Cambridge, MA Spa and Massage

Mount Auburn Club strives to be a one-stop shop for fitness, wellness, and recreation. Members can sweat as they cheer on their favorite infomercials in the cardio theater, plunge into the salt-filtrated lap pool, or practice their tennis strokes out on 11 indoor and outdoor courts, which were featured on the Tennis Channel. Professional fitness instructors pump upbeat music for more than 90 group fitness classes each week, from Les Mills classes such as BodyPump to spinning and Zumba. The mind/body classes include five styles of yoga, tai chi, and ballet barre. Joint-friendly aquatics classes take place in the four-lane, 75-foot-long lap pool overlooking the gardens and deck. Swimmers can recover in the whirlpool after practicing their synchronized doggy paddling.

The club's personal trainers help members map out fitness plans centered on achieving their personal goals. After they've worked out on equipment such as TRX Suspension Training bands or BOSU balls, exercisers can head to the café for one of Chef Julio's healthful creations or submit themselves to the spa team’s capable hands for massages, facials, and other pampering treatments.

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European-trained owner and biochemist Doina Mandrila and her team of aestheticians perform soothing spa services inspired by international beauty traditions. The Orient Essence Ceremony incorporates smooth Balinese pebbles and exotic oils into a relaxing massage, and the full-body hydration of the Velvet Skin Miracle mimics the thermal springs of the city of Spa in Belgium. The spa’s luxurious facials slather skin in natural ingredients, such as dandelion and moisturizing honey. Staff also specialize in gentlemen's facials and treatments formulated specifically for teenage skin issues, such as acne. Waxing services customize or banish body hair, while massage therapy leaves bodies in a state more relaxed than if Mr. Rogers governed Hawaii.

Veteran aesthetician and makeup artist Robin Erb has over 20 years in the business and a self-branded makeup line. She'll collaborate with you and help you choose a full lash extension ($250) that fits your desired look, whether you want to make a lasting impression with flashy lashes fit for a party or just a subtle addition for everyday wear. Complement your new eye whiskers with the arch and thickness of an expertly crafted eyebrow wow ($30). Robin will align your brow to the overall form and proportions of your face with a shaping, waxing, tweezing, and pleasing of your face caterpillars.

At Sain Visage, visitors can choose from a wide variety of facials, massages, and body treatments that effectively shed stress and dispel voodoo hexes. A 60-minute oxygen facial ($95) enhances blood circulation and rejuvenates skin, while a 40-minute express-treatment facial ($60) includes a light exfoliation, massage, and finishing mask. If you need to relieve tension while on break from the Pop–Tart factory, allow your muscles to become sweet fruit-purée beneath the hands of an expert therapist during a 30-minute de-stressor massage ($50). Or play hookey and languish your relaxation time with a 60-minute Swedish massage ($85), which uses long and smooth strokes with gentle to medium pressure. Body treatments exfoliate fleshoskeletons with services such as the 50-minute salt-glo body scrub ($80) that uses natural salts to polish the skin like a cellophane-wrapped Ferrari. Patrons can kick back and soak in the relaxing atmosphere and striking décor that features soothing lighting, soft tones, and comfy furnishings.

Balanced Health’s team of benevolent manipulators spreads its skills across several massage modalities—including deep-tissue, sports, Swedish, prenatal, oncology, and shiatsu —to release tension and rehabilitate stress-induced injuries. The hands of an experienced therapist glide across backs like a swan ice-skating across a pond, drawing stress away with every stroke. Opt for a Swedish massage to bask in firm, measured pressure that unfurls knotted tissues and refolds them into origami kittens that paw lovingly at muscles long after the hour ends. Alternatively, a therapeutic sports session stretches soft tissue and outfits joints with factory-fresh pairs of Air Jordans.