Where To Reset, Recharge And Glow
A neighborhood-first guide to resetting, from ancient baths and high-tech wellness clubs to serene teahouses and cult facial studios.
Welcome to that point in winter when post-holiday exhaustion finally catches up with you. The parties are over, the group chats have gone quiet, and suddenly January feels less like a fresh start and more like a recovery period. Still, if there’s one thing New York does well, it’s offering plenty of ways to reset without turning “New Year, New Me” into a full-time job. SoHo and its surrounding cobblestone streets make it especially easy. Within a few walkable blocks, you’ll find everything from an atmospheric, celebrity-frequented bathhouse and a high-tech wellness club to a tranquil Japanese teahouse and a discreet facial studio trusted by A-listers and fashion-world insiders. Consider this a neighborhood-first guide to hitting pause, resetting, and easing into 2026 feeling calmer, glowier, and far more restored—with no long-haul flights or drastic life overhauls required.
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Founded in West Hollywood and self-described as the world’s first social wellness club, Remedy Place SoHo has been a magnet for wellness-obsessed, performance-minded New Yorkers since its late-2024 opening. You don’t have to commit to the pricey membership to experience its full range of offering—just make a reservation. Spoiler alert: choosing what to book from the sea of options is the hard part.
The menu of remedies feels nearly infinite, mixing the familiar with the high-tech. Options include cryotherapy, infrared sauna, red light therapy, hyperbaric oxygen chambers, guided ice baths, contrast hot-and-cold sessions, lymphatic compression, AI-powered massages, acupuncture, and cupping. And of course, no modern wellness destination feels complete without IV therapy. Here, guests can choose custom vitamin IV drips or injections created by in-house naturopathic doctors.
Feeling social? Opt for the group offerings, including breathwork ice baths, sound baths, yoga, Pilates, and the aptly named Watch & Drip—which involves watching a movie while IVs of treatments like NAD+ or B12 are delivered directly into your bloodstream.
11 Greene St; (212) 201-5707
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This serene Japanese teahouse on Sullivan Street offers a rare opportunity to slow down in the heart of ever-electric SoHo. Sōrate specializes in Japanese teas, including single-origin matcha, sencha, and hojicha, all sourced from a family-owned farm in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, alongside small sweets known as wagashi, designed to balance matcha’s natural bitterness.
To truly feel like you’re in Kyoto without hopping on a long-haul flight, reserve a thoughtfully paced multi-tea tasting or whisk away the city noise with a private Japanese tea ceremony led by tea master Keiko Kitazawa, who guides each step with quiet precision and care. The experience is calming, immersive, and refreshingly unhurried, offering a sense of stillness that feels increasingly rare in New York.
103 Sullivan St; (646) 398-8030
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After a day spent shopping in SoHo, disappear for a few hours into luxurious ancient Greek and Roman–inspired bathing at this sublime, subterranean 16,000-square-foot oasis. Housed inside a restored 1883 textile factory, descend into a soul-soothing world where AIRE’s signature floral and citrus essential oil blend perfumes the cavernous space, and original brick beams and iron columns frame a sequence of lantern-lined thermal waters set at varying temperatures.
The Zen-luxe possibilities are seemingly endless. Float in the Flotarium (salt bath) beneath cathedral-high vaulted ceilings and a serene skylight. Immerse yourself in sinus-clearing, skin-invigorating eucalyptus steam inside the glass-enclosed Vaporium (steam bath). Splurge on a massage or a private red wine soak to elevate the already divine experience. Even the final moments before stepping back onto the city streets feel indulgent, thanks to the exquisitely stocked locker rooms — complete with Dyson hair dryers and L’Occitane bath amenities — making it borderline devastating to leave.
88 Franklin St; (646) 861-0538
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This casual, shoebox-sized vegan joint on the cusp of Chinatown and SoHo serves plant-based twists on Asian-American comfort food favorites. Although the 100% vegan menu is prepared without onions or garlic, in accordance with Buddhist dietary restrictions, everything here is wildly flavorful.
Highlights include bao buns, taro spring rolls, and a mouthwatering lineup of plant-based burgers—from a crispy portobello option to a tofu burger coated in a sweet-and-spicy sauce and piled high with red cabbage. Elsewhere on the menu, you’ll find satiating salads and grain bowls, like a Buddha bowl loaded with quinoa, chickpeas, kale, and miso-tahini dressing, plus noodles (order the Zhajiang noodles when you’re craving heat), along with a killer variety of fresh juices, smoothies, and teas. Don’t sleep on the pineapple iced green tea or the side of sweet potato fries.
153 Centre St; (212) 226-9669
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A discreet sixth-floor studio on Walker Street is home to Raquel New York, the cult facial destination run by former fashion stylist–turned–skin whisperer Raquel Medina-Cleghorn. It has also become a skin-savvy hideaway for the likes of Jennifer Lawrence, Emily Ratajkowski, Claire Danes, Simone Rocha, Paloma Elsesser, and Léa Seydoux. Facials here are fully tailored and go well beyond a standard cleanse, combining sculpting massage, exfoliation, extractions when needed, and a customized mix of advanced modalities like microcurrent, LED, ultrasound, iontophoresis, pressurized oxygen, and lymphatic techniques.
For next-level results, offerings include collagen-inducing Micro Stamp treatments using ProCell microchanneling technology, bio-stimulating facials, and gentle yet effective peels designed to brighten, tighten, and refine skin texture with minimal downtime. Reiki-infused facials and bodywork round out the menu, making this a destination for both visible results and a deeper reset. Ready to glow like it’s fashion week? You’re in excellent hands.
Walker St, New York, NY; by appointment only
WORDS Alex Catarinella
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