Spas, Massage and Wellness in Asheville, NC: A Local Guide

Ebb & Flow Massage Therapy Center is a massage studio at 947 Haywood Road in West Asheville, in a one-level building with no steps and its own parking lot. The menu covers integrative, deep tissue, hot stone and prenatal massage, plus couples sessions and 30-minute add-ons like The Stone Zone, Pep In Your Step, and Head, Neck and Shoulders. Tables are warmed, the lotion is organic and hypoallergenic, and anything 60 minutes or longer comes with hot towels and your pick of lavender, cedarwood or sweet orange oil. It's open Wednesday through Saturday, 10 to 7.

Shoji Spa & Retreat is a Japanese-inspired, adults-only spa on Avondale Heights Road in East Asheville, about 10 minutes from downtown. The draw is a private outdoor saltwater hot tub looking out over the National Forest, $90 a person for an hour, with the 180-degree cedar sauna, open-air cold showers, a yukata and sandals included. Add massage and bodywork, the Ashi sweet orange foot soak, or tub-side tea with the house blend, or book a package like The Buddha's Best. There's lodging on site too. It's open every day, with later hours Friday and Saturday.

Zen Skincare & Waxing Studio is a facial and waxing studio at 25 Reed Street, Suite 106, in Biltmore Village in Asheville, open since 2012. Facials range from the Zen Essential Facial to the Signature Hydradermabrasion Facial, the Cherry Hibiscus Rejuvenator Facial and Demi Peel, diamond tip microdermabrasion and chemical peels, with acne and anti-aging care built around the Esthetician Lab Clinical Skincare line. The waxing side covers full-body waxing, a $65 Brazilian and the Triple Threat Eye Treatment, a brow wax with lash and brow tinting for $75. Lash lifts and therapeutic massage are on the menu too.

Asheville Cryotherapy and Recovery is a recovery studio at 50 North Merrimon Avenue, Suite 109, in North Asheville, founded by Jason and Maria Moore and veteran owned. It offers four therapies in private climate-controlled suites: whole body cryotherapy, compression therapy, red light therapy and infrared sauna. Any single session is $25, a 5-Pack is $110 and a 10-Pack is $200, both with no expiration, and monthly memberships start with eight credits and go up to unlimited visits. Students, first responders and veterans get a discounted unlimited rate.

The Salt Spa of Asheville is a salt cave spa at 473 Hendersonville Road in South Asheville, open Wednesday through Sunday by appointment only. It bills itself as the first salt spa in North Carolina, now 15 years in, with a Himalayan Salt Cave for salt therapy and a Wellness Salt Room lined with Himalayan salt on the walls and floor. Massage in the salt cave runs $190 for 60 minutes or $280 for 90, couples massage starts at $380, and the Wellness Salt Room is $130 for an hour. Upgrades include deep tissue, hot salt stones and a far infrared chakra mat, and the menu also covers Reiki, sound healing and frequency therapy.

Asheville Salt Cave & Spa is a salt cave and spa at 16 North Liberty Street, just north of downtown Asheville. The 550-square-foot cave holds 30 tons of pink salt and stays at 70 degrees, and silent 45-minute Community sessions on a recliner or floor cushion run $27 Monday, Tuesday and Thursday or $42 Friday through Sunday. There's also a Turkish-style Hammam steam room for private sessions for up to five people, plus therapeutic massage, hot salt stone therapy, an aromatherapy salt glow and couples massage inside the salt cave with tea and chocolate.

Asheville Holistic Acupuncture is an acupuncture clinic at 43 Grove Street, Suite 2, in downtown Asheville, open by appointment on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Wednesday. Tyler White, L.Ac., is a nationally certified acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist who trained under Jeffrey Yuen and has practiced since 2015. Care starts with a whole-body intake and diet and lifestyle changes, then adds Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture. Needle-free options include acupressure, gua sha and fire cupping, and weekly Yang-style Taijiquan classes are offered too.

Appalachian Beer Spa & Massage Lounge is a beer spa at 142 Airport Road, Suite K, in the Airport Center Office Plaza in Arden, about five minutes from Asheville Regional Airport. The menu covers micro beer massage, beer soaks, vinotherapy, vino facials, reflexology foot soaks, couples massage, a barrel sauna and a cold plunge. Its Brew n Renew perk means complimentary local beer, wine, cider or a soft drink and tea with snacks, and you relax afterward in zero gravity recliners. It's open Monday to Thursday 9 to 7, Friday and Saturday 9 to 8, and Sunday 10 to 6.

Relax & Rejuvenate is a massage and day spa at 5 Regent Park Boulevard in West Asheville, open Tuesday and Wednesday 11 to 3, Thursday through Saturday 11 to 6, and Sunday and Monday by appointment. Licensed massage therapists build integrative sessions from Swedish, deep tissue, neuromuscular, sports, hot stone, prenatal, myofascial, trigger point, TMJ work, reflexology and Reiki. Facials and waxing are done by a licensed esthetician with more than 20 years of experience, and the spa even offers infant massage.

Hold Me AVL is a therapeutic cuddling studio in North Asheville, open by appointment, offering In Person One-On-One Cuddle Sessions and hosting group events through the Asheville Cuddle Collective several times a month. Sessions are fully clothed, client directed and trauma informed, and move at the pace of trust. In-person sessions are $95 for an hour, $120 for 90 minutes and $145 for two hours, with package deals for repeat clients, a Virtual Session from $30, out-calls at $1 a mile and overnight sessions for known clients.

Asheville Wellness Tours books guided wellness experiences around Asheville and the Blue Ridge Mountains, from Goat Yoga on a private farm (1 hour, from $55) to Guided Forest Bathing (3 hours, from $55), Fun Yoga Hiking Tours (3 hours, from $75), Guided Mindfulness Hikes and Sound Bath Meditation (from $25). The menu also has group tarot readings, guided meditations, private yoga, mobile massage and a Blue Ghost Firefly Night Tour. Experiences can be stacked into half-day, full-day or multi-day retreats, and wellness concierges help with lodging and rides.

Serenity Spa is a day spa at 2 Doctors Park, Suite C, near Mission Hospital in Asheville. The menu covers permanent makeup, hair, manicures and pedicures, waxing, lash extensions and fills, microcurrent facials, massage and full-body red light therapy sessions. Permanent makeup is the specialty: pigment goes into the skin for waterproof color that skips the daily makeup routine.

Blazing Lotus Healing House is a massage studio in a historic house at 54 Merrimon Avenue, just north of downtown Asheville, open daily from 9 to 8:30. The menu includes Thai Massage (60 minutes, $130), Ashiatsu Massage, where the therapist works with their feet ($130), and the Signature Massage with aromatherapy, hot stones and hot towels (60 minutes, $140). Each month brings a new bundle, a tea of the month and a featured therapist, each with its own 10% discount code.

East Acupuncture Wellness Boutique is an acupuncture clinic at 2296 Highway 70 in Swannanoa, just off Interstate 40 between Asheville and Black Mountain, with more clinics in Greenville and inside CCRM Fertility of Greenville. The care is rooted in Classical Chinese Medicine: acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, cupping and gua sha, moxibustion and Chinese herbal formulas as raw herbs, granules, teapills, tinctures and salves. The clinic also does cosmetic acupuncture with Celluma LED light therapy, microneedling, women's health and fertility care, and lab work like DUTCH hormone testing and GI Mapping.

Black Mountain Massage & Wellness is a massage and wellness studio at 106 South Ridgeway Avenue in Black Mountain, within walking distance of downtown, open seven days a week by appointment. The menu covers integrative bodywork, acupuncture, Reiki, manual lymph drainage massage, Bioenergetic Shen Treatments and chair massage. The studio can run up to four sessions at once, so couples and small groups can book together, and it accepts HSA and HRA cards.

Brown Mountain Bodywork is a therapeutic massage studio at 960 Tunnel Road in East Asheville, about five minutes from downtown, open Tuesday through Saturday by appointment. The menu covers therapeutic, sports, medical and deep tissue massage, neuromuscular trigger point therapy, myofascial release and assisted stretching, each session built around your goals and preferred pressure. Medical massage here targets problems like low back pain, frozen shoulder, thoracic outlet syndrome and plantar fasciitis, and the therapists bring more than 40 years of combined experience.

White Pine Acupuncture is an acupuncture clinic at 247 Charlotte Street, Suite R3, just north of downtown Asheville, open by appointment. Sally Robinson founded it in 2007 and named it for the white pine, the Tree of Peace. Treatments include acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, massage therapy, cupping, gua sha and moxibustion. The in-house herbal pharmacy stocks both Chinese and local Western herbs, and formulas are prescribed as tablets, tinctures or essential oils.

Asheville Community Yoga is a nonprofit yoga center at 8 Brookdale Road off Elk Mountain Road, a few minutes from downtown and UNC Asheville, with nearly 100 donation-based classes a week. The schedule covers Gentle Yoga, Level 1 and Level 2 Vinyasa Flow, Warm and Hot Yoga, Yin, Prenatal, Yoga for Seniors, Meditation and Qigong, and mats and props are free. The center also runs a 250-hour Yoga Teacher Training with financial aid, a three-weekend Yoga Immersion, a 30-hour Yin continuing education course, workshops like Alignment 101 and series like Snuggle and Stretch Baby and Me Yoga, plus a monthly raffle and a pre-loved clothing shop.

Hot Yoga Asheville is a heated yoga studio at 802 Fairview Road, Suite 100, in Asheville, open since 2008 and billed as the city's longest-running hot yoga studio. Every class is warmed with far infrared heat in two dedicated rooms, and the schedule covers Hot Power Flow, Align Flow, Hot 26, Hot Yin, Restorative and BLAST, plus Hot LIFT, a weights class in the heat. Hot 26 is the classic 26-posture sequence, offered as one class among many rather than the whole studio. Members also get free monthly workshops and an on-demand video library, and the studio runs teacher trainings and retreats in Costa Rica led by founder Adi Westerman.

Namaste in Nature runs outdoor yoga retreats near Asheville, called Micro Retreats, that mix hiking, meditation, forest bathing and yoga on trails in Pisgah National Forest and around Western North Carolina. Public tours run 2 or 3 hours on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, with waterfall, mountain vortex and sunset trips, and mats are provided. Private bookings cover birthdays, bachelorette parties, weddings, reunions and corporate retreats. The team also offers private yoga classes, sound baths, cacao ceremonies, Yoga in the Park and mobile massage from 30 to 90 minutes, either at your rental or in a park along the river.

The Chinese Acupuncture & Herbology Clinic is an acupuncture clinic at 369 Montford Avenue in Montford, open Monday through Saturday. Mary Cissy Majebe, OMD, founded it in Asheville in 1985, and its licensed acupuncturists offer acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, trigger point therapy and lifestyle and diet recommendations. The herbal dispensary, which the clinic calls the largest in the Southeast, fills herbal teas, pills, granules, tinctures, essential oils and topical formulas. There's a second clinic in Hendersonville, and the staff runs talks like Herbal Medicine for Everyday Illness with Tracy Smith, DACM.

Asheville Massage & Bodywork is a massage spa at 200 Charlotte Street, just north of downtown Asheville, owned by massage therapists and open daily from 9 to 8 by appointment. In-spa massage starts at $120 for one person, a couple or a group of up to six, and the spa adds a Signature Foot Soak Massage, a private full spectrum sauna and steam shower session, and an infrared sauna. Through its sister service, Massage On Wheels, therapists also travel to homes, hotels and vacation rentals within 40 miles, from $135 an hour, along with chair massage for offices and outdoor massage on a deck or patio.

Asheville Yoga Center is a yoga studio at 211 South Liberty Street in downtown Asheville, with more than 55 classes a week across Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative, Hatha, Bhakti and more, from early weekday mornings through the evening. Since 1997 it has also been a training school, home to the Teaching From The Heart 200-hour and Kindling The Flame 300-hour teacher trainings. The calendar fills out with workshops, immersions, concerts and other events, plus retreats like Begin Again, a New Year yoga and Ayurveda retreat in Costa Rica.

Blue Ridge Acupuncture Clinic is an acupuncture clinic at 959 Merrimon Avenue, Suite 203, in North Asheville, open Monday through Friday from 8:30 to 6:30. James and Tera Whittle opened it in 2003, and the practice covers several styles of acupuncture (Classical Chinese, five element, Japanese, ear acupuncture and electroacupuncture) plus Battlefield Acupuncture, cupping, massage, Chinese herbal medicine and nutritional therapy. James Whittle studied with acupuncturists in Chinese hospitals, holds North Carolina acupuncture license number 238 and has consulted on a BBC documentary about acupuncture.

Sensibilities Day Spa is a full-service day spa inside the Hilton Asheville Biltmore Park at 43 Town Square Boulevard in South Asheville, and it has been pampering Asheville for more than 25 years. The menu covers therapeutic, deep tissue, hot stone and couples massage, facials made with Eminence Organic Skin Care, and chemical-free manicures and pedicures, with spa packages that bundle them together. Spa guests get to use the hotel's pool, hot tub and fitness room. It's open Monday through Thursday 9 to 7, Friday and Saturday 9 to 8, and Sunday 11 to 5.

Wake Foot Sanctuary is a foot spa inside the Grove Arcade at 1 Page Avenue, Suite 115, in downtown Asheville, open every day from 9 to 8. Every visit starts with a hand-formulated foot soak picked from a menu like Lavender Chamomile, Tea Tree and Mint, Salty Beach Rose and The Melt, and the massage happens while you soak: head, neck and shoulders, hands and lower arms, or feet and lower legs. A soak with 20 minutes of massage is $95, and 40 minutes is $130. Packages run from the Chai Latte (45 minutes, $90) to The Luxe and Jet Setter (75 minutes, $200), and Date Night is $270 for two, with a warm pot of tea and treats.

Still Point Wellness is a float and massage spa at 946 Tunnel Road in East Asheville, open every day, 9 to 7 Sunday through Thursday and 9 to 9 on Friday and Saturday. It has four Float Lab tanks for saltwater floatation, where the water holds you up so you can lie back weightless in the quiet. The massage side is built around the Stillpoint Signature Massage and the Esalen style, and there's a private far infrared sauna for one or two plus holistic facials made with C&Co. Handcrafted Skincare from right here in Asheville. Sauna sessions come with a private shower, robes and time in the lounge by the saltwater aquarium, with herbal tea and a heated neck wrap.

Spa Theology is a day spa at 53 College Street in downtown Asheville, open every day from 10 to 7. The menu runs from relaxation and therapeutic massage with hot stones to facials like the Asheville Bee Charmer Honey Lavender Facial (60 minutes, $135) and the Privai Ultimate Age Eraser, plus waxing. The house twist is the wellness soak. The IPA Wellness Soak puts a local IPA in the foot bath and another one in a frosty mug in your hand, 15 minutes for $65. Packages bundle it all, from the Mini Express (a 30-minute facial, 30-minute massage and a soak for $130) to the Couples Package with hot stones ($310 for two) and the Mom To Be, built around a 60-minute Mother Massage.

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