About 20 years ago I was utterly ‘shocked’ when a rather mumsie middle aged woman who was trying to revive her sex life with her husband told me that with or without a partner, a gloriously hot bath full of bubbles, surrounded with a multitude of candles and dimmed lights was the answer to any maiden’s prayer.
I think I was more surprised that this lady of around 50 was having any sex at all, but now that I am approaching that age myself am far more sympathetic to her revelation.
A beautiful bathing experience is not only good for your sex life, it is also wonderful for your wellbeing, can help you to think and sleep – especially if you have a long luxurious soak just before going to bed.
I have also been reading about how more and more people are getting back into bathing as their relaxation regime, together with meditation and love this quote from health guru Gwyneth Paltrow:
“I take a bath every single night – unless I’m somewhere where there is no bathtub, I started getting really into taking baths when I was probably 22-years-old and did my first movie in London. It’s such a kind of damp cold there, a bath is the only thing that gets the cold out your bones. So, I started taking baths every night – and then I came home and I just never stopped.”
I decided to put this to the test recently as I had been waking up earlier every morning and having difficulty in getting back to sleep. My restlessness had increased with the colder weather, as Gwyneth had said, the damp air in the UK does something to the bones when you reach a certain age, and I was amazed at the difference a late night bath made to my sleeping and indeed my increased energy the following day.
It also felt incredibly pampering, far more than a shower which is refreshing but far less nurturing. It gives you thinking time, and somehow it is a stress free zone where you can really unwind. It also gives some well-earned ‘you’ time.
Going back to the disclosures of my lovely ‘Mumsie’ middle aged friend, Gwyneth is not the only movie star who sang the praises of the Bath Tub, and not just to keep warm, Hollywood Icon Marilyn Monroe who was the epitomy of ‘Sexy’ made bathing sensuous and beautiful in the famous bathtub scene in Seven Year Itch back in the fifties.
Luxury Bath salts for calm and great sleeps:
Herbivore calm bath salts – £16
Cowshed – sleepy bath salts – £18
Neom Real – Luxury Mineral bath salts – £38
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