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FEBRUARY 2012
LEVEL 1
UP IN ARMS
How many masseuses does it take to untie the knots in your back?
LEVEL 2
FABRIC
SOFTENER
A tension-relieving
massage with a
touch of silk
Think of Nâga, an exclusive
new treatment at Tucson’s
Miraval Resort and Spa
,
as Thai massage—but
instead of hands grabbing
at you to manipulate your
body, it uses sheets of silk
suspended from above to
wrap around your limbs,
holding you in various
tension-releasing positions.
Or think of it as a circus act:
As part of the session, the
therapist is suspended alo
while digging in with his
feet to get at deep tissue,
making the treatment look
as spectacular as it feels.
(100 min., $400)
Royal Four-Hands
Massage at the
Ritz-Carlton Spa,
New Orleans
(50
min., $295)
Royal Trisara
Massage at
Trisara
Resort
in Phuket,
Thailand (90 min.,
$480)
Texas Eight-Hand
Massage at
the
Ritz-Carlton
Spa, Dallas
(50
min., $500)
Dieci Mani Ten
Hands at the
Qua Baths & Spa
in Atlantic City
(180 min., $5,000)
LEVEL 3
ALL HANDS ON NECK
Indulgence reaches new heights with a 10-therapist treatment for two
The
Spa Grande at Grand Wailea
on Maui doesn’t do anything small. Witness, for instance,
its hydrotherapy circuit, which comprises a hot tub and a cold plunge pool, five scented salt
baths arranged in the shape of a conch shell, a Swiss jet shower, a Japanese
furo
bath and three
waterfalls. If possible, the spa has gone even further over the top with its new 20-Hands Duo
Massage, a feat of pamperingwherein a couple ismassaged by 10 therapists simultaneously. To
begin, the masseuses walk in a circle around the couple, performing a synchronized rubdown
called a “hula wave.” They then split into two teams to focus on the four quadrants of the body
(and the scalp), where they remain for two and a half hours. Couples can even start the night
withaprivate session in thehydrotherapy circuit andendwith themassage, a erwhich, presum-
ably, they stumble out of the spa and collapse onto beach chairs to contemplate the pinnacle of
pleasure they have just a ained. If they’re still awake. (150 min., $2,000)
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