Lebanon, IN Spa and Massage

Philosophers call your face "the window to your head," although they would never say it to your head-window. Today's Groupon freshens faces after boostering backs with an hour-long customized massage and a 30-minute facial at Mango Bay Spa and Salon for $45 (a $130 value). Mango Bay is a tropical-themed retreat that CityVoters voted one of the best Indy day spas in 2008 and in 2007. You can either spread the bliss over two separate visits, or get your facial and back rub back-to-back.

At Simply Serene Massage, certified massage therapist Leslie Carpenter dedicates herself to helping relaxation-seekers boost wellness and vanquish maladies through an array of massage techniques and holistic services. During a signature therapeutic massage, Leslie integrates relaxation and deep-tissue massage techniques with stretching to alleviate soreness, promote circulation, and help athletes recover from strenuous exercise. Her aromatherapy and raindrop massages incorporate essential oils to court olfactory glands and instill a sense of peace and relaxation only replicated by a nap with Buddha.

Muscles are in every person's body, and those muscles need occasional maintenance. That's where the fully licensed massage therapists at Massage Advantage come in. Pretreatment consultations tailor bodywork to the needs of each client and help to target particular areas of discomfort with techniques drawn from deep-tissue, Swedish, and trigger-point modalities. Patrons slip beneath warm sheets, clad according to their own comfort level or wearing clothes borrowed from an embarrassed-looking emperor.

For more than a quarter century, Dr. Arthur Sumrall has aided his patients in their quests for wellness and rejuvenation, both inside and out. Along with the staff of Longevity Institute, he crafts custom health plans that address skincare, weight-loss, nutrition, and cosmetic concerns, such as unwanted wrinkles, veins, or imprints from napping against a parking meter. Cosmetic injections and laser treatments help refresh façades, and Longevity Institute’s diverse menu of wellness regimens includes exercise with oxygen therapy and colonics, which encourage healthy digestion and dispel toxins.

Licensed massage therapist and reiki master Andrew Garde brings bodily energies into balance and harmony with custom massage sessions. Treatment can involve the relaxing strokes of Swedish massage or the deeper probing of deep-tissue or targeted therapeutic massage, urging muscles to release long-held tension and resentment at being picked last for dodge ball. Reiki sessions redirect and rebalance energy flow through light or no touch and visualization techniques.

The licensed massage therapists at Massage Advantage dote on visitors with a slew of custom massage techniques, including Swedish, prenatal, and deep tissue. Armed with warm blankets and a credo to respect patients' privacy, therapists begin each 30- or 60-minute session with a discussion on clients' specific aches and ailments. Therapists can also haul their equipment to office buildings for workplace chair massages that help reinvigorate fatigued employees or stressed-out water coolers during 5–15 minute stints. Each succession of kneads is designed to alleviate stress, muscles soreness, and various medical conditions, such as high blood pressure.