A new business on Allegheny Avenue in Towson that caters to people looking to relax and revitalize reflects these cautious times and the need to socially distance. The storefront Touch-Free Wellness ...

A dozen or so years ago, a friend gifted me a treatment at the spa of a ritzy country club in Thailand. It was promised to be the pinnacle of relaxation: 90 minutes of muscle-kneading, my limbs ...

I was lying face down on a towel-covered wooden bench in a Russian dry banya, where the air was heated to a toasty 200 degrees. Think Finnish dry sauna, but 60 degrees warmer. Could it get any hotter ...

Who doesn’t want to be pampered now and then with a facial or body treatment? But when you have sensitive skin, not all spa experiences are created equal. People with sensitive skin may find that ...

Mary Jo Majerus started Healing Touch in a $100-a-month downtown basement in 1987 with many doubting Rochester would try massage. Now 38 years later, she has a staff of 15 and a luxury skyway spa.