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Pause Studio Arboretum opens in South Charlotte

The locally-owned wellness studio offers a range of recovery services like IV drips, contrast therapy, and float therapy.

A room with a cold plunge tub emitting a blue light on the left, a red LED-lit sauna in the back left corner, a mirrored counter, and an open shower on the right side of the room.

Sauna rooms feature infrared saunas and cold plunges for contrast therapy.

Photo by CLTtoday

A new wellness studio has entered the chat. Pause Studio, a nationwide recovery-focused wellness brand, is now open at the Arboretum on Providence Road — marking the destination’s first location in the Carolinas.

“We started looking at different health, wellness, and lifestyle science-backed models, and this one totally spoke to us,” Co-owner and Charlotte resident Keith Fox told CLTtoday. “We tried everything — cryotherapy, the sauna. They’re all good in different ways.”

Rotating images of wellness studio with a sauna, float deprivation tank, and cryotherapy.

Consider starting your wellness journey with float therapy or a cold plunge.

Photos by CLTtoday

The studio offers a menu of treatments designed to help guests relax, recharge, and recover, including infrared saunas, cold plunges, contrast therapy, float therapy, cryotherapy, compression therapy, and IV drips by an on-staff nurse.

A grand opening is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 10, and services can be booked a la carte or through memberships — pricing starts at $35. Bonus: Packages are 50% off through opening day. Which will you try first?

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