Monday, June 8, 2009
Necessary Luxuries
At a time when politicians and car insurance commercials are waxing nostalgic for a simpler era, I don’t see how anyone could justify paying money for a human function. I could have walked two blocks and one avenue down to Central Park and passed out for free.
West side salon Yelo, specializes in relaxation and reflexology. I was taken to a sleep pod where an anti-gravity chair awaited. Music pumped into the pod and my choice of scent was sprayed in the air: relax, detox, sleep, or energize. I added a ten-minute reflexology massage to twenty minutes of napping for $40.
Calling it a birthday experiment for myself, I sat in my anti-gravity chair, inhaling lavender oil under my nose with the skepticism of a scientist testing a Ouiji board.
I can’t believe I’m doing this. Why the hell am I doing this?
The masseuse started to rub my neck and shoulders. Tension I didn’t know I’d been carrying melted away. I breathed deeper.
Maybe this isn’t so bad...
“Hi, Carly. Time to get up!” my masseuse told me. She’d left the room twenty minutes earlier, and I had fallen asleep. I tried to account my sleepiness to three straight days of late nights followed by early mornings, but the anti-gravity chair probably didn’t hurt. I can’t say I’ll be a regular customer, but indulgence in moderation isn’t all that bad, is it?
-Carly Okyle
Labels:
Anti-gravity chair,
Ouiji Board,
Power Nap,
Reflexology,
Relaxation,
Salon,
Sleep,
Yelo
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4 comments:
Not at all! Indulgence in moderation is just what the doctor ordered sometimes
I want to go!!!
This wasn't one of those salt water things was it? I think you're meant to be on LSD for that
i need this so badly right now
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