OSMOSIS DAY SPA

THIS IS A HEALING SANCTUARY BUILT IN 1989 IN FREESTONE WHERE I SPENT 3 HOURS IN A CEDAR ENZYME BATH MADE OF CEDAR SHAVINGS AND SOME GRANULAR SMALL ENZYMES. THEY HAVE MANY SHRINES INSIDE THIS JAPANESE LOOKING BUILDING. THEIR SHRINES HAVE BUDDHA STATUES IN BRONZE, WOOD, OR OTHER METALS WITH LITTLE FOUNTAINS AND LITTLE STONES. YOU GO TO A DRESSING ROOM AND GET UNDRESSED FOR THE PRIVATE SPA. IN THE WAITING ROOM THEY GIVE YOU A WARM SHOULDER WRAP AND YOU SIT ON A COUCH MADE FROM POLISHED OAK WOOD AND LOOK OVER A BEAUTIFUL ZEN GARDEN AND SIP SOME CHAMOMILE AND MINT TEA. THEN YOU GO INTO THE ENZYME BATH THAT IS 120 DEGREES. THE COME IN TO GIVE YOU SOME COOL WATER AND A COUPLE OF COOL FACE WASH CLOTHES WHILE IN THERE FOR 20 MINUTES. THE LADY SAID IN JAPAN THEY HAVE A LARGE ENZYME BATH THAT IS COMMUNAL!

THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING IS PAINTED WITH EARTH TONES. THEIR FURNITURE IS MADE OF CHAIRS MADE OF POLISHED OAK BRANCHES AND SOME OF THEM ARE ATTACHED TO THE WALLS TO GIVE A NUTURAL FLAVOR TO THE BUILDING. THEY HAVE A ZEN WITH WATERFALLS, BONSAI TREES, LARGE STONES, A SLATE WATERFALL, A CURVED WOODEN BRIDGE WHERE A SMALL STREAM FLOWS. SOME LARGE STONES HAVE MOSS TO MAKE ONE FEEL YOU ARE IN THE ORIENT. AFTER THE BATH THEY GIVE YOU ENZME WATER WHICH HAS NO PARTICULAR TASTE.

MY MASSAGE WAS SWEDISH AND IT WAS JUST WHAT I NEEDED TO RELAX ME . IT LASTED 75 MINUTES AND SHE MASSAGED MY HEAD NECK AND EVERY PART OF MY BODY. I ESPECIALLY LIKED THE WAY SHE DID SOMETHING TO MOVE MY HEAD BACK AND FORTH TO STRETCH IT IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. SHE THOROUGHLY OPENED ALL MY STIFF JOINTS. SHE SAID TO VIEW THE MEDITATIVE GARDENS IN THE BACK. SO I MET THE GARDENER AND WENT THROUGH GATE AND SAW A ROCK PATH THROUGH MANY BAMBOO SMALL TREES. THE WORKERS WERE BUILDING A FENCE THERE. THEY HAD BUILT SOME OUTDOOR MASSAGE BOOTHS. THERE WAS A BENCH WITH A PEACEFUL SETTING. THIS SPA IS WORKING WITH OTHER SPAS TO HELP WITH THE GREEN EFFORT.

THE FOUNDER MICHAEL STUSSER OPENED THIS SPA AFTER STUDYING ZEN LANDSCAPE GARDENING IN JAPAN. THE CEDAR BATH IS A CENTURIES OLD TRADITION THERE. THEY PLAY SOME VERY TRANQUIL MUSIC IN THE SPA AS WELL TO SOOTH THEIR GUESTS.