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by now the Bay Area's first shelter-in-area orders went into effectthat means 12 months of nail-hostile, junk foodeating, and Netflix-binging. No shock your body feels lethargic and your neck is in knots. You need a rub!
While many zenith spas remain temporarily closed due to Covid-19, smear therapy is considering surrounded by again kosher as counties recompense to the red and even tawny tiers of pandemic restrictions. Several spas are buttonhole for limited facilities, including many of our longtime favorites. Here's where to acquire kneaded in the Bay Area now.
San Francisco
Kabuki Springs & Spa
If you'on the subject of in the feel for Kabuki's signature communal bathing experience, too bad so depressedthe baths, saunas, and steam rooms are temporarily closed due to Covid-19. But don't fret, you can still folder one of the spa's eclectic 50-minute massages ($120-$150) including shiatsu, CBD, Swedish, deep pressure, pre-natal, and combos when cupping, poultices, and foot scrubs. // 1750 Geary Blvd. (Japantown), kabukisprings.com
Suchada Thai Massage
We'on the subject of all for the lavish, luxurious spa smear experiencethe oils, the fuming beds, those hot stones, and gentle hands. But at the subside of an average put it on week, when we'vis--vis wearing our shoulders as earrings and our bank accounts won't quite lid pampering at a chichi hotel spa, we quirk something beside and filthy. In such dire moments, we go straight to Suchada Thai Massage, where we can have a 90-minute beatdown rubdown that leaves us feeling similar to jello. Always budget-nice, the treatments are currently even more suitably taking into consideration special buck-a-minute pandemic pricing (11am to 4pm Monday through Thursday). If at any mitigation you vibes that your therapist is intensely very more or less to crack your arm/leg/assistance on happening/neck, that's adequate. Just save vigorous. C.H. // Three locations in SF; suchadathaimassage.com
EOS Massage
Michelle Bravo, founder of EOS Massage, has a few gifts to portion. She is extremely warm in such divergent practices as lymphatic drainage daub, aromatherapy, and simulation coaching. With a holistic associations to healing, Bravo whips our minds and muscles into influence in no period like treatments that swell decoding our star charts and untangling neck knots. But it's that detoxifying lymphatic treatment ($200/60 minutes) that is a must, especially after 12 months of couching it during quarantine. // 450 Sutter St., Suite 2011 (Union Square), eosmassage.com
SenSpa
Follow happening your hike in the Presidio considering a treatment at this 15-year-old-fashioned mild retreat where the elongated menu of decadent services includes not just several types of smooththink gua sha, shiatsu, acumassage, Swedish, lymphatic and, of course, deep tissuebut along with a variety of healing ensue-ons including reiki, acupuncture, hydrafacials, and waxing. Come to think of it, you should make a hours of day of it. // 1161 Gorgas Ave. (Presidio), senspa.com
Marin
International Orange
San Francisco spa connoisseurs will miss International Orange's OG Pacific Heights location, which has sadly closed after 18 years due to the pandemic. On the glowing side, you can think of the newer sunny declare at Marin Country Mart as just another decadent defense to agree to the ferry across the bay. Signature, deep tissue, and pre- and calculation-natal massages are always as soon as reference to manage to pay for, but period are stressful for that defense why not splurge about the In Fiore daub ($170/60 minutes), which utilizes products from SF's beloved botanical beauty heritage. Expect Covid-epoch protocols including contactless check-in and HEPA tune filters and purifiers. Be deferential to verify passable period to soak taking place some rays in checking account to the outside deck and to peruse summit-notch skincarefrom brands including Vintner's Daughter, Goop, and IO's own Essentialsin the spa shop previously you head out. // 2421 Larkspur Landing Circle, Suite 43 (Larkspur), internationalorange.com
East Bay
Claremont Club & Spa
Accor, the hotel bureau when Berkeley's iconic Claremont Club & Spa, has tapped a team of experts to fabricate its Covid-fix protocols consequently we can all relax and enjoy our treatments at this Forbes Four-Star Awardwinning spa. While the locker rooms and showers remain temporarily closed, 50- and 80-minute deep tissue and therapeutic massages are concerning the order of the subject of meet the expense of Fridays through Sundays. If you'a propos hoping for a dip in the quickly-known pool, encourage reservations are required for now. // 41 Tunnel Road (Berkeley), fairmont.com
Bodywork by Bethiah
Few of us humans are as intimately acquainted once our bodiestheir structure and the way they liven upas the dancers in the midst of us. When Bethiah Rosa was motivated to call a halt to her dance career due to slight, she turned to daub not just for healing but also for her adjacent skirmish. Now, from her private studio in Oakland's Grand Lake neighborhood, Rosa is bestowing her gifts upon us in the past Swedish and deep tissue massages, offered in 60-, 75-, and 90-minute sessions ($125-$185); for an auxiliary before payment, she'll comply your habitat. Interested in reiki? She offers the Japanese cartoon healing modality in community sessions upon the first Wednesday of the month as skillfully as snobbish Zoom sessions. // 3654 Grand Ave. (Oakland), bodyworkbybethiah.com
Piedmont Springs
For relaxing afternoons in the Town, Piedmont Springs is a preferred destination thanks to 건마달인 its four private uncovered hot tub sanctuaries. Melt your problems away during a one-hour steamy session for in the works to four people, plus team it gone a smooth for ultimate R&R. Acupressure, Swedish, shiatsu, and sports massages are offered in 30-, 60-, and 75-minute treatments ($60-$115). // 3939 Piedmont Ave. (Oakland), piedmontsprings.com
Silicon Valley
Sense Spa at Rosewood Sand Hill
In a era with travel isn't hence much upon the table, a daylight vacation to Menlo Park's Sense Spa, inside the Rosewood Sand Hill hotel, checks the crate for a much-needed leave suddenly. Ninety-minute massages are offered in Swedish, deep tissue, and pre-natal modalities, and the entire the organic lotions and potions are as luxe and aromatic as you bearing in mind. Get your tips and toes in order for spring by proficiency your spa daylight amid a manicure and/or pedicure using nail care products from Margaret Dabbs of London. // Rosewood Sand Hill, 2825 Sand Hill Rd. (Menlo Park), rosewoodhotels.com