Mention on the LA Examiner.com

It is always nice to pick up press from an outside source. In this case the Los Angeles Examiner website. Check it out here.

We have been honored to be covered by some very main stream media. We've been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Ellen Degeneres / AOL.com and others. Even our State Senator John J. Beniot sent us a letter of congratulation on receiving our rewards!

Yes, you can "mainstream" a clothing optional spa. Yes, a clothing optional hotel can compete with standard hotels. Yes, you can have a vacation of a lifetime here at Living Waters Spa.

With our summer rates you can enjoy our mineral water pools, magical massage, and award winning customer service. Check our specials here.

Self-discovery and Personal Growth at Living Waters Spa

Ever feel like you need to do something new? Something truly exotic, wild and transformative?

Think you need to go breathless on one of the world’s greatest mountain peaks, jump out of a plane or go deep-sea diving with sharks? That takes an awful lot of energy, right? It takes a ton of cash and, hey, it’s actually pretty cliché. You haven’t done it, maybe, but you know someone who has.

Really, to have a transformative experience, all you need is a couple bucks and the energy it takes to lounge on a pool chair. So where’s the thrill, the breakout performance, the life alteration? Well, you might find your heart in your throat when, for the first time in your adult life, you’re lying poolside buck naked. Walking around a spa without a stitch of clothing, chatting with other guests in their birthday suits. Letting it all hang out.

Think you have the guts for a vacation like this?

Ask yourself if you are prepared for self-discovery and personal growth, and if the truthful answer is yes, then know that Living Waters Spa is an amazing venue for your adventure into yourself.

First, Living Waters is clothing-optional. That means you can ease into your nakedness, and no one will judge you one way or the other.

When you do expose yourself, it will be to the sun-kissed desert sky, the mountain air, and pools of natural hot mineral water. When you strip away your protective barrier and open up, literally and figuratively, a new you can emerge. You can gain clarity, insight and understanding. Practice self-love and reverence. You can become patient with yourself. Gain confidence. Who knows what can happen when you allow yourself to be as you truly are?

Plan the details of your own retreat, or allow Living Waters to support you with bodywork and life coaching. Your stay at the spa can be as hands-on or hands-off, as public or private as you’d like, but it will always be in a safe environment of acceptance and care.

In the resort’s peaceful rooms, you won’t find a TV to distract you or help you procrastinate, just a custom king-size bed to envelop you in fine linens and extra-large feather pillows. You can request a full kitchen, grill poolside or blend up a juice fast.

At 100 degrees, the therapy pool is perfect for long soaking. Living Waters Spa pumps 20 gallons a minute from an underground lake. This mineral-dense, odor-free elixir is a natural phenomenon that attracted Native Americans to this area hundreds of years ago and today draws health-conscious visitors from all over the world.

Stretch out in the spa’s larger mineral-water pool. You can swim laps or float on a noodle; it really doesn’t matter. Many guests enjoy the contrast of rotating between these two pools and Living Waters’ Finnish-style dry sauna. Massage is a powerful means of body awareness. Allow a Living Waters therapist to guide you on a journey that safely detangles your muscular system, smoothes frayed nerve endings, revs up circulation and lymphatic flow, focuses you on your breath and your heart and your own healing powers, quiets your mind and ultimately catapults you into bliss.

Think you need a snazzy souvenir of your vacation, a lion’s head from your safari or photo atop Mt. Everest? How about a revived, restored, rejuvenated new you – without bikini lines?

About the spa: Living Waters Spa’s nine guest rooms and massage studios retain their Mid-Century Modern spa-tel character. The spa’s two pools are fed directly from a hot-water aquifer; the spa pumps 20 gallons a minute, 18 hours a day, from its own well. Living Waters offers massage and spa treatments; a dry sauna; breakfast and afternoon hors‘d oeuvres. Living Waters Spa Condos, six luxury units, are directly across the street from the spa. Contact us to explore the mystery of YOU!

New Dog Friendly Condo - 1st ever at a clothing optional spa!

DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. – The saddest thing in the world is leaving your at dog home when you go on vacation. Living Waters Spa announces the 1st ever Dog friendly condo at a clothing optional spa for vacationers who don't want to leave their "best friend" at home.

He’ll sit there at the window unmoving, sad eyes watching out for you until you finally return. You’ll worry he feels abandoned; you might worry he’ll tear up something. You know no one can take care of him like you do, and you know you won’t be able to sleep without him curled up beside you. No matter how great the resort is, something will be missing.

At Living Waters, we know you feel. That’s why we are the only European-style, clothing-optional mineral-water spa that invites you to bring your best friend with you and make yourself at home in our pet-friendly luxury condos.

All you need to bring are groceries and your dog’s favorite treats and toys. Our condos have two bedrooms with custom king-size beds dressed in fine linens; cable TV, a DVD player, Wi-Fi; granite countertops, a professional-style gas range; microwave, toaster and coffee maker; cooking utensils and flatware. Best of all, you’ll have a private patio dog run.

If you’ve never had a clothing-optional experience but have always wanted to, now is your time. At Living Waters Spa, you can feel the desert sun and mountain air on your whole body. You can swim in pure mineral water without a bathing suit. And, you can have that experience in an environment devoted to body acceptance and self-discovery.

Spend your days here days relaxing, rejuvenating and restoring, taking in our therapeutic, odor-free water, receiving soul-touching, award-winning massage and body treatments, and exploring nearby Joshua Tree National Park or sight-seeing in Palm Springs. You can take your dog for a hike in the mountains or for an outing at one of our many local dog parks.

The price is lower than ever to visit us here at one of the top 10 clothing-optional spas in the world. TripAdvisor ranks us third around the globe, and Spas of America ranks us first in California. Let us be your number one, too.

Conde Nast Traveler, American Spa, USA Today, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Ellen DeGeneres, AOL and other media outlets have featured stories about the Living Waters Spa experience. With our special condo rates, now is the perfect opportunity to discover us for yourself.

We’re sure you’ve never had an experience quite like this, and you absolutely can’t beat our rates for the season, May through September: $499 for the week, $99 per night Monday through Thursday and $139 Friday through Sunday.


About our spa: Completely refurbished five years ago, our nine guest rooms and massage studios retain their Mid-Century Modern spa-tel character. Our two pools are fed directly from a hot-water aquifer; we pump 20 gallons a minute, 18 hours a day, from our own well. The water in the small pool stays about 100 degrees, which is perfect for long, therapeutic soaking. We offer massage and spa treatments; a dry sauna; breakfast and afternoon hors ‘d oeuvres. Our six condos are directly across the street from the spa.

Contact us: For more information about Living Waters Spa or questions about your first clothing-optional experience, you can call us at (760) 329-9988 or (866) 329-9988. Our Web site is www.livingwatersspa.com.

Jim Carrey unMasked!

Los Angeles - Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy have naked days.
According to News24, "The couple - who have been dating for around three years - reportedly enjoy stripping off when they are alone together to keep their relationship exciting.

"When they're alone they prefer to be nude most of the time. They always have an afternoon of naked fun, it spices things up. But of course they are always dressed in public!" a source said.

Jim and Jenny are said to have spent most of their recent break in Hawaii - where they splashed out $25 000 to rent a beachfront villa - completely naked.

The pair are not the only famous couple to enjoy naturism.

Christina Aguilera and her record producer husband Jordan Bratman regularly enjoy "naked Sundays".

"We have to be the cosiest couple around. We have something called naked Sundays," the Dirrty singer - who has a son, Max Liron, with Jordan - revealed.

"On Sundays we just do everything in the house, and we're just cosy and laid back.
"We don't need to go anywhere, we're just with each other. We do everything naked. We cook naked. It's important to keep the marriage alive, to spice it up a little."

If Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy were to visit here at Living Waters Spa, they would have complete privacy. We've had all kinds of folks visit us here at LWS, from all walks of life - including the entertainment industry (and we don't name, names!). What we've found is that once the clothes are off, people just are people. It doesn't matter what one does, how rich or poor, how young or old, or how famous or not!

We'd love to have you visit our "oasis" here in the Palm Springs area city of Desert Hot Springs. Enjoy our pure mineral water, magical massage, and a vacation that you will not forget.

The Bucket List: or things to do before you die.

Not to long ago Judy and I watched "The Bucket List." It is a 2007 comedy-drama film written by Justin Zackham, directed by Rob Reiner, and starring Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Beverly Todd, and Rob Morrow. The story follows two terminally ill men (Nicholson and Freeman) on a road trip with a wish list of things to do before they "kick the bucket."

The story was great and both funny and sad at the same time. I think we Americans do not think about what we are doing and why we are doing it enough. We just plod along, doing our routine, nose to the grindstone, often failing to look up and see our lives. Yep, the Bucket List was a great view!

Here at Living Waters Spa we have guests who are often on a quest. Couples come seeking to better connect, to spend time with each other, to share and new experience, or to just decompress. People frequently are seeking an answer, looking for guidance or the next step they should take. And you know what - our Living Waters Spa context allows them to find it!

There is something about stepping out of your room for the first time - without the trappings of clothes - and feeling the warm sun on your entire body... To experience the deep relaxation of our magical massage... To soak in pure mineral water that is charged with life giving properties... To perhaps check off one thing from your own bucket list: Spend more than 24 hours with out clothes!

Sure there are other clothing optional places but there is only one Living Waters Spa. Give us a call and we'll help you find a vacation get-away that is really more than a VACTION. We are located 15 miles from the Palm Springs airport, in Desert Hot Springs, California.

Little Known Presidential Facts

In celebration of this week's inauguration of the 44th president of the United States, here are 20 facts you may (or may not) know about past presidents. In warm weather, which president customarily went skinny-dipping in the Potomac River before dawn? Here is his picture:

This is none other than John Quincy Adams! Check out the rest of this fun list here.

Here is another fun fact... Which President liked to swim "without clothes" in the White House Pool? Here is his picture:In Claire Whitcomb's book "Real Life at the White House" she says: "As president, Johnson used the White House pool - he aways swam naked, and demanded that aides who swam with him do the same. Notice who is with Johnson in the picture - the Rev. Billy Graham! It is said that Billy Graham also swam naked with Johnson. CNN reports "By the early 1960s, Billy Graham was a man in full, a servant of god. A man of the people and de facto chaplain for Washington's elite. At his first meeting with Lyndon Johnson, the two country boys bonded... Supposed to be a 15-minute meeting and it turned into five hours. They traded stories. And went swimming, naked, and Billy said, they didn't have swimsuits. You just -- you just went as you were." (page over to: page 18)

Perhaps you've always wanted to try a skinny-dipping, nudist, naturist, or au naturel experience. You can at Living Waters Spa. We are located in the Palm Springs area city of Desert Hot Springs, California. We are a safe and private spa where you can enjoy hot natural mineral water in your "natural" state - i.e. naked!

Give us a call - 760-329-9988 and we'll help you have a vacation to remember.

154% jump in Unique Visitors - WHY?

I was shocked the other day to see our http://www.livingwatersspa.com/ site have a 154% jump in unique visits on one day. Yep, a HUGE spike in visitors. Naturally I wanted to see why so as I looked at my webmaster tools I discovered that we were mentioned on a Brazil webportal - iG - as one of the top ten nudist resorts. This is the 3rd top ten lists we've made this year.

Here is who they list:

Hidden Beach Resort - Riviera Maya, Mexico

Paradise Lakes Resorts - Land O'Lakes, Florida

Garden of Eden Resort - Isla Solarte, Panama

Caliente Resort e Spa – perto de Puerto Plata, República Dominicana

Living Waters Spa – Desert Hot Springs, California

CHM Montalivet - Montalivet, Vendays-Montalivet, France

Punta Serena – Tenacatita, Mexico

Cabanas Copal – Tulum, Mexico

Sorobon Beach Resort – Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles

Paradise corner - Piraí, Rio de Janeiro

Only one other US resorts that made the list are in Florida. So we are very proud to see our spa listed in such an international way.

Living Waters Spa is located in Desert Hot Springs California which is right next to Palm Springs. Here in our town we sit upon an aquifer of hot mineral water (we like to joke, "there are no springs in Palm Springs!"). At Living Waters Spa we pump mineral water from the earth at the rate of 20 gallons per minute for 18 hours per day. We flow it through our pools and then it goes back to the earth via dry wells that gobble (technical term) up the water. So talk about recycling.

We are the only clothing optional (you don't have to be a nudist or naturist) mineral water spa in Southern California. There are those in Northern Californa - Harbin Hot Springs and Esalen Institute - but we are the only one here in So. Cal.

You need to come for a visit...