Massage, like dressing up in a two-person horse costume, is an intimate and personal experience that always leaves one person with greater flexibility. Rein in tension with today’s Groupon to Emerald Day Spa & Salon in Arcadia. Choose between the following options:

• For $39, you get a 60-minute massage with a botanical foot scrub (a $125 value).
• For $110, you get three 60-minute massages with botanical foot scrubs (a $375 value).
  
  

Emerald Day Spa & Salon’s licensed massage therapists knead out bodily knots with the soothing strokes of Swedish, deep-tissue, and traditional Thai modalities. Bodies can bask in Swedish massage to increase circulation to sore muscles and relax stiffness stemming from naps in cryogenic chambers, or opt for the targeted pressure of deep-tissue techniques to treat chronic pain and tightly wound tendons. Traditional Thai massage draws on ancient therapeutic approaches, combining deep pressure with guided stretching to ease pain and increase flexibility. Each massage teams up with a 10-minute botanical foot scrub, which exfoliates feet with an invigorating concoction scented with a choice of lavender or lemon. Gleaming timber floors accent the salon’s persimmon-colored walls in the lounge, and leafy ferns in private treatment rooms helpfully whisper “Hokey Pokey” lyrics to therapists during each massage session.