Houston Spas - The Pampered Life

Ahhhhh, the pampered life. Being wrapped in thick, soft terry robes, escorted from one healthful pleasure to another, submerging your hard-worked body into mineral-rich vital waters, warm and tranquil, after which skilled gentle hands apply special potions and wraps, and massage away all that’s tight or difficult. Just thinking about the spa experience, the pulse slows, the breath deepens, the forehead smoothes and the spirit starts to expand like vapor released from a bubble, an exhalation, a return to pure health, a necessity of the soul. The pampered life is like a feather pillow, a pillow the size of your body, into which you gently sink down. Falling into that place that you know is there all along, but somehow … forget.

It may take some effort though. What?! Relaxation should not be about effort! The problem is that life is so full of busyness that tension and routine tend to keep heaping tasks on our plates unbidden — the lists, the phone calls, the e-mails and the responsibilities. So to stop, just stop. It takes an effort. A calming effort. A deliberate fortitude to take care of yourself. To just let go.

Whether here on a vacation or a business trip, take on the wonderful duty to command yourself to do nothing. Houston has an array of beckoning spas, offering a variety of experiences, but all in concert with that deep, still place, that person you are when you’re allowed to just breathe.

Élan Day Spa invites you to visit its two locations and prepare for a royal pampering. In the warm spirit of hospitality reserved only for special friends, each visit to Élan includes complimentary champagne mimosas, wine and French/American delicacies in a sumptuous setting of red roses, jasmine scent and soft candlelight. Services include pomegranate and cranberry body polish, full body seaweed wrap, hot stone massage, European seaweed facials and spa manicures and pedicures. Regardless of the treatment selection, you will experience the finest spa treatments available from an experienced and specially trained staff of aestheticians and therapists using the only the highest quality skin care products and equipment.

Creating the pristine and chic intimacy of an Eastern retreat (think Japanese gardens, where the tiniest detail is an object of meditation), several local spas have opted for a minimalist approach. Japanese flutes play quietly as guests sip herbal tea and lean against a warmed neck pillow, while awaiting a raindrop therapy body wrap, Reiki treatment or Zen facial. Check out various full-body massage treatments, reputably the secret of the geishas’ exquisite skin for more than two millennia.

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