Japantown's serene Japanese-style bathhouse, open since 1968
Opened in 1968, Kabuki Springs & Spa claims to be the largest urban Japanese bathhouse in the US. Bamboo décor and dim lighting set a serene mood, silence is strictly kept, and the bathhouse has hot pools, cold plunges, a steam room and a cedar dry sauna, with tea, cucumber slices and cool towels between rounds.
Affordable community acupuncture in the Mission. A community acupuncture clinic on Valencia Street built on the idea that acupuncture doesn't need to be expensive to be effective.
Worker-owned natural foods co-op in San Francisco since 1975. A worker-owned and run food cooperative in San Francisco, founded in 1975, selling natural and organic vegetarian food, bulk goods,…
Family-owned infrared-heated yoga with monthly reiki sound baths. A family-owned group of three immersive, infrared-heated yoga studios, including Noe Valley and Ocean Avenue (385 Ashton Ave). Its…
Reiki-infused sound baths with Veronique Cannenterre around the Bay Area. Veronique Cannenterre turned to sound healing after 20 years in the corporate world, and through Harmonious Echoes offers…
Intimate two-room day spa for skincare and massage near Golden Gate Park. A boutique two-room day spa on Hayes Street near Golden Gate Park offering personalised skincare and massage in a calm…
Gongs, singing bowls and sound healing instruments, with LA and SF showrooms. The Gong Shop has been San Francisco's gong specialist since 2005, stocking thousands of gongs from makers across Asia…
Authentic Russian bathhouse and spa in Kensington. Brooklyn Banya is a family-owned Russian bathhouse that has been steaming Kensington for over 20 years — 'the People's Banya,' a 10,000-square-foot…
Thermal pools, saunas, and Aufguss rituals in a restored Williamsburg factory. Opened in 2019 inside the historic Williamsburg Soda Factory, Bathhouse is a modern thermal spa set beneath the…
Candlelit Roman-style thermal baths in a restored 1883 factory. AIRE Ancient Baths occupies a restored 1883 textile factory in Tribeca — 16,000 square feet of candlelit calm beneath original brick,…
Guided sauna, ice bath, and breathwork — social wellness in Flatiron. Othership is a social sauna and ice-bath studio in the Flatiron District, with a second NYC location in Williamsburg. At its…
Global bathhouse in Midwood — banyas, hammam, Finnish saunas, and a snow room. World Spa is a sprawling multi-level bathhouse in Midwood, Brooklyn that gathers the world's bathing traditions under…
Old-world Russian banya out by Coney Island. Mermaid Spa is a beloved old-world Russian bathhouse out by Coney Island, in the Sea Gate neighborhood — a cozy, lodge-like banya that regulars rank…