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Appointments at The Spa at Ballantyne are offered seven days a week and should be booked by calling the spa concierge. This 20,000-square-foot spa is located inside the Ballantyne in the heart of Charlotte and open to both hotel guests and anyone just looking for a spa treatment. The spa has more than 50 treatment options, including massages, facials, body wraps, manicures, pedicures and a full-service hair salon. Based on the Native American philosophy of the four elements—Earth, air, water and fire—the treatments at The Spa at Ballantyne align with the one of the given elements. Massages represent the grounding effects of earth; facials symbolize the detoxifying and rejuvenating benefits of air; body treatments offer the cleansing and nourishment of water; and the energy of the salon represents fire. Experience all four elements during your visit to the Spa at Ballantyne.

The Spa at Ballantyne asks that you notify staff of cancellations a minimum of 24 hours before your appointment to avoid being charged in full for your missed treatment. Spa packages require 48 hours advance notice to avoid the fee. When scheduling your appointment, be sure to give yourself enough time to arrive at least 30 minutes in advance; after all, the spa has excellent amenities aside from the treatments, including a relaxation lounge, steam room, sauna and indoor and outdoor pools.

Treatments at The Spa at Ballantyne are based on the Native American philosophy of four elements: Earth, air, water and fire. The Four-Star spa’s signature hot stone massage, for example, combines earth and fire elements. Massage offers the grounding benefits of the earth, while the warm river rock stones use fire to melt tense muscles and leave your body relaxed and revitalized.

The Spa at Ballantyne features a couple’s suite for sharing the Four-Star spa experience with someone you love. The spa has put together an indulgent package specifically for couples, which includes a 25-minute relaxing soak, a 25-minute exfoliating scrub and a 50-minute massage. Make a day out of it by spending time together before your appointment begins in the spa’s relaxation lounge, sauna, steam room or indoor and outdoor pools.

The more than 50 treatments offered at The Spa at Ballantyne are based on four elements of Native American philosophy: Earth, air, water and fire. Massages represent the grounding effects of earth, facials symbolize the detoxifying and rejuvenating benefits of air, body treatments offer the cleansing and nourishment of water and the energy of the salon represents fire. Choose your element wisely when you book and appointment at the Spa at Ballantyne.

At The Spa at Ballantyne, you’ll find a variety of highly specialized massages ranging from aromatherapy and hot stone massage to Swe-Thai and Ashiatsu. Treatments at the Spa at Ballantyne are based on the Native American philosophy of the four elements: Earth, air, water and fire. Massaging the body to improve circulation, relieve tension and provide balance represents the grounding effects of the earth element, for example.

For a basic massage, the Four-Star spa offers the Little Bit of Bliss, a 25-minute massage that focuses on the full body or just the back, neck and shoulders. Specialty massages include the Golfer’s Sport Massage that combines specific massage techniques with range of motion stretches to address problem areas and help improve the strength and power behind each stroke. You’ll also find massages at the Spa at Ballantyne performed by highly trained therapists that focus on neuromuscular and structural body work, lymphatic drainage, structural alignment and more.

The Spa at Ballantyne offers several body wraps that help you accomplish a number of different body goals. To restore a youthful glow, the Refresh Seaweed Envelopment uses mineral-rich algae and sea kelp infused with vitamin E and aloe vera oil. For an ultra-hydrating wrap, the Shea Sugar Smoothie Envelopment starts with a sugar scrub to exfoliate your body before you’re wrapped in a honey, oat and yogurt mask. To detoxify your body, the Revitalizing Mud Envelopment uses a purifying clay mask and a detoxifying massage combined with a contour cream of black pepper, cinnamon, mandarin, ginger and green tea. For a healing treatment, the Ballantyne Wildflower Envelopment incorporates a wrap filled with botanical emollients and a floral facial massage for head to toe relaxation. The various wraps at the Spa at Ballantyne are easy to get wrapped up in – quite literally, and figuratively, too.