Even with today’s positive, open dialogue about mental health and self-care, it can still be challenging to remember to take time for yourself when life’s day-to-day demands begin to take over. Those longing for a wellness getaway should look no further than Toronto for the latest wellness-focused experiences to assist your personal journey.
Relax, re-focus and re-energize physically and mentally at these five remarkable destinations around town.
The Ritz-Carlton, Toronto
At Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star The Ritz-Carlton Toronto, guests and visitors can book much-needed recharging sessions at the hotel’s Four-Star Spa myBlend. The sanctuary boasts one of the city’s best coed relaxation lounges. Here, you can recline into plush oversized daybeds, solo or with your closest pals, and let the Zen settle in before or after your treatment.
Spa myBlend’s Massages from Around the World menu features techniques and methods steeped in culture, such as Japanese shiatsu, traditional Thai massage and the Polynesian lomi lomi. Bring together the benefits of Swedish, Thai, shiatsu and reflexology massages all at once with the West+East pampering.
Four Seasons Hotel Toronto
In the city’s stylish Yorkville neighborhood, Four Seasons Toronto’s Five-Star spa offers specialized biohacking treatments at its Wellness & Bio Bar. These techniques, which focus on mental, physical, spirit and sexual wellness, are realized through pre- and post-natal massages, executive-focused hypnosis, psychic readings, stimulating LPG endermologie appointments and light therapy services.
But even if you aren’t visiting the hotel’s wellness bar, the spa has a menu of regular favorites (salt stone massage) and monthly specials that always deliver.
1 Hotel Toronto
Enjoy your self-nurturing getaway in the sustainable sanctuary of the Forbes Travel Guide Recommended 1 Hotel Toronto, where common spaces and guest rooms boast natural light, soft color palettes and more than 3,000 plants to create a sense of tranquility the second you step into the lobby.
The hotel’s 1 Kitchen Toronto gets in on the fun by offering fresh and sustainably sourced ingredients for a wellness-centered menu that can be sampled at breakfast (sweet potato waffles), lunch (local cheddar melt) or dinner (housemade gnocchi).
Sweat and Tonic
For an all-stop shop, Sweat and Tonic opened at The Well, Toronto’s hottest new lifestyle destination in the trendy King West neighborhood. The second location in Toronto, Sweat and Tonic at The Well provides 25,000 square feet of the city’s sleekest and most upscale fitness and health experience. In addition to hundreds of weekly classes, the facility includes state-of-the-art yoga and Pilates, HIIT and cycling studios complemented by the onsite Wellness & Recovery Hub with cryotherapy, infrared saunas, meditation pods, red light, chiro/physio and massage therapy.
Sweat and Tonic also has a full-service café with smoothies and health-minded bites as well as the Tonic House co-working space for those moments when email-writing fingers need a workout, too.
Othership
Having just opened a new Yorkville location to complement its original King West address, Othership brings a new dimension to physical and mental therapy, leveraging various immersive hot saunas and ice baths to support the mind and body. Guests can customize their visit to suit their mood, intentions and social battery.
Use the 75-minute Free Flow to style a journey at your own pace or with a guide during a one-on-one session. Experienced teachers also lead classes to help energize, unwind or navigate and release emotions. All classes use elements of breathwork and meditation to create a supportive space.
