10 Local Places to Recover from Christmas – Health and Wellness Nashville

You’ve consumed every gingerbread cookie and baked good in site. The eggnog and peppermint schnapps are empty. The stress of decorating, shopping, and non-stop family are starting subside. Yet, your body is screaming at you from all of the hardships you’ve put it through this holiday season. Veronica Williams (pictured) suggests some places in or close to Nashville that can restore both mind and body

Holiday De-Stress Retreat at Dahlonega Spa Resort (December 30th – January 2nd)

Start 2019 in the mountains, stress-free, while you practice meditation and yoga. Soak up nature and renew your mind, body, and soul with Helen Noviello, voted Atlanta’s Best Yoga Instructor in 2012. It’s more than just yoga. Relax in the jacuzzi at night. Enjoy a massage or spa treatment to get rid of all the tension. Unplug and lose your mind in the healing labyrinth.

Vida-Flo – Hydration Bar – Deumonbreun St. Nashville, TN

Some of us don’t have the luxury of going away for a weekend and need a quick pick me up. Ever tried a hydration bar? At Vida-Flo you will meet with accredited medical professionals who use “Hydration Restoration Fluid.” which replaces vital salt lost during exercise, after illness or even during the rigors of daily life when we do not drink enough water.”

Oliv Body Bar – Main St. Nashville, TN

After the presents are packed away and the family is gone schedule yourself a much needed spa day. At Oliv Body Bar you can enjoy massages, facials, and one of Tennessee’s only mud lounge. Enjoy french, red, or green clay as you relax and unwind. These natural muds will cleanse, exfoliate, absorb toxins, and increase circulation to bring you back to your self again.

Float Horizon – Russell St. Nashville, TN

Completely surrender your mind and body and let all of your worries float away by trying a float session. Lay in float tank that contains epson salt and water heated to your body temperature. The experience will have you feeling weightless for 60 minutes. Floating helps to detoxify, relax, and regenerate your body all while enjoy a deep relaxation.

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction – Vanderbilt – Osher Center for Integrative Medicine – Nashville, TN

As the new year starts it may be a good time to refocus and recenter yourself. Osher Center for Integrative Medicine offers a course in mindfulness that is open to the public. In this once a week class you will focus on learning mindfulness and meditation techniques to reduce your stress and regain control of your life.

Rest and Renew Retreat – OM Sanctuary – Asheville, NC

If you are looking for a holistic approach to health and wellness while enjoying the mountains in Asheville, NC then try a rest and renew retreat. Spend your days enjoying Hatha yoga practices, chai chats, and vegetarian meals while you take some time to decompress. Visit the sanctuary for just or a whole week. OM Sanctuary will help you to plan a stay to bring you back to your center.

Sat and Soles Salt Cave and Reflexology – Wedgwood Ave. Nashville, TN

With the cold weather bringing you down and lack of fresh food maybe you need to detox your body. Try a salt cave session to bring down inflammation and restore your immune system. Enjoy an afternoon in a salt cave and enjoy a reflexology or detoxing foot bath after. You’ll be good as new and focused on the salt instead of all the sugar.

Grow House Method – Woodland St. Nashville, TN

Sometimes to recover you need to get back up and moving. At the Grow House Method their personal trainers focus on nutrition, community, art and horticulture. Work with trainers that want to strengthen you both mentally and physically. At the Grow House Method you can work one on one or in a group setting. Your experience doesn’t end after training enjoy the blooming plant shop and healing kava bar to complete you’re renewing experience.

The Lotus Room – 21st Ave S. Nashville, TN

Massage has a world of benefits beyond helping to relax your muscles. When done properly there is a whole host of renewing health benefits that massage provides. cYou can enjoy deep tissue, Swedish, and other massage techniques leaving you feeling ready for the new year.

Osha Collective Salon & Wellness Spa – Grandview Ave. Nashville, TN

After the holidays you don’t feel your best but maybe you don’t look your best either. At Osha Collective they focus on both. Go to their salon and indulge in a fresh cut or color, then stop by the wellness center for a massage, facial, or energy session. At Osha “Every aspect of our guest’s experience highlights the connection of mind-body wellness and beauty.”