The Holiday and Travel Magazine: The source of rejuvenation in Melbourne Chuan Spa, The Langham, Melbourne

Thursday 20 August 2015

The source of rejuvenation in Melbourne Chuan Spa, The Langham, Melbourne

The Langham Melbourne’s award-winning property on the banks of the Yarra River, is also home to one of the city’s finest day spas. Chuan Spa is a serene and stylish sanctuary for anyone wishing to escape the daily grind. In the heart of Melbourne’s famous river and arts precinct, Chuan Spa combines the best of traditional Eastern therapies and aesthetics with state-of-the-art products and facilities.

Step within these doors and be transported - mind, body and spirit. In Chinese culture the word Chuan relates to flowing water, the source of life’s balance and harmony. Throughout the two level spa and outdoor deck, subtle but meaningful attention is paid to this, as well as the time honoured principles of Feng Shui.

Nothing can prepare you for the sheer joy of floating in the zero edge Jacuzzi, surrounded by floor to ceiling fold back windows and captivating views of the city skyline.

Chuan Spa offers individual and couple treatment rooms, a heated salt water pool, therapeutic steam rooms, traditional Swedish dry sauna and the stimulating river stone snail shower. Experience true bliss as 12 jets of water target separate muscle groups and a steamy rain shower invigorates from above.

The ultimate place to kick off your heels and rejuvenate, Chuan Spa also benefits from the acclaimed Langham Hotel service which underpins all this holistic care and unabashed pampering. Hotel guests and spa clients alike can withdraw into the hushed glamour of floral silk wall coverings and natural bamboo floors to be part of the ambience that Conde Nast Traveller has twice awarded.

The skilled therapists at Chuan Spa choose Kerstin Florian for active treatments, reflecting their commitment to balance when it comes to achieving health, energy, beauty and vitality. Kerstin Florian uses the best natural ingredients, including phyto essences, essential oils, minerals, herbal extracts, algae, marine elements and wild-crafted mud.

Catering for women and men alike, a selection of effective, convenient therapies and luxuriant, extended retreats form the Chuan Spa menu of services, perfect for all schedules and requirements. Your Chuan Spa therapist conducts an in-depth consultation before every facial to determine which treatment will deliver the best results. This includes a comprehensive home care plan.

Choose from relaxation or basic maintenance facials or go for more targeted treatments such as the Cosmeceutical Facial (60 minute/$189), customised to address specific conditions. This provides a professional 30 per cent, multi-acid peel or enzyme peel on the face, neck and décolleté to renew the skin, as well as a masque for balance and nourishment.

For true renewal try a Chuan Escape. Choose ‘Tranquility’ (60 mins/$179) and luxuriate in Chuan’s private river stone steam room while the therapist drizzles your chosen oil, followed up with an exfoliation method that includes aromatic wild rosella marine salt to gently remove dry skin. Your body is bathed and cooled with chamomile infused water before a facial cleanse, mask and hair mask is applied. Finish with an invigorating steam room shower. Return gently to the world.

The experienced Chuan Spa team comprises of massage therapists, beauty therapists, Yoga and Pilates instructors, meditation teachers and personal trainers.

Chuan Spa is renowned for its suite of massage therapies, with over 500 massages conducted every month. It is the spa’s most popular and requested treatment. Chuan Spa offers 6 different types of massage including deep tissue, remedial, relaxation, hot stone and acupressure. While many may think that Chuan Spa caters for hotel guests alone, the reality is that 70% of Chuan Spa clients are based locally and are often repeat guests. Consequently, to avoid disappointment, Chuan Spa recommends to hotel guests to book their spa treatments at time of hotel booking.

Whether for relaxation, recovery or overall rejuvenation, the signature massages – balancing, harmony, hot stone, deep tissue, remedial, neck-back-shoulder, expectant mother and more – harness unique combinations of movement, oils and even acupressure to restore energy levels and provide relief from stress and tension.

Chuan Signature Man’s selection

offers ideal remedies for males in need of balance, including the (90 mins/$239) ‘A Man’s World’, which combines a purifying back exfoliation with traditional Chuan Harmony relaxation relaxation massage and a facial specifically designed to nurture masculine pores.

Spa Lovers

Guests often say when they arrive at Chuan Spa, it’s love at first sight. The gift of a treatment from Chuan Spa is just right for loved ones hooked on spa treatments or for those deserving of some pampering. Gift vouchers may be purchased by visiting langhamgifts.com.au or calling 1800 641 107.

Discover Chuan Spa

For first time visitors to Chuan Spa, the spa is offering a “Discover Chuan Spa” treatment package that is $199.00 and includes a tri-bathing ritual (saltwater Jacuzzi, therapeutic sauna and innovative snail shower), a 30 minute herbal salt scrub, a 30 minute massage (choice of 5 types of massage, excluding hot stone massage) and a 15 minute mini customised facial. This one hour and 15 minute treatment is $199.00 per person and is available by contacting Chuan Spa on 03 8696 811 or 1800 641 107.