Your Guide to Spring Cleaning for Mind & Body
Spring cleaning shouldn’t be limited to your home, but also your mind and body. As we depart from the cold winter months, spring is the perfect time to make positive life changes and introduce new, healthy habits.
We’ve put together a list of suggested hikes and outdoor activities in and around Denver, as well as tools for rest and wellness. Consider this the ultimate guide to making the most of your spring and summer!
Hikes & Outdoor Activities
Hikes
Upper Dog Loop Trail, Red Rock Canyon Open Space
Located near Colorado Springs, this is a 0.9 mile moderately trafficked loop with scenic views.
This is a good hike for all skill levels and it’s dog friendly!
Elk Meadow is a 4 mile loop near Evergreen with beautiful wildflowers.
This is a dog friendly trail, but they must be kept on a leash.
This is a 4.8 mile out and back trail near Divide, Colorado. The Crags Trail features beautiful wildflowers so it’s great for spring!
This is a dog friendly trail, but they must be kept on a leash.
Hot Springs
Hot springs are a unique, relaxing self-care experience that also offer many health benefits. Soaking in a natural hot spring will boost blood circulation, reduce stress, promote sleep, relieve pain, and can even soften dry and rough skin.
Located in Idaho Springs, CO, the Indian Hot Springs has a mineral water swimming pool, geo-thermal caves with walk-in hot tubs, outdoor jacuzzis, and private baths.
Note: The mineral water swimming pool will be closed from July 15th to 31st for renovations, but the caves, private baths, and jaccuzzi will remain open.
Perfect for a weekend trip, The Springs Resort in Pagosa, CO, offers overnight accommodations with 24-hour access to all 25 soaking pools.
Green Spaces
Did you know that spending at least 120 minutes each week in nature is directly correlated with improved mental, physical, and emotional health? Among many benefits, spending time in green spaces can reduce stress, improve mood, promote healing, increase Vitamin D levels, and improve self-esteem.
Tools for Rest & Wellness
Meditation, Sleep, and Fitness Apps
Improve health and happiness by specifying your wellness goals. You can choose to focus on improving sleep quality, stress or anxiety, focus, or general self-improvement.
Guided meditations, animations, articles, and videos to improve health and happiness.
Relax, resolve, and transcend with 1000+ meditations and music, and programs to help you sleep and reduce stress and anxiety.
Create and track personalized fitness plans that suit your goals, skill level, and available equipment.
Video guided workouts ranging from 5-60 minutes that can be done at home or in the gym.
Book & Podcast Recommendations
Gutful: What to Eat for a Happy Gut
Dr Joanna McMillan, an Australian health and wellness expert, discusses myths and misconceptions, the everyday science behind gut health, and gut-friendly foods you should be eating.
You Belong: A Call for Connection
Sebene Selassie encourages a sense of belonging, pulling from science, ancient Indigenous wisdom, Buddhism, art, pop culture, friends’ anecdotes, and her own experiences.
The Art of Stopping Time: Practical Mindfulness for Busy People
Taoist minister and New York Times best-selling author, Pedram Shojai, provides suggestions for reclaiming control of your time and going through life with a more conscious mindset, inspired by the ancient spiritual practice of “stopping time”.
Local Businesses
Self-Care
Floating is a unique self-care experience where you float weightlessly in a bath of dense saline solution. It can improve mental and physical wellbeing and encourage creativity.
Apothecary Tinctura is comprised of a team of herbalists and natural health practitioners and has been around for 22 years! You can shop a variety of natural plant-based medicine, bulk herbs, oils, herbal teas, tinctures, and more.
Located at the infamous Red Rocks venue, Yoga on the Rocks offers a series of outdoor yoga classes.
Plant Shops
Indoor plants release oxygen and reduce toxins in the air (NASA did a study showing they can reduce airborne toxins by as much as 87% in 24 hours!).
Two locations: 2870 South Broadway and 3040 Blake Street
733 Santa Fe Drive, Denver | Plant nursery and shop
1218 34th Street, Denver | Plant nursery/shop and plant design services
Healthy Restaurants
Delicious vegan comfort food, located right by us at Jalan Spa!
Everything is handmade in-house with 100% organic produce and sustainable meats and dairy.
Unique Fitness Classes
This studio offers a variety of barre inspired classes, including yoga, sculpt, and HIIT.
Reinventing fitness classes, BLOCK21 offers a variety of cardio dance classes.