West Hollywood · Spot · Daily 08:30–21:00
Pause Studio
About
Pause Studio West Hollywood is a recovery-focused wellness studio with private contrast-therapy suites (infrared sauna plus cold plunge), float tanks, red light and cryotherapy. A 60-minute private contrast session is a good first visit, at your own pace.
Jasmine says
Pause started in Culver City in 2016 and opened its LA flagship on Sycamore Ave in 2021: a 3,600-square-foot minimalist space designed by M+, three private float rooms, four Belgian Alpha timber saunas and Renu cold plunge tubs. The logic here isn't a spa 'treat'; it's recovery as 'practice': alternating hot and cold to stimulate circulation and regulate the nervous system, an Epsom salt float that drops your body into a half-dreaming theta state, and LED light therapy and NAD+ drips to finish. The most obvious difference when you walk out is how you sleep that night.
Recovery turned into a whole store: private contrast-therapy suites (infrared sauna alternating with cold plunge), zero-gravity float tanks, full-body LED light therapy, cryo and IV drips; a pause button in the cool Sycamore district.
Insider tips
- Order: On your first visit, book the 60-minute private Contrast Therapy suite and set your own sauna and cold-plunge rhythm
- Order: Level up with a Float: 60 minutes of weightlessness; your brain's still noisy for the first 20, the last 40 are the point
- Order: Finish on the LED light-therapy bed or with a vitamin shot, then go home for a long-overdue good night's sleep
Jasmine’s notes
- West HollywoodAs an introvert, getting massaged by the Aescape machine was a 10/10, and I actually fell asleep: minimal human interaction, perfect. LA's contrast therapy suites and float tanks, a place for looking after your nervous system. WeHo's recovery stop.Order: Aescape AI massage
- Address
- 937 N Sycamore Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038
- Website
- pausestudio.com →
- Best time
- Daily 08:30–21:00
Where I wrote about it
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