Like the rest of the Bug the Spa focusses on being social with a relaxing atmosphere, and refreshing to those on journey or those on escape. The Spa is also intent on relieving those sore parts after a hard day exploring Yosemite's beauty.

We have a beautiful 10-person stainless steal hot tub that opens out unto our Tea Garden Deck overlooking Bear Creek. While here you are invited to select from a variety of teas in order to create the perfect pot of tea while enjoying the fresh air and listening to the surrounding nature.

After a long soak in the tub you will find our large hot rock sauna the perfect place to sit and further relax befor cooling off in our cold rain shower. To complete your experience, rinse off in a 7-jet shower in our luxurious changing room.

Additionally we offer hot Herbal Baths and Herbal Scrubs with Sauna that combine locally made herbal formulas with essential oils to delight your senses, soothe your spirit, and tone your body. Our

The Studio holds Yoga classes regularly as well as special events and workshops. Currently we have Yoga instructors that teach morning and evening classes 6 days a week. All fitness levels are welcome.

We offer nearly a full range of massage and bodywork techniques including: Swedish, Deep Tissue, Acupressure, Shiatsu, Myofacial Release and Sports Massage. Additionally we offer Reiki energy healing. Massage and bodywork appointments can be made in advance or upon arrival.

The Bug Spa is meant to grow and change over time to accommodate learning, healing, healthfulness, fitness and relaxation in ways that any guest will find another reason special to them to enjoy the Bug. Looks for quarterl workshops on our Events page.

LOCAL RECOMMENDATIONS:

Dhamma Mahavana California Vipassana Center
10 day long meditation course. Many guests stay at the Bug before and after this excellent intensive meditation retreat.

Essential Massage Health institute

Ahern Massage Therapy School

COMMENTS:

Great place, had a ball! Massage and spa were amazing.
Ta & Bernie - OZ

Excellent Massage!
Tim

Thank you for a lovely stay! The room was colorful and cozy, everyone was so friendly and I appreciated the ecologically conscious ethic - Reen's yoga class was just wonderful!
Kaya & Amy

Thanks you for creating a beautiful, restorative, and family friendly place without chlorine.
David

Thanks for such a relaxing place. A gem of the Sierras.
Nancy

Incredible! just what we needed!
Andrea

 

 
 
Amenities
 
 
 

HOT TUB / HOT ROCK SAUNA / COLD RAIN SHOWER
$10 Access all day, open 10am to 10pm,

Large Cedar Sauna with Hot Rocks and herbal oils. Jump under the cold rain shower adjacent after sauna. Completely entrancing signature stainless steel hot tub cleaned with food grade hydrogen peroxide and UV. these waters are good for you. Calm waters or jets. Beautiful closed or open door view of the Bear Creek Canyon and forest. Quiet socializing or resting Indian style seating area adjacent to spa & sauna. This access is inclusive with any treatment or class.

Hot rock sauna
Changing Room
Hot Tub

 

 
Treatments
 
 
 

 

MASSAGE THERAPY
$75 one Hour, Available 10am to 9pm daily, full facilities use inclusive. Our treatment rooms are differing decor rooms with asian flair with candles, music, water features and warm hardwood floors. Facilities use included.

We have on-site Therapists offering Shiatsu, Swedish, Acupressure, Deep Tissue, and Mysofacial Release. Advance appoinments or at check-in. We have Therapists on-site.

REIKI TREATMENTS
$65 per hour, $35 per half hour. Japanese origin healing energy work for stress reduction & relaxation. Facilites use included.

INFUSION BATH MENU
$25 each 1-2 people, two tubs. 1/2 hour, Same availability as above. Full facilities use included.
HERBAL BATH:
We have a locally signature soaking herbal bath for skin healing, moisturizing, detoxifying and ease stressed muscles.
OXYGEN BATH: Focussed. Flood your body with oxygen! Bathing in Hydrogen Peroxide is a highly effective way to get oxygen into the body, which has long been used to rid the body of toxins and disease.
SALT OF THE EARTH: Epsom Salts for fatigued or injured muscles with therapeutic grade essential oils which break the blood/brain barrier to deliver their specific healing properites quickly and directly.

SAUNA & HERBAL BODY MUD
$45, 1 hour, regular availability, Full facilities use included. Client will spend 30 minutes in the dry sauna (or till they have a good sweat going) take a cold rain shower, then go to a massage room where herbal scrubs will be massaged into the skin all over body.
HONEY CLAY MUD:
Elder flowers, aloe, bentenite clay. w/ crystalized honey
CELTIC SALT MUD:
Rosemary, kelp, oatmeal. w/ Celtic Sea salt, from what is called the Celtic Sea.

 





Massage
Massage Room
Herbal Bath Room
Reiki Nasya Massage

 

 
Instructors
 
 
 

REEN PERKINS has enganged in yoga pracices worldwide for thirty years, teaching for twelve. Her focus is in Hatha Yoga styles, notably Anusara and Ashtanga. Being a cancer survivor and a physical therapist, she is able to provide a meditative, safe, yet vigorous strengtheningof mind, body and spirit.

JEANINE PIERSON is

JEN MENO has been living in Yosemite since 1996, when she traveled to the Sierra to work as a trail chef, cooking outdoors in remote backcountry locations. In 2001 Jen became the house chef of the Inn at Erna's Elderberry House, in Oakhurst, CA, where she immersed herself in the art of fine cooking. She has worked as a personal chef and cooking teacher for local residents. In 2005, through shared passion for local food, Jen and Brenda created a unique catering business that emphasizes using fresh local ingredients and sharing their knowledge with clients and event guests alike. Jen currently resides in El Portal with her husband and their two boys. She works with children at the local elementary school, teaches yoga, and continues working as a chef, focusing on sharing benefits of choosing a local diet.

JON PAUL SALONEN discovered yoga when young, was mentored for ten years and has been teaching for four years. He knows Ayurveda which focusses on understanding individual propensities and how to keep one's energy in balance. Jon Paul strives to make yoga ejoyable and accessable to all fitness levels and ages.

AMELIA LABBE is our exceptional weekends Reiki practiioner. Talent worth the experience. "I have been in tune with the healing arts for 15 years and have had profound experiences guiding me in this direction. I received my certification for both Reiki 1 (hands on healing) and Reiki 2 (distance healing) here in Mariposa, CA and have been practicing Reiki for 3 ½ years.

LORIEN BOOMER Has been practicing massage therapy for four years. She combines different techniques from Swedish, Shiatsu, Accupressure, Reiki and Deep Tissue to form an eclectic full-body massage. She puts her intuitive and loving energy into play to provide a relaxing and healing experience for all of her clients

 
 

 

Workshops

 
 
 

KIRTAN We are hosting our first kirtan at the Bug Hostel Spa! Come join us for a few hours of devotional chanting/singing accompanied by harmonium. Kirtan (Sanskrit: "to repeat")is call-and-response chanting performed in India's devotional traditions. When this chanting is done as a private meditation it is called japa, but when performed congregationally with instruments and often dancing it is called kirtan or sankirtan. A person performing kirtan is known as a kirtankar. In the Bhagavad-gita (9.13)[4] Krishna states that great souls are always engaged in glorifying him with kirtan. Kirtan practice involves chanting hymns or mantras to the accompaniment of instruments such as the harmonium, the two-headed mrdanga or pakawaj drum and karatal hand cymbals. It is a major tenet of Vaisnava devotionalism, Sikhism, the Sant traditions, and some forms of Buddhism, as well as other sects. Come join us on Thursday, May 14th at 7:30 p.m. in the yoga studio. Donation based participation. Ask about our next Kirtan.

THE STUDIO is available for spa related instruction, classes, receptions for groups, locals, events or touring workshops and classes. Please contact us with your ideas. The Studio is 750 sf with wrapaound decks, views and bathrooms facilities. Personal yoga can be practised when the studio is free of classes.

INTRODUCTORY BELLY DANCING with Miriam of Charani’s Mandali All skill levels welcome! Thursday June 4th 6:30 to 7:30 pm

Spa Studio Usage
Yoga Classes
 
Yoga Group Classes
 
 
 

 

REEN PERKINS with her complete spiritual hatha yoga
Mornings: Tues, Thurs, Sat & Sun 8am-9:30am
Evenings: Weds & Fri 6pm-7:30pm

JON PAUL SALONEN with his signature smooth active Hatha Yoga
Sunday Evening Only: 6pm-7:30pm

JEN BOWEN MENO with her Vinyasa Style class!
Satturday Evenin g Only: 6pm-7:30pm


 
Tai Chi Classes
Martial Arts Class
 
 
 

Just 25 miles from Yosemite Valley!

 
  Douglas Shaw, Owner

The Yosemite Bug Rustic Mountain Resort
6979 Highway 140
P.O. Box 81 Midpines, CA 95345
Toll Free: 866.826.7108 Telephone: 209.966.6666 Fax:209.966.6667
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