Spring in montreal goes like this : First we don’t beleive its coming, then without any warnings we trade all Sorels, hairy legs and our bear-like grumpiness for fresh smiles, legs and flip flops. And it usually all happens over one sunny week-end. With the groggy winter months behind us we Montrealers are ready to show our happy faces once again. We then tend to feel a little more conscious about ourselves and our bodies. When Spring comes I love a good detox or trainning program to feel as renewed as the fresh Spring air. A good inside out cleansing – mind, body and soul.

I am a dedicated spa-goer and in Montreal there are plenty of great spas to visit. For each season there are spa treatments! With the coming of Winter, i usually get massages to relax my tense and uptight muscles. In the Spring i feel like i need more of a good clean-up, a good draining of all the toxines that can get trapped in our tissues and that are lingering and ready to go .

Traditional Swedish is a good addition to any detox program because of its effects on the blood, and tissue systemes. Long deep maneovres bring the blood to those main veins and directly to organs whose functions are to filter those unwanted debris . Lymphatique drainage is also a treatment of choice because it works towards cleaning the lymphatic system of its toxins. Montreal has plenty of great spas where you can get theses classic treatments.

Another great spring cleansing ritual is to renew your skin in Montreal’s spas with a full body exfoliation. Nothing like two hands filled with aromatic salts, sugars and essential oils rubbing onto your skin to elevate the senses, move the toxines out of the body and help the skin aquire a natural healthy glow. Exfoilants can be made of sea salts, sugar, maple sugar, rice powder , essential oils, flowers, herbs, among other ingredients. I usually make sure they are organic and i personally prefer the sugar based ones because they accentuate the glowing effects on the skin.

Follow this with a wrap made of warm honey which ancient properties include cell rejuvination and skin tightening and you will feel brand new…and hungry perhaps!. The actions of the grains in the exfoliants actually prepares the skin to receive the active components in any body wraps. I love honey because its a classic queen of Egypt treatmement that hydrates the skin so well.

This spring when you visit one of Montreal’s great spas, be sure to try one of the above and you too will feel renewed and refreshed –mind body and soul
Namaste
Julie
spa espacenomad , montréal
www.espacenomad.ca