Taiji Body Work (#1 Massage NYC)

love this place! very friendly & really great at what they do

All I can say is "wow".
I took my friend and her sister here for her birthday, hoping the reviews were true and that it would be good. I am not from the area, so it was a crap shoot for me.
They were flexible on the time, and my friend and I got to be in the same room which was kind of neat (there are many paired rooms and individual rooms, and the paired rooms can offer more privacy with a curtain).
We bought the special that was $53 (cash; higher for CC) for an hour and 15 min. They started a little late, so they ended up doing almost 90 min. I felt SO. GOOD.
Even my friend, who has been to the top spas in Manhattan said that was the best massage she had ever had, that they hit literally every pressure point (even ones in our scalp). I felt flat out woozy for an hour because my body was so relaxed. Every person I saw leaving the place looked the same way lol.
As I was walking, all of a sudden I realized that my chronic arm pain (since Aug 2012 injury) was relieved. Still greatly mitigated today, two days later.
There was this one thing she did that I can only discribe as a pleasant vulcan death grip! It was on my neck, and the moment she did it, it was like every point of tension in my body simultaneously floated up and out. I just kind of melted.
It's cool because they balance so many different kinds of massage into one session: foot, cranial, hot stone, deep pressure, asian (bars in ceiling).
It was so good. Highly recommend it.

Excellent massage! They really know what they are doing here. Price is reasonable and the interior decor is beautiful!

Taiji is probably the best hour-long body massage place that doesn't creep you out when you walk in. The interior is clean and professional looking and they almost always have availability. Be sure to check their website for monthly specials they have to get the lowest price. The massages include foot massages and hot stones too. My only complaint is their mandatory 20% gratuity.

For their prices, the massage is VERY WORTH IT. This most recent visit I had "Coco" and she was very strong and did an excellent deep tissue massage. They do couples massages and singles. If you're highly aware of your surroundings you will hear other people's grunts/slapping sounds/footsteps because the walls don't go all the way to the ceiling. BUT, if your massage is great, you probably won't notice anything else except those wondrous hands working the knots out of your body. One quirky issue though: We gave a 15% gratuity which seemed like a reasonable expectation but then as we were walking out, we got called back and was told there is a minimum 20% gratuity! I think they should probably post that somewhere so they don't have run-ins like this.