#TryItTuesday: Give the Gift of Wellness
If you're searching for that perfect gift this holiday season, consider the opportunity that comes with giving your friends and family a gift that lasts a lifetime – the gift of wellness.
To help you in your search for gifts of this sort, we’ve collected some of our favorite wellness gift ideas. Let's take a look.
Mental Health and Self-Care
- Spa basket to include candles, face masks, jojoba oil, soft fuzzy socks, bath salts, sleep masks, lotion
- Aroma diffusers
- Essential oils
- Meditation CD/book
- Personal development book
- Inspiration and motivational books
- Journal
- Life coaching sessions
- Meditation program
- Spa gift certificates
- Gift certificate for a massage therapy
- Harmonic sound therapy
Physical Health
Experiential
- Passes to museums
- Butterfly house
- Arboretum memberships
- Zoo memberships
- Swimming passes
- Ice skating pass
- Skiing or tubing pass
Nutritional Health
- Gift certificates to local healthy food markets
- Gift certificates to meal delivery service
- Cooking classes
- Healthy cooking appliances such as an all-in-one cooker (Instant Pot) or blender (NutriBullet or Ninja blender)
- Basket of healthy treats such as energy bars, nuts, dried fruit and cheeses (there are various online vendors who sell healthy snack boxes.)
- Subscription to online meal planning and healthy recipes
- Gift cards for juice/smoothie bars
- Recipe book
- Subscription to a healthy recipe magazine
- Gift certificate for nutritional counseling
Sporting Goods
- New athletic shoes or clothing
- Gift card to a sporting or outdoor store
- Cross-country skis
- Snow shoes
- Bicycle
- Outdoor clothing such as gloves, stocking caps, facemasks
- Sporting socks
- Wearable and trackable fitness devices
- Foam roller
- Yoga mat
- Athletic bag
- Exercise DVDs
- Kettle balls
- Stretch bands
- Hand weights
- Jump rope
- Treadmills
- Ellipticals
- Stationary bicycles
Other Good Ideas
- Subscription to a wellness magazine
- Subscription to a weight management program, like Next Steps™ (but give this only if the recipient has expressed an interest in it.)
- A fun water bottle
- Kombucha brewing kit
- Subscription to a wellness app or online program
What is so great about many of these wellness gifts is that with a little creativity and planning, they are gifts you can enjoy together, creating memories that last forever.
