{"id":3278,"date":"2025-10-15T11:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/3278\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T11:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:44:08","slug":"nyc-spas-embrace-celeb-wellness-hack-where-to-cold-plunge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/3278\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC spas embrace celeb wellness hack\u00a0\u2014 where to cold plunge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remedy Place<\/a> founder and functional medicine doc Jonathan Leary remembers a time when people weren\u2019t quite so willing to freeze their tushes off in the name of wellness. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Circa 2019, just as he was opening his first \u201csocial self-care\u201d emporium in West Hollywood while overseeing wellness pop-ups all over Los Angeles, plunking oneself down in a pint-sized portable tub of 39-degree H2O <\/a>was still deemed pretty fringe. Not now.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom Cannes Film Festival to the Kardashians\u2019 backyard, what was once considered not normal has now become the staple of every major wellness event<\/a>,\u201d says Leary, who is up to four Remedy Place locations (Soho and Flatiron in New York, and a just-opened Boston outpost; from $50 for a single breathwork ice-bath class). \u201cIt\u2019s been incredible to witness this shift.\u201d<\/p>\n

Remedy Place offers \u201csocial self-care.\u201d Courtesy of Remedy Place<\/p>\n

Social proof: #6MinuteClub, used by Remedy Place cold plunge fanatics, has garnered thousands of posts on Instagram and millions of views on TikTok.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What do cold plunge-crazed celebs like Hailey Bieber<\/a> and Harry Styles<\/a>, and mega-athletes like Naomi Osaka and Steph Curry, get from regularly risking frostbite? A laundry list of emotional and physical bennies, it turns out, from anxiety relief and mood-boosting to inflammation reduction and post-workout muscle recovery.<\/p>\n

New York internist and longevity expert Amanda Kahn, who actively recommends cold plunging to her patients, shares that ice baths work their magic by triggering a prolonged response to the shock of cold temperatures. This includes the release of stress-modulating chemicals and the activation of the vagus nerve, which regulates the nervous system.<\/p>\n

Still, cautions Kahn, the practice isn\u2019t suitable for all. \u201cPeople with certain heart conditions, uncontrolled blood pressure, Raynaud\u2019s disease, asthma or seizure disorders should approach [cold plunging] with caution or avoid it altogether,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd in communal settings, hygiene and water quality are also important concerns, as cold temperatures don\u2019t kill bacteria.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saint, a sleek cold plunge spot in Chelsea, has four sauna-ice bath chambers. Courtesy of Saint<\/p>\n

While most of the hottest cold plunge spots in Manhattan and the boroughs are in fact built around community, the newest entry to the lineup \u2014 Saint<\/a>, in Chelsea \u2014 is steeped in the idea of privacy. The 1,100-square-foot space features a mere quartet of cozy-chic combination sauna-ice bath chambers that can accommodate up to three people.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cEach of the four private sanctuaries has walnut-clad dressing areas, Nordic-cedar saunas, Brazilian-slate ice baths, rain showers and Italian-terrazzo floors,\u201d says Saint co-founder Alex Feldman. \u201cWe\u2019re calling them rooms, or just \u2018personal space\u2019 \u2014 the rarest thing you can find in NYC. Here, our days unfold between small, shared apartments and sprawling, crowded offices, and neither are a setting for the meditative, restorative power of true privacy.\u201d (From $90 per visit.)<\/p>\n

In contrast to Saint\u2019s secluded plunge offerings, Othership<\/a> sounds like a full-on rave, complete with its own punchy language. Guests at its Flatiron and Williamsburg locations are dubbed \u201cJourneyers,\u201d and during the combination sauna-ice bath group \u201cExperiences,\u201d they\u2019re treated to \u201ctowel waving\u201d by \u201cGuides\u201d (basically the manual wafting of essential oils and heat through the air), \u201cvocal toning\u201d (wherein participants are encouraged to hum, chant and \u201cmake resonant sounds\u201d) and \u201cself-massage\u201d with gua shas to stimulate lymphatic drainage.<\/p>\n

Othership co-founder Harry Taylor says that cold exposure confers tangible benefits. Courtesy of Othership<\/p>\n

In the testimonials section of its website, Othership\u2019s cold plunge enthusiasts share some pretty profound stories about how communing with icy water \u2014 albeit for just minutes at a time \u2014 has changed their lives. (From $64 for a drop-in session.)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Othership co-founder Harry Taylor isn\u2019t surprised. Now that we\u2019re past the Gwyneth-y \u201clet\u2019s chat with the \u2018Iceman\u2019 for a Goop Lab feature on Netflix\u201d moment, real value has emerged.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the early wave of Wim Hof and celebrity interest helped introduce cold exposure to the mainstream, the conversation has shifted,\u201d Taylor notes. \u201cWe now have a growing body of peer-reviewed research validating cold exposure as a tool for stress regulation, recovery and resilience. It\u2019s no longer about personality or shock factor \u2014 though there definitely is a shock factor. People from all walks of life are integrating it into their routines because they feel tangible benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Remedy Place founder and functional medicine doc Jonathan Leary remembers a time when people weren\u2019t quite so willing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2518,3741,3742,232,2364,9,56,63,65,64,3743],"class_list":["post-3278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-alexa","tag-fashion-beauty","tag-health-and-wellness-products","tag-lifestyle","tag-luxury","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-skincare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}