About
About Relax and Relief
A small, quiet treatment practice on the fifth floor at 41 Union Square West — therapeutic massage and bodywork, and a private room that licensed practitioners rent by the hour.
How the practice came about
Relax and Relief by Enhancewell grew out of the treatment side of Enhancewell, the Union Square studio, and has now split off as its own practice so that bodywork is not an afterthought squeezed between class times. Enhancewell continues as a Pilates studio; Relax and Relief is the massage, bodywork and treatment-room side, running from the same building at 41 Union Square West, Suite 501, New York, NY 10003.
The premise is unfussy. One well-equipped private room, a small number of therapists who actually know what they are doing, and no upsell script at the end of the session. Clients come for deep tissue, sports and recovery work, Swedish and relaxation massage, and our own CBD and Emu oil sessions — most of them people who work or live within a few blocks of Union Square and want something that fits into a real week.
What treatment here is actually like
Sessions start with a short intake — what hurts, what you did to it, what you need to be able to do tomorrow — and the work follows from that rather than from a fixed routine. The room has a heated spa bed, dimmable lighting, fresh laundered linens for every client and a hot towel warmer. There is a small seated waiting area outside the suite, so arriving a few minutes early is fine.
There is no receptionist and no retail floor. That keeps the overhead low and the room calm, and it is why booking runs through the online calendar rather than a front desk.
The room, when we are not in it
Outside our own client hours the same suite is available to licensed practitioners — massage therapists, estheticians, acupuncturists, reiki practitioners and PMU artists — through our hourly treatment room rental, with no membership, no long lease and no commission on your clients. It is the same bed, the same linens and the same laundry service we use ourselves.
Who you will be working with
The practice is deliberately small — you book a person, not a rota slot. Both practitioner pages below set out training, licensure and the kind of work each of them takes on.