Topeka Spa and Massage

Avenue Hair Styling and Day Spa's seasoned aestheticians beautify bodies with a range of noninvasive prettifying techniques from haircuts to body wraps. An expansive ocean mural presides over the scene as massages unfurl muscles, and clenched fists release their tension during a pampering manicure and a paraffin treatment that reduces lines, like a speedy ticket redeemer at an amusement park. As stylists snip locks in the wood-paneled salon, guests can bid adieu to leg fuzzies before an aerodynamics-promoting waxing. Avenue Hair Styling and Day Spa proudly throws its hair in the ring of the Locks of Love program, a nonprofit dedicated to matching donated tresses to disadvantaged children.

The licensed massage therapists at Natural Healers Health and Wellness Clinic each have more than 800 hours of experience with more than 10 types of bodywork and massage. In addition to the classics—Swedish, deep tissue, and sports—they perform less common modalities such as geriatric massage, myofascial release, steam therapy, and massages designed to restore range of motion to aging department store mannequins. In-depth client intake forms help each therapist design a fully customized session that targets specific regions of tension or pain, while also allowing clients to pinpoint their preferred level of pressure.

Abundant Life Health Center's owner and naturopath Jane Tetuan champions natural solutions to her clients' health concerns with holistic services such as toxin-ousting footbaths, massage therapy, and wellness assessments. Visitors can report to Jane for a full-body health consultation and assessment, in which clients enumerate any ailments or chronic pain sources. Jane then charts a regimen of holistic prevention and treatment strategies, which may include nutrition planning and a body scan that reveals trapped, unrealized yawns.

Licensed massage therapist Rachel Mercer, the hands behind Revitalizing Touch Massage, has experience working with a diverse list of clients ranging from children and the elderly to athletes at the University of Kansas. Her nimble digits seek out stress with a wide range of massage modalities, including Swedish, deep-tissue, prenatal, sports, hot-stone, and chair massage. Rachel uses these techniques to facilitate a variety of benefits, ranging from increased joint flexibility to decreased depression, less anxiety, and reduction of spasms and cramping.

Though they specialize in diverse fields—Rolfing, massage therapy, and acupuncture, to name a few—the team members at Kinetikos Bodywork Therapy work together to balance the body’s internal systems and eliminate roadblocks on the pathway to physical and mental well being. The center’s certified Rolfers work to improve skeletal alignment through holistic fascial-manipulation techniques that approach the body as an integrated structure. In the same spirit, craniosacral therapists work with the bones of the skull to manipulate the central nervous system, and acupuncturists tap into the body’s regenerative abilities with strategically placed needles. Not to be outdone, the center’s massage experts also draw in clients thanks to their diversified skills, which encompass deep-tissue pressure and sports techniques designed to assuage muscles injured while sprinting across fields or walking through batting cages.

Judging from their natural ability to make small talk while cutting or coloring hair with precision, one might guess that The Beauty Bar’s hairstylists were actual bartenders in their former lives. That hypothesis is supported by the fact that guests are treated to complimentary mocktails upon arriving at the 2,100-square-foot salon. When they aren’t pouring shots of nourishing lotion and shampoo, the staff wax away unwanted body and facial hair, host spa parties, and prep brides-to-be for trips down the aisle. The salon’s nail technicians offer a full slate of natural nail treatments headlined by their signature ice-cream pedicure—a treat that includes a ME! Bath strawberry-ice-cream footbath, a marshmallow foot mask, and a maraschino cherry affixed to each toe.