Ritual, Repetition, and Hot Tubs

There are many tremendous benefits to having your own personal spa. Some of these are tangible and even measurable by scientific methods, and these benefits include reduced blood pressure, increased circulation, and a deeper sleep. There are others, such as stress reduction, which are much harder to measure, but they are certainly there. There’s something that’s just very wonderful about having your own hot tub right in your own yard, always at your disposal. You may not be thinking about the healthy side effects when you’re ready to plunge in after a long and difficult day, but you’ll feel the relief right away.

Being in water is something that’s just enormously agreeable to the human body. We’re made of water mostly, and take well to being in water. The cells respond favorably to the marvelous sense of equilibrium, and your mind will also respond immediately and start to relax. It gets better the more you use it. It’s also very pleasant for both the waking mind and the unconscious to take part in this ritual if it happens on a regular basis. Whether we like ritual or not, the unconscious is built for it, and repetition seems to have a very positive effect on the mental health of human beings everywhere.

You’ll very likely start to enjoy the ritual of the hot tub, putting together your own series of steps that you take to make the space right for you and your friends. The repetition of removing the cover alone can start to stimulate the idea of relaxation in your mind, and you can look forward to the enjoyment that’s soon to follow. Turning on the bubbles, preparing the right music, the right lights, and the right atmosphere generally become pleasant activities that prepare you for the tub. You’ll probably also like enjoying a splendid meal cooked on your grill as part of the hot tub experience, and a ritual meal is as elemental as a ritual bath, and this has enormously positive effects on the inner health of any human being.

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Ritual, Repetition, and Hot Tubs

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