Top 5 Places to Reduce Stress Around Bradenton and Sarasota

April is Stress Awareness Month, offering up the perfect excuse to kick back and unwind. Subjecting yourself to too much stress can weaken your immune system, disrupt your sleep, and lead to painful symptoms like headaches or nausea.

End the stressful cycle by finding at one of these soothing spots around Bradenton and Sarasota, and give your mind and body the break they need.

1. The Blue Door Spa & Salon
5234 E State Rd 64, Bradenton

The Blue Door Spa & Salon has an extensive menu of services that includes massages, facials, body treatments, manicures and pedicures. For the ultimate indulgence, consider a spa package, including the 90-minute 7th Heaven treatment with a facial, signature manicure and pedicure, shampoo, style and makeup. The Pure Bliss package includes an aroma body treatment, facial and pedicure with hydrating mask. Pick your pleasure and book a treatment now.

2. Spa Northwest
2722 Manatee Ave W, Suite #2, Bradenton

Book a signature massage to ease your tired muscles, brighten your look with a facial, or slough away impurities with an organic body scrub. Spa Northwest offers these services, along with weekly yoga classes to help you enhance your stress management with controlled breathing and a calm, meditative state.

3. Yoga on Siesta Beach
948 Beach Rd, Siesta Key

Yoga on the beach offers all the meditative, uplifting effects of yoga in an inspirational beach environment. The surf and sand create an outdoor sanctuary that can help wash your stresses away. Classes are available at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. All classes are free, but donations are accepted through the website or via cash at the beach to help support the effort.

4. State of the Arts Gallery
1525 State St, Sarasota

Are you looking for a place to let your overtaxed mind relax and wander? Head to the State of the Arts Gallery to check out the work of local artists. The contemporary works here give you plenty to enjoy, and changing exhibits make this a stress-reducing experience that you can return to again and again.

5. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
900 S Palm Ave, Sarasota

Located along Sarasota Bay, Selby Gardens offers a lush tropical escape. The immersive garden landscape is the perfect cure for an overtaxing week. Get a membership and you can visit the gardens for free all year, keeping stress at bay any time it pops up. Regular admission is $25 for adults or $15 for children.

What’s your favorite place for a stress reducing afternoon or weekend? Share your favorite picks with other Springs residents in the comments section below.