I’ve Kept an Unintentional Secret …

I can’t believe we’ve never talked about this!

I talk about it and comment on it all. the. time. to e.v.e.r.y.b.o.d.y.!

The one thing I love MOST about my car!

Now, I am NOT a car person!!! I barely know what kind of car I have. Don’t ask me what car someone drives, I don’t even remember the color! Cars have one purpose for me: transportation! They get me where I want to go. Period.

I have grown to appreciate Toyota brand. It took me a long while to remember that. I’d ask my husband, “what kind of car do I have?” Multitudes of times, till the Toyota part stuck in my long-term memory. The models I’ve had ride smoothly and are quiet to ride in! Peace and solace; two of my favorite things!

Beyond that … year, model accessories are all lost on me!

My husband is a car feen/fanatic!! He notices everything about cars. He knows every make, model, year and comments on things like tires!! That’s a foreign world to me! Can I tell you how many times when riding in the car together, he explodes, “Look at that!!!” Me, thinking it’s a UFO or some other phenomena, jerk my neck to find this object worth gasping about only to discover it’s some car or other, with some rare year, trim package or accessory!! Need I say, it means nothing to me!!

EXCEPT … this one accessory I LOVE, appreciate and sing praises about …

SEAT HEATERS!!

I know at first glance this sounds bougie and pampered, but allow me to extol it’s multiplied benefits!!

At first I thought, I’ll never use that. I am rarely cold enough to want or need added heat. I thought of them as a warming devise. That is selling them way too short! A very short-sided opinion.

These hidden little devises embedded in my car seat are …

THERAPY … HEAT THERAPY!!!

It is so true! I use my seat heaters year round. No kidding!!

By the way, I’m known for calling them “heat seaters”! Oy Vey! Ask my older grands and children!

This heat therapy has several results:

1. It relaxes me. Mostly, my back, but also the rest of me! It’s an “ahhhh” moment. Have you ever wrapped in a heated blanket or languished in a hot shower? That’s what I mean. The heat relaxes your muscles. In relaxing your muscles, it relaxes the rest of your body as well. Tension decreases.

2. The most wonderful result of seat heaters is they keep me from getting stiff while riding in a car!! The older I get, body places start to twinge and ache on any day. Most days differ from the last. Especially on long trips.

If you know, you know! My body gets achy and stiff after riding for a while. The bumps and turns of driving don’t help either. On long drives, a body can feel pretty beat up upon arrival. Man, this heat therapy helps with all of that profoundly!!

I can travel hours upon hours and have no problem upon arrival! It’s miraculous that such a simple contraption can do so much for my body!!

I notice it even more when I have to ride in my husband’s truck for a distance with NO seat heaters!! Trucks seem to bounce and shimmy down the road more than a car anyway. A body notices it more. Without heaters, it’s very apparent!

3. I get a little “self-care” as I go! It is the simplest thing that ministers to my aging parts. I noticed years ago in a hard season that a shoulder heating pad that went down my back was very soothing and comforting! It triggered some mental releases to me as well!

Like this …

That has carried over to seat heaters! They relax not just my body but my mind. I know this may sound baffling, but finding ways that trigger releases for me has had a profound effect on my healing and mental health!

Who knew a simple little car accessory could mean so much!!

I’m sorry it took me so long to tell you. Like I said, I tell everybody, all the time!! Now, you know too!!!

If you’re looking for a new-to-you car, consider this one upgrade. If a friend or family member has them in their cars, try them out and see if you get the same results as me! We are all different and not everything is transferable, so maybe I’m a rare bird on this one. But, maybe, just maybe, they would help you too!

Or try the heating pad on your shoulders and try out the effects.

Happy to let you in on my secret therapy!!!

Any opinions on Seat Heaters? Or Heat Therapy?
I’d love to hear!!!

An Unintentional Secret😉,