Learning to Love Winter
Every season offers a new rhythm for living well and winter invites us to slow down and savour serene experiences centred on coziness, connection and mindful activities.
Winter isn’t just something to get through, to tolerate or to resist – it’s a chance to feel alive in new and gentler ways. To see the season’s aliveness and to adopt restorative activities with intention and care.
Learning to love winter, even just a bit, will help you get through it more easily and cheerfully and to actually discover its kindness and calmness. Be curious about its abundant potential and magic for energy, creativity and excitement. Reframing our mindset and welcoming winter’s wondrous gifts of different sensory experiences allows us to benefit from self-discovery and embrace opportunities to nurture our own growth.
Nature uses winter to regenerate and prepare to bloom – its busyness and self-care hidden beneath the surface’s stillness, secreted by falling snow and frosty landscapes. But there is restoration and recharging going on in nature that will restore and recharge us.
We are creatures of nature and we also need self-care through the winter months to replenish, recover and renew. Aligning yourself with its supportive energies and positive micro practices will help provide a mindful wellness journey that feeds the body and soul until the sun shines warm again.
Learn to love the winter in small steps. No need for grand gestures… relaxing body treatments, movement, fresh air and connection to nature are all natural antidepressants.
Winter spa days feel especially good to awaken your inner heat and ignite the glow of good health. Spa relaxation is a beautiful way to look after yourself and to restore and reset your body and soul.
Loving winter is so easy at our spa. Savour a cup of organic tea by our glowing outdoor fire or curl up with a good book by the cozy fireplace in the main Inn or your spa cottage, breaking from the cold and your worries, a refuge without distractions.
Feel the awe of nature’s beauty hiking our snowy trails; the cold air pleasantly startling your senses after a sauna session or coming out of the healing waters of our glorious, outdoor hydrotherapy pools. Bask in the radiance of wellbeing and calm around our meditative fire circle, blanketed in a warm throw, feeling your mood, ideas and spirit energized.
Feel lifted and balanced by the comforting scents of aromatherapy. Feel revitalized from a therapeutic massage of essential oils; the healing of yoga and meditation; the nourishment of slow-cooked short ribs, roasted root veggies, homemade soups and tea that warms you from the inside out. These favourite winter comforts provide sustenance beyond the body.
Share the steady glow of healthy connections with a bestie getaway for the day or overnight. Detach from the world’s distractions and feel a true sense of togetherness with outdoor fun, shared meals and memories and beautiful self-care.
Keep the fires of friendship burning bright with our Midwinter Reset Overnight Getaway. Come breathe in our crisp winter air and linger in our warm thermal pool waters, sauna and steam room. This Ste. Anne’s package includes a spa allowance, seasonal dining and super cozy overnight accommodation, and time for wellness activities for a perfect winter stay.
Taking a holistic, positive approach to winter wellbeing supports both body and mind when we need it the most. Gentle, feel-good rituals at Ste. Anne’s Spa introduces you to the purest delights of the season and leaves you wanting to enjoy winter’s best long after you’ve left.
