La Wellness Galeries Lafayette

Life in a great metropole like Paris looks fantastic but is not always simple. Like any big city-dwellers, Parisians often suffer from stress. For the Parisians, the best way to help their body and mind relieve stress is through exercise and several treatments like massage. We present to you in this article interesting opportunities for tourists to discover a healthy lifestyle in Paris and to relax during a trip. If you are interested in beauty and lifestyle trends, this is a new hot spot in Paris that you should not miss.

It is a Wellness center launched in September this year by The Galeries Lafayette Haussmann. This is the perfect place to cultivate your inner and outer well-being and find a physiological and energetic balance in your body. Galeries Lafayette intends to revolutionize the art of beauty and holistic care with this new living space dedicated to sport and relaxation, manual therapies and well-being in the broad sense in the heart of Paris. 

More specifically, this space has been designed around 3 essential pillars:

Sport and relaxation: yoga, pilates, meditation, boxing, boot camp, cardio with associated clothing and accessories.
Beauty treatments and therapies: nail art, sauna and hammam, eyelash extensions, hair care, osteopathy, cryotherapy, neuro-training, lymphatic drainage, remodeling, kobido 
Well-being: aromatherapy, lithotherapy, vegan food    

Here are the activities of the Wellness Gallery that the O'Bon Paris team experienced firsthand. 

ANATOMIK - Pilates

Amatomik is offering pilates courses to exercise and tune into yourself, both in the inner and outer way. All you have to do is follow the expert’s comments and movements, you will be able to feel each of your muscles and breath from deep inside without noticing. All classes can be offered in English and in French if needed.

There are two-time options for a single session; 30 minutes and 45 minutes so that you can take a glance at what it is like to care for your physical side and also the mental side. During the course, you will forget about everything and just listen to yourself. You can take a 35minutes session for 25€, 45 minutes for 35€. And don’t forget to bring your sportswear for the exercise (you can change your clothes in a specific room). The lessons are generally run from 12:45 to 13:30 for 35 minutes sessions, at 11:00 and 19:30 for 45 minutes sessions.

ANATOMIK - Oxygen therapy

If you are wanting to take holistic care derived from deep in your body, care to try Anatomik’s Oxygen therapy session. It is to help you restore your metabolism by controlling the circulation and quantity of oxygen. The session is originally to fix some chronic decease such as hypoxemia (a reduction in the amount of oxygen transported in the blood) or hypercapnia (an excessive presence of CO2 in the blood) by providing oxygen or creating some air pressure. Stimulating the blood cycle, the oxygen in your body transports energy with help of the hemoglobin in the blood, which is essential for organs to move. It is also a great way to fight jetlag, while you travel from far away.

You take off your shoes and enter the tented space, then the technician closes the tent. Then the rise in pressure is made gradually, and during the session, you can read, relax and even pass time with a VR player. At the end of the session, the depressurization takes about 5 minutes, and you can leave the room. An oxygen therapy session hyperbaric most often lasts 60 to 90 minutes and takes place in several stages. Health, well-being, and sports specialists are at your disposal for any oxygen therapy session. This practice is particularly recommended if you want to improve your metabolism. Indeed, oxygen therapy increases the assimilation of oxygen by your body. It is therefore a powerful technique to improve general well-being. Throughout a session, Anatomik experts are here to assist and advise you. You can take a 60 minutes session for 95€, or 90 minutes for 125€. You can book a session from 10:00 to 19:15 in general.

SKINNEO - JetPeel™ Booster

Do you want to experience advanced skin care that is optimized for your skin and face? We recommend Skinneo. The great thing about this skin care program is that it can accurately analyze your face and receive a diagnosis based on artificial intelligence. An artificial intelligence specialized in advanced skin analysis will produce a personalized report. With this diagnosis, a skin care professional will intensively manage the areas of your face that need improvement. 

During the Jet Peel procedure, high-pressure air penetrates the dermis. This allows you to supply the skin with a liquid along with products that help to purify and regenerate the skin. Jet Peel Facial is a minimally invasive procedure and has gained a lot of popularity in recent years because of its effectiveness and benefits. As soon as the treatment is finished, you can see at a glance that the skin tone is clear and even. You can take JetPeel™ Classique a 35 minutes session for 135€, and  Booster a 45 minutes for 150€. 35 euros if you only carry out the Consultation Diagnostic Visage IA Check. In addition, various skin care and body care programs are prepared here, so check the website for details.

NATHALIE DUARTE - Drainage lymphatique

This treatment is purely manual and takes place on the whole body, particularly on the legs and back. This technique reduces edema and excess liquid stimulates blood circulation and potentiates a complex network of vessels that move body fluids by reducing aqueous cellulite.

Following this lymphatic drainage, the metabolism becomes more accelerated. After just one hour, you will get a feeling of relaxation, and well-being, and have a less bloated and more shapely body.

 You can take a 60 minutes session for 230€, or 5 session for 1000.00€. You can book a session from 10:00 to 19:00. 

INNERSKIN X HYDRAFACIAL -  Hydrafacial Signature

Enriched with an anti-aging booster, this treatment minimizes the appearance of wrinkles, fine lines, and expression lines thanks to deep hydration to prevent the signs of skin aging. It's a revolutionary approach to hydradermabrasion to reveal clear, radiant, and protected skin thanks to its super serums.

The expert explained to you very well the problems of your skin step by step. All the steps are done by a high-tech machine, like a vacuum cleaner. The skin has been deeply cleansed by removing impurities, black pores, etc. Then it was very well hydrated thanks to the machine which can also put the moisturizing serum (it's a mixture of vitamins, peptides, hyaluronic acid, etc.) down to the deep level of the skin. With just one treatment, you can feel a noticeable improvement in skin texture, tone, and moisture. This activity is highly recommended by O'Bon Paris. 

BELLEYME -  Sauna infrarouge duo

What if you want to use a sauna to soothe your tired body while traveling? Ideal for purifying your skin and sharing a moment for two, the duo infrared sauna allows you to evacuate toxins and heavy metals. You can then enjoy more radiant skin, but also cell renewal and a beneficial effect on the immune system. The relaxation area of ​​the infrared sauna is thus able to bring you deep relaxation.

A session corresponds to the privatization of the space with an infrared sauna cabin, shower, and changing room for 50 minutes including 30 minutes of the infrared sauna. The price of a duo session is 65€. We invite you to come 10 minutes before the start of your session. On-site,  towels, shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, make-up remover, cotton pads, and hairdryers are provided. You can have the session in a bathing suit or unclothed.

LE FITNESS STORE

There is no doubt that trendy and sophisticated sportswear is now an important means of expressing who I am. It is the best place to shop for high-quality and pretty sportswear that you can find only in Paris.

 With the selection of Le Fitness Store, where aesthetics go hand in hand with functionality, expert brands upgrade your wardrobe and energize the look.

LE BEAUTY STORE 

In this beautiful beauty store, Care, Hair Care, Pleasure, Food Supplements, Perfume, Electro-beauty, Lithotherapy, and Men's Care come together.  

Exclusive and inclusive brands are gathered in one place. You can meet European and North American skincare brands with excellent product quality. Popular brands such as The Ordinary and Aesop also offer relatively low prices. There are also spaces where you can test the product on your own skin. All staff are very friendly and give professional advice.

LA SOURCE - Gym, personal training and boot camp

It is not easy to find a gym in Paris with a reasonable price and high-end facilities. Located in the heart of Paris, the gym with the best facilities and trainers is right here in the Wellness Gallery. If you are a mid-to-long-term resident of Paris, we highly recommend you try personal training. Coached by a trainer, the personalized follow-up is based on a unique protocol that will allow you to achieve your goals step by step. The coaches adapt to all profiles and are trained to support you throughout your progress process.

How about participating in the Bootcamp group class for one day? Each session of a collective lesson, you will feel better in your body and you will experience an intense feeling of well-being. They offer boot camps at a relatively reasonable price of 25 euros per session. Note that this gym also offers yoga and boxing classes for 30 euros for 50 minutes.

 How to get to Wellness Galeries Lafayette?

La Wellness Galerie is located on the -1 Floor of Galeries Lafayette's main building, Coupole Store.

Opening hours: Every day 10:00-20:30 

Address: 40 Bd Haussmann Galeries Lafayette, 75009 Paris

Transportation: Metro line 7, 9 Chaussée d'Antin-La Fayette station / Metro line 3, 7, 8 Opéra station / Metro line 12 Trinité station / RER line A Auber station / RER line E Haussmann-St Lazare

How to book your activity?

Go to the Wellness Gallery site and search for the activity name you want in the "Rechercher" field. You can also search by brand name. For example, if you search for NATHALIE DUARTE, you will see all the skin&body care programs offered by this brand. Click "Prendre RDV", select the time you want in the "Je Choisis mon créneau" field, and then click "Finaliser paiement" to pay by credit card. On-site booking and payments are also possible, but it is more convenient to pay online in advance if possible. If you have specific questions or requests, you can contact the Wellness team through this mail: [email protected]  

While traveling in Europe, the experience of receiving skin care or massage in Paris, the holy land of beauty will give you an unforgettable day. Don't forget to have a look at our exclusive voucher by clicking here, to enjoy unique gifts while shopping in Galeries Lafayette!

Author : Minchae
Photo : Thuy & Yuka