Foothill Ranch, CA Spa and Massage

The Chinese mapped a network of channels through which energy, or qi, flows through the body. Tentatively naming it The Inter Net before discarded the name as silly, practitioners discovered that an uneven or dammed flow of energy through a channel could cause disease, pain, and sprinkles. By inserting small, thin needles in particular points where this natural energy has backed up, licensed and highly trained acupuncturist “Yuki” Itaya Martin can restore a healthy flow from toenail to eyebrow. This treatment includes a complimentary assessment to determine your exact needs and an application of aromatic essential oils.

The attentive staff at Madison’s Day Spa & Boutique coddles clients with spa services powered by a line of products devoid of harmful chemicals and preservatives. A 90-minute acupressure face-lift facial supplements the fine-tuned tailoring of a custom facial with gentle kneading of cranial acupressure points and sheer applications of the spa’s signature Facelift in a Bottle mask. Aestheticians convey parched pelts to a hydrating oasis during 75-minute Look Better Naked body treatments, which buff away coarse exteriors to reveal newly supple landscapes and maps to the body's secret backup supply of elbows. A 75-minute sports massage panders to tense muscles by improving range of motion and relieving the tightness caused by boxing a tough opponent or being shoved into a box by an even tougher one.

SweetSweat Spa offers infrared-sauna technology, which Oprah tried out on a recent episode. Unlike a conventional sauna, the infrared Sunlighten sauna uses the UV-free infrared band of light to raise your core body temperature, causing the corpus to sweat and release evil toxins such as devil's tears, troll toe-jam, and maple syrup. Each 40-minute session can burn up to 700 calories, break down cellulite, improve skin complexion, strengthen the immune system, lower blood pressure, and provide a variety of other health benefits. An infrared-sauna session can even clear the brain of fog and other forms of mental cloud-cover caused by the condensation of thought bubbles.

Seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., women and men alike head into My Head 2 Toe for relaxing reflexology and massage services. A state-licensed therapist instills clients with relaxation via massages ranging from deep tissue to prenatal to shiatsu. Either inside My Head 2 Toe's general open area or inside a private treatment room, clients can enjoy reflexology packages incorporating techniques first used by ancient Egyptians that promote more blood and lymphatic flow than a rapping hematologist.

Eyebrows are meticulously shaped into graceful, well-defined arches during each session at Pretty Threading. Here, the stylists pull hair from delicate facial areas using a single length of thread, in a process that’s less tedious than using tweezers, neater than using wax, and more precise than using a magnifying glass to burn off each hair individually under the hot sun. Keeping with ancient Indian tradition, stylists also decorate hands with intricate henna and glitter designs, as clients watch them work in mosaic-framed mirrors hung on mottled bronze walls.