Tikkun Holistic Spa

Westsiders don't have to trek to Koreatown for their jade stone sauna and body scrub beauty regimens. Nestled in a nondescript building off 3rd Street Promenade, the Santa Monica answer to a Korean day spa offers all the same services (minus the brute black lingered women) along with other full service treatments such as facials and body wraps. Those looking for tension relief should book a session with Dr. Hata who combines East with West—he is trained in sports rehabilitation—and whose miracle hands and unorthodox approach can treat anything from tight muscles and soreness to chronic pain and autoimmune diseases. Prep for the intense deep tissue bodywork in the dry and wet sauna rooms. Post treatment you’ll be so relaxed you wonder how you’ve never discovered this underground oasis before.