Meditation & wellness in Applecross

Jo's boutique salon on Collier Street, Applecross, by appointment Monday to Saturday with evenings available. Every facial starts with a consultation; the menu runs facials and peels, microdermabrasion, dermaplaning, LED and fractional skin needling, Indian head and signature massage, spa treatments and pedicures, brows, lashes, waxing, spray tans and makeup, with Skin Juice and Synergie Skin on the shelves. Prices are published, from $15 for a lip wax to $289 for fractional needling.

A Canning Highway gym for people over 50 and nobody else, with classes capped at eight and led by physiotherapists. There is a six-week starting programme, one-to-one sessions, and physiotherapy in the same room.

Hard-shell hyperbaric chambers on Ardross Street, running 60 to 90 minute sessions between 1.3 and 2.0 atmospheres, with red light therapy alongside.

Charley has taught for over two decades from shared studio spaces in Applecross, Bateman and Hilton, with a practice built deliberately for stiff mornings and old injuries rather than for people who already bend easily. Gentle therapeutic yoga, strength work, mindfulness and meditation, plus private yoga-therapy sessions, seniors classes and online options. Registered as a Yoga Therapist with both Yoga Australia and IAYT, and a Level 3 teacher.

Neerja Ahuja's Applecross centre pairs classical Ayurvedic treatment — snehana herbal-oil massage, nasya, purvakarma and panchakarma programs — with diet and lifestyle sessions and yoga nidra. A long-established practice on the south side of the river with consultations and treatments booked separately.

A community psychology practice in Applecross whose sleep therapy stream runs on cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia: in-depth assessment to untangle sleep from everything else, then structured CBT-I work — sleep restriction, light-exposure strategies, worksheets — across anywhere from two to twenty sessions, finishing with relapse-prevention planning.

An Applecross studio specialising in assisted fascial stretching — a practitioner moves you through supported stretches, blended with massage and soft-tissue techniques, in one-on-one sessions rather than classes.