Brunswick, ME Spa and Massage

"Hara" is a term for a person's energy center. Hara Holistic Bodycenter earns that name by giving its clients a place to reenergize through therapeutic bodywork. The center’s cocreators and licensed massage therapists draw on studies in Eastern massage and holistic bodywork to reduce stress and chronic pain with their massage and skincare services. Botanically based products smother skin during facial treatments to cleanse and restore complexions worn down by seasonal stressors and environmental impurities. A collection of massages helps heal physical ailments such as headaches, neck and shoulder pain, and tension that comes from constantly hiding a handcuff key in your cheek.

Soothing yellow walls and sleek hardwood floors greet patrons in a healing space that invokes the chi-rejuvenating elements of the natural world. Lush, green plants stretch out their leaves to tickle weary muscles, and a wall of branches filters the warm sunlight that seeps through a thin screen in the window.

More than 10 facial options and 7 massage modalities highlight Element Day Spa's service menu, which promises treatments that erase the signs of aging and chase away stress. Located near area ski resorts, natural light floods the lobby and private treatment rooms, where it illuminates MD Formulations massage and spa products that cleanse skin, ease muscle tension, and lip-synch lullabies to inner ears. Unwanted hair gets the sticky boot with waxing services for the brow, limbs, and bikini area, and nail services color digits with long-lasting, UV-cured Shellac polish. Stylists can customize cuts to every face shape or add vibrancy and texture to newly sculpted coifs with hair color, frosting, gloss, or spackle. After their treatments, clients can leave the spa laden with bareMinerals cosmetics and versatile Miche bags from the onsite boutique.

Administered by a staff that includes licensed cosmologists, massage therapists, and medical professionals, Salon Freeport & Day Spa's services aim to find the balance between beauty and relaxation. Stylists employ botanical products from the likes of Eufora, Sothys, and Davines to sculpt new hairdos that look and taste delicious. For more permanent makeovers, the staff delivers nonsurgical face-lifts, cellulite treatments, and facials customized to specific skin conditions.

A lineup of relaxation services complements these beauty-focused treatments. Custom foot spas warm clients as they relax in cushy pedicure chairs and recharge their internal batteries with complimentary espressos. Within massage rooms, nimble fingers coat bodies in warm stones while kneading muscles until tension melts away.

Relaxation blooms in every season at Sunflower Grace, where licensed therapist Christine Wilke calls upon her training in massage, polarity, and Japanese Reiki to pamper minds and bodies with a variety of healing services. Christine’s nimble hands spoil backs and shoulders with soothing strokes that release tension at specific pressure points. Polarity therapy blends massage with proper nutrition and exercise to repave internal energy pathways and settle disputes between bickering minds and bodies. During Japanese Reiki treatments, Christine enlists invisible energies and gentle, non-invasive techniques to combat stress, stimulate internal healing, and extract loose change lodged between shoulders.

A belief in traditional Indian ayurvedic medicine and holistic principles has helped shaped Bernadette Hawkes's worldly aesthetic approach. Her treatments incorporate various therapeutic modalities, and she uses a variety of organic salves to simultaneously nourish and beautify the skin. Her vast repertoire allows her to perform a variety of relaxing treatments, including scalp massages with specially blended oils, ear candling, personalized facials, and heartfelt croons of "Bridge Over Troubled Water." Hawkes can also smooth out skin surfaces with waxing treatments. She'll cover the affected fuzzy area with high-end natural wax, uproot the offending hairs, and then immediately apply a soothing cream to minimize discomfort.

Crystal Lake Spa is a place where clients head for everything from bed and spray tanning to laser treatments and psychic readings. Groups can celebrate the half birthday of the inventor of the loofah by booking spa parties, during which they nosh on complimentary food and wine as they enjoy discounted treatments. Treatments take place in a spa setting marked by dark-wood accents and down-home knickknacks such as plush bunnies and ornamental plates.