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Fall Escapes at Central Ohio Spas
Fall Escapes at Central Ohio Spas Fall 2009

As the mother of a six-month-old, I often try to steal a few more minutes in the shower, letting the warm water rain down and basking in some precious alone time. So you can bet that I loved every minute of the Polaris Sweet Escape, a luxurious hydrotherapy package that combines a customized full-body massage with a vichy shower.

The vichy shower is, indeed, a shower. Only you’re lying on a massage table under a long, adjustable shower arm equipped with seven shower heads, unwinding while a therapist gives a massage, applies a body mask or rubs on an exfoliating head-to-toe sugar scrub (for the Sweet Escape, of course, you get the sugar scrub). With the sound of water rushing down around me, it was sort of like an oceanside massage delivered under a waterfall—in other words, heaven.

During the shower, you’re completely nude, but lights are kept low and the therapist carefully keeps towels in place to avoid revealing too much skin. I felt completely comfortable during the entire spa visit.

After the sugar scrub, it was time to dry off and move to a new room for my massage. I opted for a deep-tissue massage, tailored to relieve muscle tension and pain by focusing on deeper layers of muscles. (Thanks to carrying around the aforementioned baby, my back and neck are always tense.) The massage oil I picked was designed to relax muscles, with lemon, lavender, geranium, peppermint and juniper scents. After a full hour and a half of alone time, I left feeling mighty relaxed.

-Shelley Mann, Capital Style