Take it Easy: Ways to Relax in Woodland Hills

Between taking the kids to school, picking them up from soccer practice, making dinner, doing the laundry and finding time for a career in between all that, it may seem like there’s never just a brief moment you can take for yourself. Life has become more hectic and stressful than ever, with many lifestyle costs rising at disproportionate rates compared to a majority of household incomes and job duty demands becoming increasingly more complex.

While we don’t have a magic wand that could simply whisk you to a tropical island, we can recommend some top spots in Woodland Hills when the stress gets a bit too much and you have no choice but to indulge in that “me” day. From therapeutic massage studios to healing and body work centers, the following businesses in the Woodland Hills area are all about one thing: Improving your physical and mental wellbeing.

Skintuition, located at 20969 Ventura Boulevard Suite 19, is lorded over by Katie Slanina, professional esthetician with 24 years of experience – 17 of which have been as a Certified Colon Hydro Therapist – and is situated in the gorgeous French Quarter on famed Ventura Boulevard at the beating heart of Woodland Hills. An array of services are offered here, ranging from personalized holistic skin care and facials to waxing, massage, colon hydrotherapy, ear coning and detoxing, with Slanina recently adding several new infrared solutions including spectrum clearlight saunas, infrared body wraps and healing amethyst BIOMAT applications. What’s more, Skintuition utilizes all-natural skin care products that are safe for the skin and the environment.

Spa Day Organic, located at 20833 Ventura Boulevard, has become recognized as the number one traditional organic Thai massage spot in Los Angeles, offering traditional Thai massages, Swedish massages, deep tissue massages or a combination of all of them. Professional massage therapists release discomfort and help you relax in a modern-esque environment, with Spa Day Organic also offering facial services at reasonable prices by way of a certified esthetician proficient in cleansing, exfoliating and moisturizing the skin.

Take Care Therapeutic Massage Studio, located at 20300 Ventura Boulevard Suite 110, is committed to providing compassionate, intuitive and professional licensed therapeutic bodywork treatments in a warm and relaxing environment. Here, client comfort is the primary goal, the business’ experienced staff exuding a passion for their craft and proving they’re sincere about helping others through touch therapy. Each room at Take Care is expertly furnished with luxury spa linens and blankets, warm towels, the highest quality specialized oils and lotions for personalized treatment and other tools and equipment to help make your therapeutic massage deeply relaxing and restorative.

The Ivy Day Spa, located in Valencia Town Center Mall at 24320 Town Center Drive #100 in Valencia, offers some of the best massage and skin care services in the Woodland Hills area, going on to be voted the Best Day Spa in Valencia for eight years in a row by the readers of the Santa Clarita Valley Signal. Stylish, spacious, inviting and warm, this spa experience represents the perfect backdrop to relax, unwind and rejuvenate with world-class facials and massages by expertly-trained estheticians and therapists. Looking to relieve stress, decrease anxiety, increase energy and more? The Ivy Day Spa is the place to start.

Dr. Toni’s Healing Hands Wellness Center, situated at 22554 Ventura Boulevard Suite 203, offers chiropractic services as well as massage therapy, aroma touch massage, custom orthotics, frequency specific microcurrent, therapeutic cold laser, pilates and more. All of these services, according to Dr. Toni’s representatives, have been designed to help clients achieve a balanced state of health throughout their body, an approach that focuses on improving the nervous system via natural, proven alternative health practices that work to promote the wellbeing of clients in every aspect of their lives.

Healing Compass Natural Health Center, located at 5348 Topanga Canyon Boulevard Suite 205, is lorded over by Dr. Linda Read-Shelby and Dr. Viveka S. Rucker, doctors of acupuncture and Chinese medicine, licensed acupuncturists and herbalists and applied clinical nutritionists. Often called “a place for acupuncture, nutrition, herbal medicine, community and healing that points clients in the direction of their health – naturally,” Healing Compass has continued to grow in its knowledge of studied science-based natural medicine, its founders’ clinical experience and ongoing education surpassing their original licensure as traditional Chinese medical practitioners to bring the best of ancient wisdom and modern functional healthcare to the Woodland Hills community.

Taly Bar Healing and Bodywork, located at 23548 Calabasas Road in Calabasas, is the place to go if you’re unbalanced, in pain, in need of better sleep, have any health issue, need more energy or just need a deep relaxation session. Choose from a myriad of premium services that include acupressure massage, reflexology, deep tissue massage and Swedish massage.

In a city that’s constantly on the go, it’s often hard to “chill out” in L.A., but in making an appointment at any of the relaxation spots mentioned above, you’ll be well on your way to finding that relaxing oasis…even if it’s just for a little while.