Though best known for expanding the limits of human thought, the great philosophers were also ardent proponents of massages—rarely furrowing their brows without first giving one another thought-clearing shoulder and foot rubs. Today’s Groupon will wipe out lingering philosophical knots and illogical tensions. For $39, you get a 50-minute aromatherapy massage (a $75 value) and a 25-minute reflexology massage (a $40 value) from Maximum Image Salon and Day Spa, a $115 total value. You'll also receive 35% off any hair service scheduled while booking your massages.

Maximum Image customizes its aromatherapy massage to fit your needs snugly like a pair of warm leather pants. One of their skilled licensed massage therapists will knead and karate chop wherever stress cinderblocks are lodged in your muscles, coupling each motion with awakening, rejuvenating scents such as lavender, oranges, and bacon. Properly reduced to putty, you'll then experience the soothing reflexology massage. By pressing at precise nerve points throughout the hands and feet that correspond directly to certain organs and functions of the body, your therapist will help stimulate depressed, depleted, or downright shy portions of your body and bestow you with a more whole sense of well-being.

While you wait for your dual giftments in the relaxing 4,000-square-foot studio in Riverside, chat with a gossipy fern or jump up and down on the squishy leather couches. The soothing, coolly lit atmosphere will initiate the calming process, stimulating deep-seeded stressors to bubble to the surface, making them much easier to squash into submission.

Reviews

Maximum Image Salon and Day Spa was featured on LatinoLA! for its healing philosophy. Ten SpaFinders give the salon and spa four out of five stars:

• "Taking care of yourself, your body is something that Maximum Image is all about. Their philosophy is healing. It's a holistic, natural feel. The skin care level is done with botanicals and natural ingredients. We want to heal from the inside out," says Cindy ["Calderete" Jamneshan, manager]. – Lisa Zion, LatinoLA!
• The massage was great, the lady was very response to what I told her about where my muscles where tight and how much pressure I wanted. – JenniferG, SpaFinder
• All of the girls were so welcoming and nice and made me feel comortable [sic]. I usually try to get a facial or a massage twice a year, but now it is definatly [sic] going to be more frequent! – pg57, SpaFinder