Find Zen in Greater Palm Springs with a unique wellness treatment

For over 150 years, the Greater Palm Springs area has attracted visitors seeking wellness. The Native Americans were the first to tap the desert land’s special resources, as healing thermal springs were sometimes enclosed as bathhouses by the Cahuilla Indians. The desert soon became a retreat haven for those with respiratory conditions and later a Hollywood playground for celebrities seeking sunshine, rest, and rejuvenation away from Los Angeles. Today the Greater Palm Springs desert continues to attract wellness seekers longing for beauty, health, and longevity. Try our favorite NEW wellness offerings in the desert.

Find Zen in Greater Palm Springs with a unique wellness treatment

Barker Wellness CBD Massage at JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa

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Fall into deep relaxation and calm with a soothing Barker Wellness CBD body massage. Ask for expert masseuse Emily to lull you into an utter blissful state while the Barker Wellness CBD products reduce soreness and inflammation, providing instant relief from muscle aches and pains – with products containing a variety of effective ingredients that work naturally to improve mobility and muscle and joint recovery. Find other Barker Wellness products in the spa store from drummer Travis Barker, featuring vegan, THC-free, and CBD-infused sleep gummies, tinctures, and bath soaks. Kourtney X Barker Wellness features CBD-free Body Butter and Body Oil.

One of the most popular treatments at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort and Spa is inspired by the fragrant scents of the desert. The Signature 90-minute Desert Journey includes a Medjool date scrub with lemongrass body cream and warm soothing stones, followed by a paraffin foot treatment and a shoulder and neck massage. With 48 individual treatment rooms, this is the largest hotel spa in the area and perfect for group takeovers or girl/guy getaways.

Guests will want to revisit the 38,000 square-foot spa at JW Marriott Desert Springs because this week they debuted their brand-new Co-ed Wellness Lounge with 15 interactive state-of-the-art lounge chairs that can be used before or after treatments or with a $125 day pass with access to the lounges, a dry sauna, indoor jacuzzi, cold plunge, and private saltwater spa pool.

We were invited in to try out the specialty loungers with tech-savvy tools. The Mind-Sync Loungers help with enhanced sleep, stress reduction, and augmented meditation. In 20-minute or more intervals, guests tune into the restorative vibrational wellness headphones with vibroacoustic sound wave therapy and a cozy Kashwere blanket with their feet up to find tranquility and “transcend.” The tunes and waves feel hypnotic and the machine offers many different options to choose from to decompress. Carefully curated music synchronizes the brain’s left and right hemispheres, gently lowering brain activity to the calmer Alpha, Theta, and Delta states.

Lie back in the NuWave Zero Gravity Wave Lounger chair or Ceragem M2 Massaging heat-optional chair that hugs the body and provides a full-body massage, squeezing your sides (with 6 automatic modes) and even rolling your body and massaging your buttocks. Cutting-edge technology from Therabody uses heated Massage goggles to rub the temples and eye area to help unwind.

Don’t miss healthy eats at the Spa Cafe to complete the full-body nourishment, as a healthy new food and drink menu at the Spa Bistro has been carefully curated by the resort’s Executive Chef Eric Theiss alongside Spa Director, Dawn Ferraro. Order fresh juices, green smoothies, acai bowls, salads, sandwiches, sushi and more.

For those who want to get their workout on, a 4,000 square foot fitness center with Technogym equipment, Peloton bikes and variable resistance weight training stations are offered as well as classes.

Hydra Facial at Spa Las Palmas at Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort and Spa

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The hour-long Las Palmas Hydrafacial leaves your face glowing and feeling squeaky clean, as this new system transforms skin health through the merging of innovative spa therapies and advanced medical technology. After a relaxing facial massage, gentle suction extracts impurities and infuses intense moisturizers to nourish the dermis.

The treatment included resurfacing with Vortex-Fusion to uncover layers of new skin then saturating the skin with antioxidants and peptides to brighten, firm, and maximize your bright complexion. This facial is safe for all skin types and requires no downtime. Choose from many types of personalized Hydrafacials at Spa Las Palmas such as Collagen, Lymphatic Chi Energy Balance Facial, Beyond Organic, and more.

Slip into a scrumptious robe at this day spa and enjoy the steam room and sauna beforehand or unwind in the hot tub or outdoor pool afterward. The spa and salon offer more than 50 treatments ranging from massages and body wraps to manicures and pedicures. All of their signature aroma essences are 100 percent pure, blending healing flowers, plants and herbs from the native California desert with essential oils and certified organic ingredients and extracts.

JetPeel Facial at The Spa at Séc-he at Agua Caliente Cultural Plaza

Palm Springs

Indulge and unwind with a JetPeel Facial, where serum is infused into the deep layer of skin. Ask for Jennifer for this fabulous treatment that includes lymphatic massage – reducing puffiness and contouring the tissue of the face followed by cold pressurized air like cryotherapy and chemical exfoliation. Good for all skin types, this facial is great for long-term smoothing results to minimize lines and maximize moisturization. Try this incredible facial or one of their other signature facials like Oxygen, Micro-Current, Microdermabrasion, Collagen, Vitamin C, and more.

It’s easy to be amazed at the impressive service, grounds, and treatments at The Spa at Séc-he. Thanks to the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, this new 40,000-square-foot spa destination was developed right in the middle of Palm Springs, on tribal land where underground water has been pooling for 12,000 years. Naturally teeming with minerals, today 3-4 aquifers supply these 105-degree ancient healing waters to 22 private thermal spas and an outdoor thermal mineral pool – good for joints, muscles, and skin.

In addition, many other therapeutic options can be used before or after a beauty or wellness treatment. Spend the day here with any treatment or a Waters Day Pass that offers access to all spa amenities, including a private Taking of the Waters bath experience. Detox in a menthol inhalation sauna with a cold shower experience and eucalyptus steam room, work out in the full fitness center, take an aromatherapy shower, and try out one of the two Co-ed halotherapy salt caves. Two relaxation areas allow guests to Zen out with Acoustic Wellness vibrational loungers and acoustic zero-gravity vibration chairs for binaural therapy. There are even Epson salt floatation pod suites for special treatments and a full-service salon for hair and nails.

Book a private cabana or grab some gourmet cuisine to eat poolside with a grand poolscape offering a coed whirlpool, resort-style waterfall at the main pool, and zero-edge mineral pool.