The body stands up to gravity's bullying every day, while the mind and soul leisurely spend their time playing Sudoku and filling up on chicken soup. Butter up your body with today's Groupon to Spa DeVries in Sarasota. Choose between the following options:

• For $35, you get your choice of a single facial ritual (an $80 value).
• For $40, you get a 60-minute Swedish or deep-tissue massage (an $80 value).

Spa DeVries's devoted staffers soothe skin and relax muscles in a serene environment accented with earth tones and stocked with soft linens. Patrons willingly submit to the deep pore cleansing and exfoliation of the spa's basic facial rituals, which include the wrinkle-zapping Phytoactive ritual and the hydrating, nutrient-rich Moisture Drench ritual, working to restore vitality through a method perfected by the slip 'n slide. Each 50-minute ritual includes extractions and a relaxing facial massage and concludes with a mask and moisturizer. One-hour Swedish massages utilize long, smooth strokes to alleviate back, shoulder, and hyper-extended bellybutton aches, and deep-tissue sessions utilize more focused pressure to loosen back knots tied by tricky sailors. Both massages increase circulation and bolster the immune system.