Nashville Spa and Massage

Though Trinity Natural Healing offers many traditional massage services, the holistic healing center is worlds away from a typical spa. Run by founder Katrina Tsacrios, the center blends Eastern and Western techniques to treat pain and fatigue as well as any underlying causes such as energy blockages, chronic inflammation, or a habit of sleepjogging. Katrina, who earned her massage-therapy license in 2005, prefers to take a holistic rather than clinical approach to healing physical and spiritual ailments. Her techniques blend traditional massage with therapies designed to balance energy, including reiki, polarity therapy, and acupressure.

At Angie & Co., savvy stylists employ Matrix and Redken products to transform tresses with new styles and fresh hues. Their scissors flit through manes as they practice the latest techniques, crafting bobs or layered 'dos. The salon team also waxes away unwanted fuzz, brightens nails with polish, and employs expert massages to melt stress, like butter on the blushing face of an embarrassed teenager.

Eight years ago, fellow massage students Terrie and Bret Lonow watched the rising sun from the back of Bret's pick-up truck, sipping coffee and imagining a future together in business. Today, the friendship has blossomed into a marriage and the dream into a reality. The pair of therapists helm Massage Way, where they employ flowing strokes, targeted pressure, and hydrating oils or lotions to fend off the physical, mental, and spiritual manifestations of stress—such as soreness and the development of a third brain lobe to house surplus worries. Swedish, deep-tissue, sports, and reflexology modalities ease pain and cultivate relaxation in a warm, serene room with quiet music, and treatments in the massage chair prompt similar benefits in briefer periods of time.

Adagio Massage Co. & Spa sows the seeds of relaxation with buckets of natural remedies. For more than two decades, the company's staff has fought the good fight against the ravages of the elements and the small indignities of time with a flotilla of services, including skincare regimens or massages delivered by male or female therapists. Guests kick back with a complimentary drink and organic dessert, and customize their own treatments by choosing music, aromatherapy, specialty oils, and a pet name for their massage bed to add to the relaxation.