See on Instagram. Venik Platza Archimedes Banya. Miles from downtown, Archimedes Banya is an urban sanctuary with a clothing-optional hammam that offers globally-inflected treatments for more adventurous spa-goers. When we're feeling brave, we brace ourselves for traditional Russian treatments like the venik platza, a light "massage" read: beating with birch branches in a hot steam room.
For something a little more humane, the hammam body wash and massage is divine. Bayview , banyasf. The rooms aren't the only thing that underwent a revamp at the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley in Step into the glorious spa for an minute signature massage, perfect for soothing your skin with ginger, coriander, and plai essential oils and heated bamboo wands.
You'll leave pink as a newborn babe and just as soft. Make a day of it with a dip in the famous pool it's where they filmed Mrs. She is highly skilled in such divergent practices as lymphatic massage, aromatherapy, and life coaching. With a holistic approach to healing, Bravo whips our minds and muscles into shape in no time with treatments that include decoding our star charts and untangling neck knots.
The warming ginger honey massage revitalizes our skin with an anti-inflammatory bee propolis body wrap so sweet we'd almost lick it off. Russian River , farmhouseinn. Pain is beauty, and nowhere is this truer than at the Korean-style Imperial Spa, where the vigorous full-body scrubs obliterate dead skin cells and stimulate circulation in every bodily nook and cranny. Those of us who can handle it will emerge with perfectly creamy skin, made even smoother with a soothing smattering of oils, cucumber, yogurt, and milk.
Pacific Heights , imperialdayspa. We like to enhance our immune systems and reduce stress with the abhyanga oil massage with shirodharaβthe traditional Ayurvedic treatment in which warm oil is slowly poured in a continuous stream across the forehead and scalp.
