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Body Sculpting
Personalized body correction and contouring. Available as a straight one-hour treatment on the whole body, or built out with infrared sauna and pressotherapy.
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About The Body
We don't treat a service.
We treat the body in
front of us.
A Russian body sculpting and wellness studio in Charlotte, where sculpting, bodywork, lymphatic techniques, technology and cedar rituals come together in one personalized system.
Book an Appointment Our approachNot a traditional spa.
Not a massage studio.
Not a studio built around machines.
A studio built around the body.
Body sculpting, manual bodywork, lymphatic techniques, massage, advanced technology, thermal therapy and traditional European wellness practices, combined into one system and chosen for one person at a time.
Two people, one week
Two bodies. Two different needs. Two different programs.
Client A - Body Sculpting
She wants her body contoured
We see
Fluid retention and puffiness, softness through the legs and waist, visible cellulite.
We prepare
Infrared sauna, when the plan calls for it, to warm the tissue and start the release.
We work
An individually selected sculpting treatment, chosen for her tissue on the day.
We finish
Pressotherapy, when the plan calls for it.
Client B - Massage & Recovery
He needs his body to stop hurting
We see
Muscular tension across the back and shoulders, heavy training load, poor recovery, restricted movement.
We assess
An assessment of tension, mobility and how the body is recovering.
We work
A combination of deep tissue, trigger point therapy, cupping and assisted stretching.
We choose
The combination follows what his body needs. Not one fixed massage protocol.
Same studio, same philosophy, entirely different programs. We do not start from a service and look for a client to fit it. We start from the body in front of us and build from there.
What we believe
Machines are tools.
Expertise creates the
treatment.
Technology matters, and we invest in professional equipment. But it never replaces the hands, the experience or the judgment of the specialist.
A full toolbox.
The client's body is at the center. Every technique and machine is a tool we choose based on what that body needs - not a standard protocol, and not one machine for everyone.
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Manual Sculpting & Lymphatic Drainage
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Body Sculpting Machines
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Wood Therapy
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Honey Treatments
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Body Wraps
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Infrared Sauna
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Pressotherapy
Sequential compression for full-body lymphatic drainage. Can run on its own, or at the same time as a face treatment - your specialist works on your face while the body is being drained.
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Vacuum, RF and Red Light
Used on the face in both face treatments, alongside manual work rather than instead of it.
Body Sculpting
Face Sculpting
Our signature tradition
We prepare the body before we work with it.
The Siberian Cedar Barrel is not a sauna. The body sits in natural cedar steam with essential oils while the head stays outside. We build on it with contrast of heat and cold air, ice and cool water. It stands as a complete ritual on its own, and it can be added before other treatments.
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Heat
Steam in a natural Siberian Cedar Barrel with essential oils.
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Contrast · guided
In the guided ritual: heat against cold air, ice and cool water. The self-guided session is the barrel on its own.
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Bodywork
Therapeutic work with the body, depending on the chosen experience.
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Recovery
Time to recover, then hot tea with mountain honey and traditional Russian sushki.
It started with a yes.
Founder
Arykova ekaterina
I was seventeen when my stepmother, a massage therapist, offered to teach me what she knew. I said yes without knowing what it would turn into.
Body sculpting came soon after, and I have not stopped since - first as a practitioner, then as the owner of three studios, and alongside that, teaching other women to build careers in this work. Thousands of treatments later I had my own approach, built on what I had seen work rather than on what I had been taught to repeat.
The Body is nearly ten years of that, brought to Charlotte.
Four directions. One approach.
The four directions of The Body. Each can stand on its own, and every one is built on the method above.
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Massage & Recovery
Therapeutic bodywork with a purpose. Your specialist combines deep tissue, sports techniques, trigger point therapy, cupping and assisted stretching based on what your body needs.
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Cedar Rituals
Our signature tradition. Steam in a natural Siberian Cedar Barrel with essential oils, contrast of heat and cold air, ice and cool water - on your own, as a guided ritual, or followed by a massage.
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Face Sculpting
Three face treatments: Face Sculpting, for the jawline and the lower third; Anti-Age Lifting Facial, for the appearance of tone and firmness; and a 30-minute express facial lymphatic drainage.
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Your body is individual. Your treatment should be too.
Know what you want? Book an appointment. Not sure yet? Contact the studio and we'll help you choose.
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