Sevierville, TN Spa and Massage

A quaint veranda welcomes guests into Mountain Oasis Day Spa with an interior permeated by hardwood floors and cozy waiting chairs. Licensed acupuncturist and longtime shiatsu practitioner Peter Shea approaches health and wellness problems with holistic answers. He learned this treatment mentality while earning his master's of oriental medicine at the International Institute of Chinese Medicine in Santa Fe. Joanne Shea, Peter's partner and an instructor in Eastern medicine at the North Carolina School of Advanced Bodywork, plays her part by calming achy muscles and improving sluggish circulation with a slate of massages. Aesthetician Christi Dilts rounds out the team with her facials and waxing services to render skin as soft as a chinchilla's loofah.

Aisha Temple, owner and operator of Temple Aesthetics The Sacred Skin Care Studio, combines aesthetic expertise with a passion for herbal and holistic wellness in her natural-beauty services. In addition to being a licensed aesthetician and manicurist, Temple is a member of the Association of Holistic Skin Care Practitioners, a natural fit for someone with a background in herbalism. Advanced microdermabrasion and light-therapy treatments even skin tone and discoloration while reducing the appearance of fine lines, and botanically enriched facial treatments for men and women soothe skin. As a certified oncology aesthetician, Temple tends to cancer patients with organic and natural oncology skincare designed especially to ease chemotherapy’s effects on the skin by using healing touch and herbs. In addition to working from her low-lit, brick-walled hideaway, Temple offers mobile beauty services for bridal parties, private events, and sports teams looking to bond on the road.

Rick Verastegui is a jack-of-all-trades. As a kid, Rick could be spotted marching around his yard holding a trashcan above his head, imitating either bodybuilder Charles Atlas or the neighborhood's most muscular garbage man. Although he eventually set the trashcan down, Rick never lost his passion for health. He carried that into adolescence and adulthood, earning a black belt in karate, playing football, and becoming a certified personal trainer.

In between all of that, Rick found time to earn his master's degree in business, plus degrees in Spanish, government, and economics—all of which he taught at some point. Still, fitness remained an integral part of his life. Rick expanded on his already lengthy resumé by becoming a nationally certified massage therapist, a skill he practices extensively at Unearth the Power. Rick also provides weight-training, stretching, and bodywork services, all while using his diverse background to connect with clients.

The licensed massage therapists at Wow! I Could Use a Massage! unwind coiled musculature by customizing one of three therapeutic massage types to suit each patient's needs. Inspired by a basic Swedish massage, the Wow! Experience blends light and medium pressure to coddle muscles into a soothed state and get blood flowing better than a newspaper headline about aliens storming the White House. The Medium Pressure Refresher combines Swedish strokes with even firmer pressure to relieve back soreness, and Deep Pressure Therapy manipulates trigger points and aims to extract pain and tension.