Pure Beauty & Wellness Spa

originally from London, England, Joanna moved to Telluride in 1999 to follow her love of skiing and hiking. With a love for nature and a passion for healthy living what better place to be than majestic Telluride. Joanna has extensive training and is a skilled, licensed and certified massage therapist, esthetician, lash technician, make up artist, colon hydrotherapist and cryo specialist with a passion for helping others achieve optimal health and wellness. Joanna opened Pure Beauty & Wellness Spa in 2009, she has evolved the spa and introduced new treatments along the way, always focussed on bringing the best in optimal holistic health and beauty.

Grace, originally from rural Kentucky moved to New Orleans, Louisiana in 2013 to pursue her career as a Massage Therapist. Grace is skilled in Ashiatsu, Swedish, Deep Tissue and Sports Massage. She uses different modalities to focus on removing stagnation, toxins & stress encouraging blood flow throughout the entire body. Her style is very unique and she is able to adapt it to any person's needs. Grace is best known for her deep and intuitive pressure which make for a balanced body and massage. 

Mara is from a small town in the northern Italy. She moved to the heart of the Alps, close to Switzerland, where she spent 8 years working for a ski resort before moving to Telluride two years ago and falling love with this gorgeous small town. She discovered the beauty of the mountains in summer as has made Telluride her home.

She is a massage therapist and beautician with many years of experience in a wide range of modalities including swedish, lymphatic drainage, prenatal, deep tissue, cupping and sports massage. She also loves facial treatments to make the skin shine, cryotherapy and waxing.

Her goal is create customized treatments that target both physical and emotional well-being to help clients achieve balance and relieve pain and tension in their lives.

Annika’s yoga practice began when she was young. Her peppy, Norwegian mother would haul her out of bed for early morning classes at a family friend’s house. A small group of women would congregate weekly for a powerful Ashtanga practice in a cozy, bright, sunroom. When she got older, she appreciated those early foundations as she found pranayama, meditation, and asana to be a beautiful finale to her long trail runs in Vermont's Green Mountains. Annika, who has been teaching yoga at Mangala Yoga Telluride for years now, eventually stumbled on Reiki Energy Healing. She found it to be a vital and missing piece to her ongoing search for the perfect holistic approach to health. Join Annika for a reflective and deeply intentional Yin Yoga Practice or Reiki Session. 

Meaghan moved to Telluride from Long Island, NY after graduating college in upstate NY. When she's not working the front desk at the spa, you can find her working with clients as a personal trainer in town. Her knowledge and love of health & wellness make a great addition to our spa.

Ilsa grew up in the area and is happy to have a son growing up here too! She is an avid outdoorswoman, artist and traveler when not happily coordinating beauty and wellness from the front desk.