DORSET care home residents enjoyed a day of pampering and chilling out inspired by an international celebration of relaxation.
Five Colten Care homes co-ordinated a host of gentle activities designed to embrace wellness, slowing down and de-stressing.
Dozens of residents at homes in Bournemouth, Poole, Ferndown and West Moors took part, with input from staff members and visiting therapists.
The activities followed this summer’s International Relaxation Day, a collective ‘stress relief’ occasion launched by a nine-year-old American boy, Sean Moeller, 39 years ago and observed around the world ever since.
The Colten homes laid on a wide range of experiences for residents that included healing therapies such as massage, shiatsu and reiki along with yoga, meditation, gong baths, foot soaks and spas, and hand and nail treatments.
To help create the sense of deep relaxation, lounges were adorned with crystals and soft lighting while ambient sounds and the scents of essential oils permeated the air.
Resident Joan Blackshaw is pictured enjoying a hand massage at Bourne View in Poole.