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[Arjan Dirkse]

I think we all need to chill sometimes.



I do this with some pretentious tea,



And music.

[al-x]

Hello:

Excellent idea for a thread Arjan...

You have good taste too. Norah Jones puts me at peace.


Al...

[Ulf Imwiehe]

Nothing like puttering about in the garden to give me peace of mind. And sauna. Oh, how I love sauna, especially in the winter.

[Arjan Dirkse]

*Nods contentedly*

Mm-hmm.

[al-x]

Hello:

I knew this one girl who had this voice that just
mellowed me out after a conversation with her.

Something about a nice soothing female voice...


Al...

[Russell H]

Or

Hello:

I knew this one girl who had this voice that just
mellowed me out after a conversation with her.

Something about a nice soothing female voice...


Al...

Or George Takei.

I want him to read me bedtime stories.

[stephanie familiar]

Nothing like puttering about in the garden to give me peace of mind. And sauna. Oh, how I love sauna, especially in the winter.

saunas tend to provoke anxiety in me. i don't mind them for short periods of time, but 1) it's hard to breathe in those things, 2) i'm always paranoid the door could get stuck or someone could lock me in and 3) an old lady's naked bum touched me once in one

[Marc Diamond]

Hope Sandoval, and like Ulf, I'm REALLY getting into the garden these days.

So...gardening while listening to Mazzy Star and with a frosty beer sitting nearby. I'm good.

[Arjan Dirkse]

Hello:

I knew this one girl who had this voice that just
mellowed me out after a conversation with her.

Something about a nice soothing female voice...


Al...

I agree. Even a look can do that I think. I exchanged a glance a while back once with a young woman who had a hypnotic look on her face that seemed so full of understanding and compassion that it was almost a religious experience

Edited by Arjan Dirkse, 07 August 2012 - 09:59 PM.

[brucegray666]

When I was on holiday I went into a barber shop and got a proper wet shave and face massage. I told the wife that no woman had every touched me like that before (luckily she saw the funny side) and I was so relaxed afterwards I was practically floating. Fantastic experience.

[Arjan Dirkse]

Face messages are awesome things.

[Robert B]

The beach works for me. I've gone 4 out of the last 5 days.

[Nicholas Taggart]

I find playing video games and doing dishes to be relaxing

[David Meadows]

When I was on holiday I went into a barber shop and got a proper wet shave and face massage.

That sounds terrifying

[Ulf Imwiehe]

saunas tend to provoke anxiety in me. i don't mind them for short periods of time, but 1) it's hard to breathe in those things, 2) i'm always paranoid the door could get stuck or someone could lock me in and 3) an old lady's naked bum touched me once in one

My local spa has a lot of different saunas of all sizes (some are vast) with lots of different climates and temperatures on offer – from Turkish bath, to Russian steam torture chamber to low humidity but super hot Finnish saunas. I know what you mean, though. Sauna is no fun at all when it's too crowded and people are being inconsiderate.

That's what I enjoy the most about the winters I get to spend in Norway. Nothing like relaxing in a wood fired Scandinavian style sauna overlooking the fjords followed by frolicking in the snow to cool down.

[njerry]

When I was on holiday I went into a barber shop and got a proper wet shave and face massage. I told the wife that no woman had every touched me like that before (luckily she saw the funny side) and I was so relaxed afterwards I was practically floating. Fantastic experience.

On a recent vacation in New Mexico, my wife and I got a 90-minute Swedish massage during which my masseuse worked me from my scalp to the soles of my feet (minus the naughty bits -- this was a legit spa), immediately followed by 20 minutes in a rosewater bath drinking hot tea. I don't think it is possible to feel more relaxed than that. Unless, of course, they served Balvenie single malt Scotch in the bath.

[Christian U]

Face messages are awesome things.

Yeah, they're like emoticons, but you do them with your actual face. Awesome!

(When I saw your sentence, and hadn't looked at the context yet, I really thought that you were on about something like that )

[Arjan Dirkse]

Yeah, they're like emoticons, but you do them with your actual face. Awesome!

(When I saw your sentence, and hadn't looked at the context yet, I really thought that you were on about something like that )

Ha! Yeah, should be massages of course. I noticed I am getting a bit sloppy with spelling lately.

[stephanie familiar]

On a recent vacation in New Mexico, my wife and I got a 90-minute Swedish massage during which my masseuse worked me from my scalp to the soles of my feet (minus the naughty bits -- this was a legit spa), immediately followed by 20 minutes in a rosewater bath drinking hot tea. I don't think it is possible to feel more relaxed than that. Unless, of course, they served Balvenie single malt Scotch in the bath.

that sounds awesome. when i'm super stressed i try to book myself in at the spa, but it's ridiculously expensive for any sort of treatment. i'm big on champissage; you're so relaxed by the end, you're practically out of it.

[al-x]

Hello:

In the spirit of openness and inner peace, anyone here
into meditating, chanting mantras, and so on?


Al...