Ummelina Day Spa
Ummelina Day Spa will transport you to a distant land where according to the spa “for centuries indigenous people listened to the earth and gleaned its riches.”
You can’t be in hurry when you visit this spa. Sometimes you have to wait longer for your service to start. But at least you can sip on tea in a peaceful waiting room while enjoying a foot bath as you wait for your “guide” to begin your Global Remedy service.
The spa is owned by Nina Ummel, she is the founder, president and chief visionary officer of Ummelina International (celebrating 21 years now). Her talented “guides” are the soul of Ummelina. They each specialize in their own trade.
One of her Sanctuary Guides, Nana Nkatiah-Bosom, who goes by the name of “Nana from Ghana” is an herbalist. His specialty is the African Foot Bath ($50); a soothing half-hour long treatment for your feet and lower legs involving water, hot towels, shea butter, and massage to increase circulation. Nana says he was trained by his grandparents in Ghana. He believes that our feet are the most important part of the body comparing feet to the roots of a tree. He imports the shea butter for his treatment straight from Ghana. You’ll get more than a spa treatment when you meet Nana he is a wealth of information. He will share stories with you about his homeland as he methodically goes through the process of pampering your “roots” with an authentic nature.
Ummelina Day Spa offers several other services too. From “journey’s” that last hours and involve the use of water to shorter “ritual” treatments (massage, facials, nails, waxing, and makeup). If you don’t have time for a treatment they offer natural products for face, hands, feet, and body as well as tea supplies in their global marketplace at the entrance of the spa.
Seattle Spa Retreat
1525 Fourth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
206.624.1370
1.800.663.4SPA
Yakima Valley Spa Retreat
399 East Yakima Avenue Suite 183
Yakima, WA 98901
509.225.4SPA
(4772) 800.663.4SPA
Hours
Sunday through Thursday from 10:30 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Friday & Saturday from 8:30 a.m. until 9:00 p.m.
Scheduling
Be sure to call at least two to three weeks in advance for weekday appointments and about four weeks in advance for weekend appointments.
Cancellations
You must give 24 hours notice in advance of a scheduled appointment if you need to cancel.
Parking
Ummelina Day Spa in downtown Seattle validates parking in the Century Square Garage after 5:00 p.m. weekdays and all day on weekends. Enter on Pike Street between 3rd & 4th Avenue. If the gate is closed, press the entry button. For the Yakima spa park in the lot to the east of Inn, or any lot (most are free) or street parking is close too.
Getting to Ummelina Day Spa
From North of Seattle
Take I-5 South
Take the Union St. exit 165B - go 0.1 mi
Continue on Union St - go 0.2 mi
Turn right at 4th Ave - go 0.1 mi
From South of Seattle
Take I-5 North
Take the Seneca St. exit 165 - go 0.3 mi
Bear left at Seneca St - go 0.1 mi
Turn right at 4th Ave - go 0.2 mi
Yakima Valley Spa Retreat
I-90 E
Take exit 110 to merge onto I-82E/US 97S towards Yakima
Take exit 33B for Akima Ave and turn Right onto Yakima Ave.
On the right hand side of Avenue, beside the Hilton Garden Inn.
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