Ottawa Spa and Massage

For more than 20 years, trainers at Glebe Fitness have continually updated their techniques to keep pace with the best exercise studies and fitness techniques available. Their rotating catalogue of on-site classes includes such ubiquitous favourites as Zumba, Pilates, spinning, and yoga. They also helm daily boot camps that feature different exercises every day, building specific muscles up with specific workouts and specific compliments about their taste in music.

The staff at Advanced Wellness Centre aim to use their talents for everything from simple relaxation to assuaging chronic pain. Clients pull in to a parking spot before making themselves at home amid the yellow walls of a white Victorian house’s first-floor suite. After a consultation concerning medical and human-cannonballing history, visitors can take advantage of holistic services that range from nutritional guidance to acupuncture.

The aestheticians at Princess W, located inside Hair by Joe, revitalize bodies with a slew of soothing salon services. They keep skin smooth with body and facial waxing, pierce ears and noses, and tint brows and lashes. They also help clients take care of their outer shells with skincare tips that advise wearing sunscreen, exfoliating regularly, and getting a new foundation as you age or change races.

Operating within Merio's Hair Design or at private events around the city, Relaxation Station provides people with contact-free massages with the help of the SpaCapsule. The station's singular hydro-massage machine kneads muscles from legs to upper backs with adjustable high-pressure jets through a waterproof membrane that keeps skin and clothes dry and prevents pruning. As the jets work, soothing aromatherapy scents mist about the massage space, relaxing music plays, and a slideshow of images of water, verdant fields, and knitting kittens soothes irises. Like conventional massage, hydro-massage has a variety of health benefits, such as stress reduction, improved sleep, and relaxed muscles. The innovative machine takes massages up a notch, however, earning nods from The Doctors, Good Morning America, and NBC News.

Clients who only have a little bit of time to spend at Darlene's Beauty Salon & Spa might have a hard deciding which service to ask for. They could concentrate on the nails and opt for a spa pedicure or an application of long-lasting Shellac polish, or they could make skin a priority by undergoing a spa or hydration facial. But the best use of their time just might be colour correction, cap highlights, or another hair service; that way, they get to lean back in the plush reclining chairs that sit in front of the salon's shampoo sinks and stare at the ceiling until they see a 3-D sailboat.