What Our Guests Say About Osmosis

Recent Reviews from YELP!

5 STARS May 2010

Amazing experience. We had the cedar enzyme bath followed by 75 min Swedish massage. Our attendant Solana was very good, and made us feel comfortable. The experience started in the private tea room with a specially blended tea that's purported to enhance the forthcoming cedar enzyme bath. The tea was very enjoyable, and the gardens were beautiful. The cedar enzyme bath wasn't what I was expecting, but it was truly wonderful. I can honestly say I felt more relaxed than I have in a very long time afterward. According to the folks at Osmosis, they have the only cedar enzyme bath in the U.S., though it common in Japan. The massage was simply the best I've ever had. After that, we visited the meditation garden, and it was the perfect ending to the experience. Definitely a quiet serene environment, and the staff we all highly skilled. We were trying to figure out when we can come back before we left!

5 STARS May 2010

1. Customer Service and Front Desk : Five Stars
2. Waiting room and sipping tea and tea garden: Five Stars
3. Attendant at the cedar bath: Excellent, caring and attentive: Five Stars
4. Cedar Bath room: Huge, I was with my boyfriend and a good friend of us joined us in the same room, the attendant (I forgot her name) made us feel comfortable nude and being in the same room.
5. Massage: I had 90 minute Swedish massage, my boyfriend had 90 minutes Deep Focus and our friend chose a 75 minute Swedish massage and she enjoyed it. I had the best massage ever, my boyfriend agreed his massage experience was the best. I could even hear him snoring during his massage treatment, yeah: That GOOD!! Five Stars
6. Garden: Unique, beautiful and huge, we would enjoy it more if it was 10 degree hotter too bad the weather was cloudy but we will come back during the summer time to experience it better.
7. Check out process at the Front Desk was easy and the staff was nice.
We will come back.

Thank you Osmosis!!!

5 STARS May 2010

This place is like metaphysical morphine . . . er, I've heard. From the moment you sit down to gaze out at your perfect stamp-sized Japanese garden, framed in a perfect window while you sip your perfect enzymatic tea, to the moment you emerge from your experience, a sweet, warm bliss circulates through you. It starts with your physical senses, then seeps into your mental faculties, and finally, having triumphed over them all, leaves you feeling like a being floating somewhere beyond either physical or mental entanglements. You've soaked up all the beauty as if . . through Osmosis!

Did I seriously just write that paragraph? That is how powerful this place is - just dwelling on the memory from two weeks ago has intoxicated me and I was there with my mother!
And a friend . . never have they both been such wonderful company. I even enjoyed the enzyme bath; who knew that immersing myself in wood shavings would be so deeply enjoyable? And so conducive to massage, not to mention nirvana. I love this place and am already budgeting for many returns.

A Very Nice Review...

A recent guest, artist Jana Bouc, had some lovely things to say about Osmosis on her blog. She also brought her sketch book along and captured some of our neighborhood, as well as a few visual details of her visit. You can read her thoughts and see her charming sketches here.

More Thoughts From Our Guests

"I will always remember the effect that [Osmosis] had on one of our high-energy friends...we have never seen him so mellow as we did after his first treatment at Osmosis. As we were all getting into my car to leave the parking lot, our friend says to me from the back seat...."Don't slam the door" We all wanted to maintain that stressed-free consciousness as long as we could as we drove back to the Bay Area. Many thanks for your wonderful and much needed treatments."

"The spa services at your facility are made for the tired, weary, worn out person looking for complete relaxation. That's what I found - a tranquil, relaxing experience with an excellent staff who are personable, helpful, and very good at their work."

"Judging by the way that I feel, my experience was exceptional. My mind is calm, my body pain free & my spirit is renewed. I am on a 'natural' high. I can't remember feeling better & more secure. Truly wonderful!

"As classroom teachers in Oakland, my friends and I plan 2 to 3 trips a year. We look forward to sharing the experience together and know when the stress level has reached critical and its time for Osmosis!"

"Slept deeper than I have for weeks after being there."

"Osmosis has a unique offering that draws you back time & time again. I have introduced Osmosis to many of my friends and their reaction is without fail always - exceptional!"

"I am still thinking about my experience at Osmosis. What a treat it was! Thank you for maintaining such a peaceful retreat. It was the first time in months that I was able to fully relax and let go of stress. Thank you everyone at Osmosis!"

"5 Stars!"

"My only regret was I waited so long to come here. The whole experience is absolute bliss."