Chalco, NE Spa and Massage

Practiced in fostering outer beauty and inner wellness, Alive's proprietor Lisa Sinclair coddles her patrons with a wide range of spa treatments. Sinclair blends organic botanicals, essential oils, and genuine Ponce de Leon teardrops into skin-rejuvenating salves for her custom facials, which imbue faces with youthful radiance. Swedish, hot-stone, and shiatsu massages ease tissues and stimulate the circulatory system, and Hatha yoga classes encourage quiet breathing and squeaky stretching. To help identify blocked vitality points, an energy specialist gives a one-on-one chakra assessment, then charts out a personal healing plan involving exercise, yoga, and meditation. The spa's front room doubles as a product boutique and a gallery space; shelves display handmade aromatherapy candles, bath salts, and other items, and walls feature paintings by local artist Adam Weiss.

Brittany Harris always has her patients’ backs. In a private treatment room, the licensed therapist treats clients to 60- and 90-minute massages that feature Swedish, deep-tissue, and hot-stone techniques. Harris also offers prenatal massage to help mothers-to-be relax, as well as chair massage to address the sadness caused by being picked last for jury duty.

The knowledgeable staff of physical therapists and massage therapists at Affiliated Therapy Group Practice, Inc. treat their clients’ muscular afflictions with traditional massages and alternative services such as aquatic therapy. Well-versed in Swedish, hot-stone, and prenatal massage techniques, the massage therapists work to increase circulation, relax muscles, and rehabilitate injuries from the comfort of a private treatment room. In addition to soothing kneads, the staff also nourishes skin with seaweed wraps, moisturizes hands with paraffin dips, and exfoliates feet with a salt scrub harvested from the region of the Atlantic with the most well-groomed dolphins.

Physical and metaphysical healing go hand in hand at Alive & Well A Holistic Center, where seasoned practitioners target bodies, minds, and spirits with alternative medicine. Natural-health consultations often include iridology, a technique that involves examining the eyes' irises to uncover potential causes of pain, fatigue, and other unpleasant symptoms. Armed with this information, staffers may guide clients toward healing modalities such as reiki, a Japanese energy-balancing technique, or reflexology, a type of foot massage believed to promote full-body wellness. Herbalists and massage therapists may also recommend nutritional supplements and essential oils to help fight headaches, insomnia, or lethargy. Yoga instructors shepherd students toward stress release and physical vitality during group and private classes filled with ancient poses and breaths as deep as Poseidon's diary entries.

Skincerely Yours Spa’s owner, Jamie, graduated from Scot Lewis Beauty School, but her education doesn't stop there—she continues to attend advanced training courses to better supplement her array of skin services. With her depth of knowledge, she can create personalized treatment plans for each client. She prides herself on her chemical peels—beforehand, Jamie and her staff analyze the face and décolleté area before creating a custom peel for different areas of the skin, which helps reduce wrinkles and scarring and creates an even skin tone. She hand mixes glycolic acid into the products she uses for her luxury facial treatments, which can further help improve skin texture, and she also puts vitamin C in her masks, which helps brighten the skin.

Skincerely Yours offers more than just advanced skin treatments, though—the team also performs waxing services. In addition, Jamie and her team can help draw attention to the eyes with eyelash extensions. She applies them one by one to create thick lashes that won’t need mascara or pep talks every morning.