THE HEALING FREQUENCY
Why LA friends stopped meeting at bars: a club where your nervous system clocks out
In LA, more and more people skip the bar and meet friends for ice baths, saunas and hyperbaric oxygen instead. Remedy Place is a social wellness club in West Hollywood with a bar but zero alcohol. This reel walks you through it from assessment to treatments, so you know what actually happens inside.
Translated from Jasmine’s original Chinese. The illustrated slides are on the interactive reader.
Key points
- In LA, friends skip the bar for Remedy Place: there's a bar, just no alcohol
- Step one is a full-body check-up, not the ice bath; your recovery plan comes from the results
- The guided ice bath maxes out at six minutes, then the sauna to warm back up, hot and cold in rotation
- Don't rush out after; staying to talk is the point
Full text
01 | In LA, nobody meets friends at the bar anymore
Meet here instead: Remedy Place is on Sunset Blvd, and it has a bar, but no alcohol.
02 | The Space
Walking in feels like a boutique hotel, not a clinic: Bauhaus and Donald Judd on the bookshelves, velvet curtains and warm light in every private room, and even the sink amenities are thoughtfully chosen.
03 | The Check-up
Step one isn't the ice bath; it's an AI full-body check: sensors on your hands and feet, and no talking while it measures; mobility is tracked on camera, and when you hit the mark it lights up green. Once the data's in, they plan today's recovery.
04 | Cryotherapy
Follow the coach room by room. Change into a robe, put on gloves, ear muffs and a mask; once the coach walks you through it, a few minutes of full-body freeze and you're done. Officially, it brings a wave of endorphins.
05 | Guided Ice Bath
The private suite has two ice tubs plus an infrared sauna. Do the breathing with your coach first, then get in, six minutes max; it's so cold all you can do is focus on breathing, and my face says it all. Then into the sauna to warm back up, alternating hot and cold.
06 | The sauna and ice-cold towels
There's an iPad timer in the sauna, and you can play your own playlist; when you come out, ice-cold towels are already waiting outside the door.
07 | Hyperbaric Oxygen
A private room with a leather pad and a blanket; you lie in, close the hatch and it slowly pressurizes. Your ears feel blocked; just swallow. There's an intercom so you can talk to the outside anytime. The official line is that it delivers more oxygen to your body.
08 | And there's more
Full-body lymphatic compression (put on the compression suit, just lie there), a chiropractic adjustment, and a cup of hot tea to finish.
09 | The After
Don't rush off afterward; hanging out and talking is the point. Turns out real luxury is letting your nervous system actually rest.
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An original JSLALALAND field guide by Jasmine Chang (@jslalaland).