Selecting that perfect venue for you and your team is never easy, but here at Granny Mouse Country House & Spa, we think we’ve got everything you could possibly be looking for! Here are just 10 reasons why we think you should choose us for your next conference.

1. Located far from the hustle and bustle of city life, Granny Mouse Country House & Spa allows your team a more tranquil environment for generating those great ideas!
2. Being in close proximity to the N3 highway, and only 1.5 hours from Durban means that transporting your staff to site becomes extremely easy and less time is wasted on unnecessary travel.
3. Granny Mouse Country House & Spa offers a host of accommodation options, including 32 rooms on site & the newly refurbished Granny Mouse Farmhouse easily, accommodating your entire team.
4. Granny Mouse’s excellent culinary options make meal selection extremely tricky when deciding on your dishes, but ensures pleasant surprises during meal and break times.
5. Attention to detail and creating a ,”home away from home,” for all our guests is our speciality, whether it’s making you feel special when you arrive or making sure we have that wine you really love. Whatever the request, our staff are sure to go the extra mile.
6. Granny Mouse Country House & Spa has a number of conference venues for you to choose from and can assist in ensuring that the best very is chosen for your requirements.
7. Not only do we offer a range of unique team building activities, there are  also a number of activities in the area, making the social element of your conference more impactful
8. Granny Mouse Country House & Spa thrives on making your conference different, and will tailor-make a conference package to suit your every need.
9. It’s always difficult to satisfy everyone when conferencing, and that is where Granny Mouse offer the very best in gender specific activities. There are spa treatments and chocolate tasting for the ladies and wine, whisky or brandy tastings for the gents.
10. Our professional staff include a dedicated Conference Manager, who is there to assist you every step of the way to ensure that your event is a resounding success.

Try Granny Mouse Country House & Spa for your next conference; you’ll be glad you did. Contact 033 234 4071 or email banquetting@grannymouse.co.za

Stress is a prevalent component in today’s fast-paced world which can negatively impact on an individual’s health and well-being.

However, Spa Manager, Liza Williams from the Granny Mouse Spa team says that “Massage therapy is beneficial in many ways, with the top factor being reduction in tension and stress and with so many of us having high stress levels due to work load, family responsibility, financial status and more; massage helps your mind relax and your body circulate blood and put tired muscles to rest.

“There are many types of massage that assist in stress relief,” Williams adds. “These include Swedish massage, using long strokes, vibration, tapping and deep circular movements, Deep Tissue which uses slower, forceful strokes to target deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue, Sports massage that is similar to Swedish but is aimed at people involved in sports to help or prevent injuries, Trigger point massage, which focuses on areas of tight muscle fibres that can form after injury or overuse and Hot Stone, which uses smooth and flat heated stones placed on key areas of the body, to mention a few,” she adds.

If you are looking at relieving your stress by starting with massage, Williams lists a few things you can expect when going for a massage. Firstly, you will be asked to fill out a form or asked questions about your health status and the symptoms you are experiencing.

Secondly, if you are in a private environment (such as the Granny Mouse Spa) you will be asked to undress in either a separate room or the therapist will leave the room and return once given the go ahead. Undress only to the point you feel most comfortable with and lie down or sit on the massage table where you will be covered with a sheet or towel, depending on your massage technique, to begin the therapy.

Once the therapy has ended, you should feel relaxed and calm and free of anxiety. Depending on the type of massage, you should feel less tension and pain relief.

According to the American Psychological Association, “Forty-three percent of all adults suffer adverse health effects from stress [and] stress is linked to the six leading causes of death – heart disease, cancer, lung ailments, accidents, cirrhosis of the liver, and suicide.”

If you are feeling stressed, don’t stress any further, why not book a massage at Granny Mouse Spa and allow our trained therapists to treat you.

Find our Spa menu on our website at http://www.grannymouse.co.za/our-spa/ or call 031 234 4071.