom used for just that – sleeping! Televisions, computers or workstations are not conducive to a relaxing environment. Make your bedroom a place where you sleep and spend quality time with your partner – that’s it!Try a calcium supplement before bed. Calcium/magnesium has a naturally calming effect on the body. The Spa on Green Street carries an excellent product called Phyto Cal-Mag Plus which has helped many a person fall asleep and stay asleep while nourishing their bones.

Sleep in a very dark room. For those who have a hard time falling asleep a completely dark room is a must. Even a tiny bit of light can inhibit the production of Melatonin (the sleep hormone) and keep you up.

A first step in resolving sleep issues is to look at your sleep rhythms.It has been noted that before Thomas Edison’s invention of the light bulb, people slept an average of 10 hours per night. The average now is much less, as modern technology has allowed us the benefit of better modifying our environment to suit our needs. Stress, fatigue, indigestion, insomnia – these can all be signs telling you that something is out of balance; they are not the actual problem itself.

We cannot rely on stimulants to give us energy, and medications to put us to sleep – these are artificial and do not work to solve the underlying imbalance. Anybody that has been on this rollercoaster will tell you the same; that it is not the real deal. Looking at key aspects of your body, like your adrenal gland’s relationship to the nervous system, is very helpful in determining the best lifestyle plan for you to regain balance. We can help determine if supplementation could be useful to you, and also observe dietary and exercise habits which can have a great impact on the quality of your sleep. Remember, if there is a symptom, something is causing it and usually you will find the cause well within your reach, something that you can change in your own lifestyle to improve your health. Here’s a key step to better sleep!

The practice of creating a fever to sweat out toxins and cleanse the body has been traditionally practiced in this country and abroad for thousands and thousands of years. Today we call that practice ‘sauna therapy’ and many leading experts in the health care field believe it is one of the best things you can do for your health.

In just one sauna session you can burn 300-600 calories, detoxify your body, increase circulation, decrease muscle pain/tension, purify your skin and enter a deep state of relaxation.

To help everyone experience the benefits of sauna therapy we are running a special! Enjoy a $10.00 savings off of a half-hour sauna session with any one-hour spa or fitness service through the month of June.

Yes, loss of muscle mass typically begins in one’s 30 or 40’s and continues, even for women who take hormone replacement. As muscles shrink, fat takes their place, and that process leads to a slowdown in metabolism and weight gain even if caloric intake and expenditure remain the same. Weight training can reverse this process, putting back muscle (which uses more calories and takes up less room than fat) and diminishing fat stores. So even if you lose no pounds by strengthening your muscles you can lose inches and sizes.