“Complete Wellness Center” Opens

Missourian Photo. Sara Mehringer, left, and Melissa Duchatschek recently opened a wellness studio at 127 Elm St., Suite 310, in Downtown Washington. Mehringer offers services in Thai body work and ayurveda and Duchatscheck offers several yoga classes per week.

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Spas at sea

Any cruise ship worth her sea salt now has a stand-alone spa area where guests are pampered and pummelled to the nth degree. It is an essential part of the experience and a big change from yesteryear when staff from the ship's beauty salon gave occasional spa treatments in vacant cabins.