sauna therapy
A traditional sauna is a wood-lined, insulated room, heated by stones in a stove for a dry heat. From over 2,000 years of traditions in the Finnish, Russian, Korean, and Native American cultures to modern saunas with infrared rays, the benefits are numerous. Saunas reduce muscle tension, high blood pressure, inflammation, and heart attacks. They also reduce the perception of pain by releasing endorphins and elevating mood.
Spa Palace
Los Angeles, CA
The Spa Palace is a 24 hr hydrotherapy spa in the K-town area of Los Angeles, CA. There is separate spas for men and women and a co-ed area with therapy rooms, resting areas, and a restaurant. I wasn’t planning on doing a spa review but I’m glad I checked this spa out, I highly recommend it.
Towel Meditation
A towel meditation draws healing benefits from nature therapy, meditation therapy, energy therapy, beauty therapy, hydrotherapy, and sauna therapy. Simply lay in the sun, protect your skin, stay hydrated, and activate cod mode.
New Year Tradition 2024
Los Angeles, CA
Grand Spa in K-town, a 24-hour women’s only spa, great for soaking, sweating, and rejuvenating for the new year. Before the spa, I stopped by Porto’s and the Griffith Observatory with Stirbee.
Hugh Spa
Los Angeles, CA
A women’s only spa in K-Town, Los Angeles, Hugh Spa is cute, cozy, and pretty. Go during nonbusy hours like a Wednesday evening, and you’ll practically have the place to yourself. In the wet spa, they have a steam room, salt hot tub, and a mugwort tea bath. In the dry room, they have an oxygen room, clay room, cold room, magnet infrared room, and salt room. There are also rest areas, eating tables, and vanities.
Gardena Women Sauna
Gardena, CA
Women-only spa in Gardena, CA with a hot tub, warm tub, cold tub with salt, steam room, and cedar sauna. Upstairs, there is a clay room, jade room, and mud room. Also a dining table and a living room with Korean ladies watching goofy Korean shows.
Century Spa
Los Angeles, CA
10/10 spa in K-town. A spacious hydrotherapy spa with extreme temp tubs, a cedar sauna, a eucalyptus steam room, and another steam room lined with hot stones. A Jim Jil Bang with more therapy rooms: a clay room, a cold room, a stone room, and a gold room. A two-level driving range, a full gym, and a Korean restaurant. It’s clean, tasteful, and an excellent recharge after the 2024 Conscious Life Expo.
Descanso Garden Spa
Tujunga, CA
Descanso Garden Spa has really nice staff. The women’s spa has a steam room, cedar sauna, hot tub, cold plunge, and lounge. The upstairs community space has many therapy rooms. There are several nap rooms, a salt room, a cold room, a germanium room, an oxygen room, and a room of yellow soil and charcoal, all perfect for meditation.
Sauna Cycle Meditation
A sauna cycle is a temperature circuit to destress and invigorate the body. From heat to cold, and then rest, hydrotherapy spas provide many options to customize your spa and meditation experience.
First Impressions on Contrast Therapy at Float Seattle (Greenwood)
Seattle, WA
With 15 minutes in a 157° F infrared sauna and 1 minute in a 45° F cold plunge, I feel like I discovered an advanced spa treatment that cleared my depression, erased my shoulder pain, and brightened my complexion.
CJ Grand Spa
Northridge, CA
Time in the hot tub, steam room, cold plunge, and lounge, is my favorite type of spa night. I was so relaxed in this women’s area that I forgot to check out their co-ed therapy spaces: clay room, salt room, ice room, and jade meditation room.
Sauna Traditions from Finland
Finland has been ranked the happiest country in the world and perhaps an insight into their wellness culture can lead us to understand that the sauna can be a place where “you don’t need to be anything else than who you are.”
Crystal Spa
Los Angeles, CA
The Korean culture’s got it right when it comes to spas. Crystal Spa also has a Mud Room, Salt Room, Cool Room, Cedar Sauna, Steam Room, pools, and more. After a sleepless night, I tried this place out and felt well-rested and calm with super soft skin.
Wi Spa
Los Angeles, CA
Wi Spa is a co-ed 24-hour Korean spa with four floors. The ground floor is the check-in, gym, and men’s spa. The second floor has multiple lounge areas, a restaurant, and five therapy rooms. The basement is the women-only spa with three pools, a steam room, a cedar sauna, a lounge, and a beauty shop. Don’t forget to check out their rooftop deck on top.
New Years at the Grand Spa
Los Angeles, CA
The square footage at the Grand Spa is a bit smaller than other Korean spas in Los Angeles but its cozy vibes make up for it. With its futuristic lighting, great wet spa, and cozy reclining chairs, I feel like I‘m visiting a rich aunt who has everything. It’s perfect for easing tension and welcoming positive energy for the new year.
Craniosacral Therapy at Vita Nova Spa
Kenmore, WA
Between massage therapy and energy work, Craniosacral Therapy dedicates an hour to the fascia tissues around the head to restore the nervous system’s flow.
Cryo + Sauna + Float at Reboot Float & Cryo Spa (Mission)
San Francisco, CA
Wow, 3 mins in a -165° whole-body Cryo chamber, 30 mins in a 145° sauna, and 60 mins in a relaxing float pod, energized me to explore San Francisco from one end to the other.
Spa With Me Meditation
I’ve noticed that my thoughts differ when I meditate in a sauna vs an ice room. In this meditation, I visualize going through different spa spaces, tuning into my body, and sharing subtle characteristics in tension-releasing, mental shifts, and energetic qualities.
Infrared Jade Sauna Cocoon at FLOATWELL
Vancouver, WA
It’s not really a sauna, it is a vibrating platform in a warm cocoon lined with jade stones, red LED light therapy and Himalayan salt particles. After 30 minutes, I came out feeling rejuvenated and grateful for FloatWell’s women-owned values.