Located off Bodega Highway, Osmosis Day Spa Sanctuary is renowned for its cedar enzyme bath, a unique spa treatment involving immersion in steaming compost. This innovative approach to relaxation combines natural elements with a deep connection to biological processes, promoting an energetic flow among microorganisms. Michael Stusser, the spa’s owner, emphasizes the treatment's transformative potential. The spa has hosted over half a million guests and recently faced new competition from Tahoe Forest Baths, which also offers this distinctive experience, all while maintaining its commitment to sustainability and natural healing.
"I like to say that what's going on in there is a fundamental impulse in biology. All these microorganisms get a chance to talk to each other."
"You'll feel like you're a plant being composted," she said, adding that the spa's recycled bath materials lined the path of a neighboring garden.
"It's the signature scent of a spa whose marquee treatment involves being blanketed up to your neck in a box of steaming compost."
"Much like the mud baths of Calistoga, the experience is just as much about a novel brush with natural elements as it is an opportunity for release."
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