The lighting changes through the day. So does the music, shifting with the hours as if the room were paying attention to you. CHANGE Wellness opened on O'Connell Street with a 36 degree magnesium pool at its centre, twin ice baths on either side, and a trio of heat in a traditional sauna, an infrared sauna and a steam room. You get sixty minutes and no set order. Move between hot and cold at whatever pace your body asks for. There is a private suite if you would rather not share. Recovery, staged like theatre. You leave looser than you arrived.
CHANGE Wellness, North Adelaide
A 36 degree magnesium pool, twin ice baths and a trio of heat on O'Connell Street. Sixty minutes, no set order, recovery staged like theatre.
Sigourney Cantelo — Founder & Editor-in-Chief
15 January 20262 min read
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