Monique--39-s: Secret Spa- Part 1

Unlike any spa I have ever been to (and I’ve been to the fancy ones with the heated rocks and the $25 cucumber water), Monique’s doesn’t start with a treatment. It starts with a question.

She left the room for exactly nine minutes. I sat there. I didn’t meditate. I didn’t chant. I just… stopped. Monique--39-s Secret Spa- Part 1

Let me back up.

Unlike any spa I have ever been to (and I’ve been to the fancy ones with the heated rocks and the $25 cucumber water), Monique’s doesn’t start with a treatment. It starts with a question.

She left the room for exactly nine minutes. I sat there. I didn’t meditate. I didn’t chant. I just… stopped.

Let me back up.