Seasonal Features
As a leading Ayurvedic spa, we offer Vata, Pitta and Kapha seasonal treatments to help you restore balance for body, mind and sprit. We hope that you will enjoy these curated experiences that are designed to help you align with the seasons.
Seasonal Feature:
Recenter – Vata Retreat
This featured retreat begins with a grounding, warm foot soak, followed by a customized Vata-balancing relaxation massage, combining hot-stones and a grounding warm oil. You will then flow into a hydrating, grounding face treatment, while warm Shea Butter melts on your toes during a warm foot wrap. This service is sure to leave you feeling calm, centered and grounded.
2 hrs $299
Grounding Forest Facial
Designed to deeply nourish and hydrate, this facial uses organic botanicals that help you feel grounded and supported.
Ashwagandha, Tulsi, Pumpkin and medicinal Mushrooms are some of the stars of this treatment, that will leave you your skin
nourished, and your mind centered and calm.
60 min $169
Sesame Oil Shirodhara
Warm organic sesame oil is the most traditional shirodhara. It is beneficial for Vata-types, or those experiencing Vata
imbalances, when the mind is hyperactive, restless, anxious, scattered or forgetful.
50 min $149
- Add 30 minutes of shiroabhyanga- head massage, or padabhyanga- foot massage, or a combination of both, to your treatment for $69.
Warming Body Scrub
Experience the grounding, stabilizing properties of Ashwagandha and Frankincense to calm the mind and settle your body’s energies.
This treatment includes a full body exfoliation and hydrating cream & oil application to lock in moisture.
This treatment will leave you with a deep and lasting sense of well-being.
60 min $169 | 90 min. $199
Centering Ashwagandha Body Wrap
Experience a restorative treatment for your skin and nervous system. Following a hydrating relaxation massage using an ultra-rich Ashwagandha cream, an herbal clay paste is applied to the body while you are slowly cocooned into a calming, meditative state. Butterfly Pea Flower (shankhpushpi) deeply increases skin hydration, while Ashwagandha strengthens skin and muscle tissues. The result is calm, firmer, healthy looking skin.
90 min. $229
Grounding Forest Pedicure
This calming seasonal feature begins with a Pea-Flower foot soak, followed by a leg and foot Ashwagandha & Frankincense exfoliating scrub and a hydrating leg and foot massage with gua sha and a rich Ashwagandha Cream. Complete with meticulous nail care and polish or natural buff.
60 min $119
Vata Season
According to Ayurveda, the seasonal cycle of the year brings about a change in the predominance of the Doshas in our bodies. Late Fall and Winter are governed by Vata Dosha, a season characterized by cooler temperatures, dryness, movement, and change.
Vata is the energy of Air and Ether — movement, creativity, communication, lightness, and change. This dosha governs circulation, breathing, the nervous system, movement throughout the body, and the flow of energy. When balanced, Vata supports creativity, enthusiasm, flexibility, and inspiration. When Vata becomes excessive, it can contribute to dry skin, constipation, bloating, joint stiffness, muscle tension, restless sleep, anxiety, worry, difficulty concentrating, feeling scattered, and nervous exhaustion.
Vata Season Treatment Recommendations, to help find balance:
- Recenter– Vata Season Retreat
- Sesame Oil Shirodhara
- Grounding Forest Facial
- Grounding Forest Pedicure
- Restorative Hot Stone Pedicure
- Warming Body Scrub
- Centering Ashwagandha Body Wrap
Pitta Lifestyle Tips
DIET
Vata digestion can be irregular and sensitive. Enjoy a diet of mostly warm, nourishing, moist, and grounding foods, such as soups, stews, root vegetables, whole grains, and naturally sweet fruits. Include healthy oils and warming spices such as ginger, cinnamon, cumin, and cardamom. Avoid excessive amounts of cold, dry, raw, or highly processed foods. Whenever possible, enjoy meals at regular times and make your largest meal around lunchtime.
SELF-CARE
Vata benefits from warmth, routine, rest, and grounding activities. Create moments of stillness and choose calming practices such as warm baths, gentle self-massage with warm oil, meditation, restorative yoga, and time spent in cozy, comforting environments. Limit excessive stimulation and try to maintain a consistent daily routine.
SLEEP
Vata can make the mind feel active and restless, which may make it difficult to settle into sleep. Create a calming bedtime routine and aim to be in bed around 10pm. Keep your bedroom warm and comfortable, reduce screen time before bed, and consider a warm bath or gentle self-massage to help quiet the mind and prepare the body for rest.
EXERCISE
During Vata Season, choose gentle to moderate, grounding forms of movement. Walking, restorative yoga, Pilates, gentle strength training, and other steady forms of exercise can help support balance. Avoid excessive or highly strenuous exercise, particularly when you are feeling depleted, and prioritize warmth and consistency over intensity.