IO Renewal Day: Renewed Spirits, Refreshed Space
10 Sep 2008 ~ Categories: blog • eco-living • wellness
Yesterday was our annual IO Renewal Day. Well, everyday is renewal day at IO, but this day has a different focus for us.
Once a year we close down to the public and officially turn the renewal attention on our team and the space we work in. We clean and refresh the Spa and Yoga Studio giving it a fresh coat of paint, fixing things and reorganizing. We also renew the spirits of our team with a relaxing, bonding activity.
We do our best to practice what we preach and this day helps support that commitment.
While there’s no revenue earned on IO Renewal Day, there’s much progress made. Renewal Day serves as a reset button for us. With a day to regroup and refresh, we offer even better service to our clients afterward. And, we enjoy what we do as wellness experts and healers all the more as we remember what we have set out to do.
For the individual, I recommend Personal Renewal Days where instead of renewing your work environment and community, you turn the focus on yourself. Spring-cleaning can be done anytime of year. I highly encourage taking at least one day a year to do so. The act of shedding unneeded clutter and upgrading your most favorite and highly utilized spaces will allow you to enjoy your environment even more and will also make room for new things you love.
Make your Personal Renewal Day that much more restorative by doing something rejuvenating for yourself at the end of it, whether it’s a spa treatment, yoga class, warm bath or delicious meal. Adding some pleasure and relaxation in, after all that hard work, is a good idea. Why not make it enjoyable?
As the saying goes, a clean house is a clean mind. To me that concept refers to any place you may call “home”, whether it’s your actual house or your very own body. So, on at least one day a year, make it all about the renewal of your own spirits and your own abode.
We’ll keep doing the same at IO.
Happy Renewal Day,
Amy
17 Sep 2008
Marina
I think that’s a fabulous idea for your team. I work at a spa as well, and I am going to make the same suggestion to our boss. Thank you for the inspiration!
15 Nov 2008
Cecily Mak
Amy – you are amazing. Thank you for sharing via this channel that I am just now discovering! Coincidentally, I am here on your site as tomorrow has been designated by my loving husband “Cecily Day.” So, I’ll hopefully be treating myself at IO with gift certificates that I am embarrassed to admit I have had for many, many months… Hope to see you soon. Thanks for being such a source of light :) xx