The ambience and the sense of opulence of Octavia’s Day Spa is the first thing you notice, followed by the very professional yet warm welcome – in my case, by Ingrid, who took me through to show me all the complimentary spa facilities that I could make use off together with my set bookings. The steam room, indoor heated roman bath as well as the Swiss showers are available for use. If I didn’t have to rush back home to be mom, I could have been there for many hours!
It was my first experience in the floatation pool, and I recommend it as a definite must before any booked treatment. It gets you into a complete state of relaxation and I think that made my massage afterwards even more enjoyable.
About Floatation Therapy – suspending gravity for 30 minutes. People have a deep psychological and physical desire to escape from gravity’s relentless pull. Go back to a time and place where your body was enveloped by nothing but water. 30 minutes in their floatation bath equates to four hours of undisturbed sleep. Allow your body to become weightless, relieving skeletal tension and inducing a deep state of physical and mental relaxation. The water, heated to body temperature, combined with a high salt content, allows your body to become weightless, relieving skeletal tension which results in mental relaxation. The total buoyancy provides relief from muscle tension and pain, compressed disks, pinched nerves, and all sorts of gravity-related ailments. The parasympathetic nervous response is also activated; resulting in a variety of healing responses. This treatment costs R290 per person.
Gwen was my very professional therapist, who performed the mother-to-be-massage. Taking care and asking me a lot of questions in order to ensure I am comfortable during the whole massage. Gwen used the most amazing, beautiful smelling oils for my massage and she really focussed on my areas of concerns, which was the tension in my neck. I was introduced to some wonderful products to take care of your body during pregnancy. They have the Mama Mio or Mustela skincare range to choose from. The Mother to Be massage is 60 minutes and costs R730. This massage uses specific prenatal techniques, to help increase circulation, relieve tired muscles, mental and physical fatigue.
I loved the soft tranquil music that was played and really felt like I had some downtime. This was a five-star experience and treatment and it’s right here on my doorstep! I would highly recommend you visit Octavia’s Day spa as quickly as you can. The after experience service is also very commendable, prompt (the day after), quick and electronic and they personally revert with feedback if you give specific comments.
Octavia’s Day Spa, situated at D’Oreale Grande hotel at Emperor’s Palace in Kempton Park, is one of the best day spas in the country with top-class spa facilities and professionally trained therapists offering the latest techniques in a full range of spa treatments.
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Book a 30 minute facial and 30 minute Sole Revival for only R690 per person, and receive a FREE SODC Foot Cream valued at R150!
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Review by Melinda Bromley.