Immersion Spa

Located in Palo Alto, our spa provides a true immersion into Korean spa culture in light-filled urban oasis dedicated to wellness and inner calm. Immersion Spa & Sauna is inspired by ancient Korean practices, consisting of Jjimjilbangs (Korean spas), refreshing full body scrubs, and traditional Acupressure massage.

A traditional pressure point massage that targets your body's meridians to revitalize your body. It uses finger pressing, kneading, tapping, and stretching techniques and is performed without oil. It is most intense and could leave soreness. It is not recommended to someone who is looking for relaxation.

Korean Body Scrub + shampoo. Refresh your skin with traditional Korean scrub by removing unwanted dead cells and revealing soft, bright skin underneath. It is also known as Akasuri. Korean Body Scrub + 30 min Moisturizing Massage. Enjoy the Silky Scrub with a moisturizing massage using organic coconut oil followed by warm milk rinse to relax your body.

Come in to soak, steam, and relax! Natural light cascades down and fills the spa while you enjoy the comfort of a good soak or refreshing dip. The hot pool soothes the body and opens up pores, while the chiller pool does the reverse by stimulating the skin and tightening up pores. You can breathe easy in our Eucalyptus infused steam sauna, or recharge you energy in our herbal infused dry sauna.

My friend Arcadia Kim has three children and a Harvard business degree, but when she tried to negotiate on our behalf with the lady in charge of exfoliation at the Dragonhill Spa in Seoul, she did not stand a chance.

We were standing in the heart of the jimjilbang, or Korean bathhouse, in a steaming, all-female bathing room where scrubs are administered (as they are across the land) by strict middle-aged women, more than a few of them with potbellies, who wear nothing but sexy black lace bras and underwear.