Taylors, SC 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.

As massage therapists and yoga instructors, Jesamine Mello and Jill Burynski are able to integrate both disciplines in their treatment plans. The duo performs Swedish massages, hot-stone massages, and Thai bodywork sessions, and blends these modalities together with integrative massage. During private yoga lessons, they teach basic sequences and fluid transitions, giving clients the tools they need to practice at home or while trapped in elevators.