Miraj Hammam Spa

~ spa services are divine. any kind of spa service. tarah and i have experienced our fair share of spa services yet when we got an email asking us to attend and experience a Hammam and Gommage service at Miraj Hammam in Vancouver, neither of us knew what it entailed ~

~Miraj Hammam is a spa located on Granville and 6th in Vancouver, BC, that practices cleansing and healing for the body and soul based on Middle Eastern treatments. Mirja has been in this prime location for 15 years and most recently opened up in the Shangri-La in Toronto. The service that we were experiencing was Hammam and Gommage: a steam and exfoliation treatment that ended with a Oriental massage {15 minute relaxation massage}. i, for one, was very excited about the steam and exfoliation treatment. i'd been trying to find time for a scrub for a long time and this treatment could not have come sooner!~

~upon arriving we were escorted into the change work and told to strip down and wear only the sarong they had provided for us. {miraj hammam is primarily a women's only spa but they do have days designated for men and couples} tarah and i were both hesitant at first but when in rome (or in the middle east)~

~Veronica, our esthetician, grabbed us and walked us into a room. this was our first surprise. the room was so full of steam, it was almost impossible to see each other. after a few seconds of gathering our bearings, Veronica explained that we would be sitting in steam for 15 minutes and provided us with some water and left us to bask in the warmth of the steam room. we started to sweat instantly. like sweat, a lot. {note to self for next treatment..do not wear makeup, bring a hair tie and a change of undergarments} but all was good and fine because the scrub was coming! all i could think of was, i wish i had brought my facial exfoliant in with me, my skin would look amazeballs. Veronica came in and grabbed us one at a time for our exfoliation treatment.  we laid faced down on what we found out was Jerusalem gold marble as Veronica exfoliated our bodies neck to pinky toes using black Moroccan soap. it was a vigorous scrub down and once it was done, my skin literally squeaked clean. best.thing.ever. i was escorted back into the steam room while Tarah had her scrub down and then we were asked to dry ourselves off before going in for a Oriental relaxation massage ~

  now, i've never had a massage outside of esthetics school as a student so it isn't something i partake in too often, but let me tell you, it was so relaxing that afterwards, as I awaited Tarah in the Sultana Lounge, i could barely keep myself sitting up. all i wanted to do was sleep amongst the plush silk cushions atop the velvet beds. once Tarah returned from her massage, we were treated to some Middle Eastern tea and a sweet cake, both different and tasty, a wonderful way to end our experience~

 ~ we were both so pleased by the overall experience that we were just counting the days to when we could plan to return with friends and steam our skin clean of all impurities. this spa is an absolute must visit in Vancouver for a unique and old world spa experience ~

xoxo
Oz

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