Wellness awaits: Our favourite health and wellbeing spots in southeast Melbourne
One of the many great things about living in southeast Melbourne is that you have world-class wellness facilities right on your doorstep. From boutique Pilates studios and calming yoga spaces to restorative bathhouses and health hubs, these local hotspots make it easy to take a moment for yourself. Here are our favourite places to move, recover, reset and refuel.
Love Athletica, various locations
Love Athletica has earned a loyal following across Melbourne’s southeast. You only have to step through the doors to see why.
Specialising in reformer and heated mat Pilates, their energetic classes combine strength training and HIIT with mindful yoga-inspired flow.
And their instructors are fun, motivating and attentive. They’ll gently correct your form and tailor classes to suit all experience levels.
Plus, with studios in Malvern East, Windsor, Elsternwick and Caulfield (and a new Brighton studio coming this spring), you can easily find a class close to home.
One Hot Yoga & Pilates, South Yarra
Hidden away on a quiet back street in South Yarra, One Hot Yoga & Pilates feels worlds away from the buzz of Chapel Street.
Thoughtfully designed with warm timber accents and muted tones, it offers a tranquil space to reconnect with your body and mind.
Each of the four studios uses a different material and colour palette to calm or uplift. So whether you’re working up a sweat in Hot Mat Pilates or slowing things down with a restorative yoga class, you’ll be doing it in an environment that supports the practice itself.
Happy Melon Studios, Armadale
If your ideal health routine extends beyond the mat, Happy Melon is well worth a visit.
Alongside yoga and Pilates, this beautifully curated wellness space offers meditation, breathwork, a traditional sauna and ice bath. Beyond the studio, there’s a peaceful, plant-filled garden for you to relax after your practice with a cup of herbal tea.
Here, your workout becomes a wellness ritual. Rather than rushing straight out the door after class, you can settle in and savour some well-earned time to yourself.
Project Mood, Windsor
For an all-in-one health hub with serious style, head to Project Mood.
This chic Windsor space combines strength and conditioning, reformer Pilates, personal training and a state-of-the-art gym. Plus, there’s a communal bathhouse complete with warm pool, sauna, steam room and cold plunge.
Equal parts workout and social hub, this is the kind of place where you can bring a friend for a sauna and a soak, or come solo to mingle with the locals.
The Commons Health Club, South Yarra
Newly opened in South Yarra, The Commons Health Club is every wellness lover's dream.
Just steps from South Yarra station, you’ll find a sprawling complex of gym floors, fitness studios and recovery facilities – all with Instagram-worthy fit outs and finishes.
But it’s the luxurious bathhouse that steals the show. Sink into the hot magnesium pools or grab a spot in the steam room post workout and you’ll never want to leave.
Membership is required, but with first-class amenities complete with premium products, you get what you pay for.
Sona Rooms, Prahran
Love to sweat it out in the sauna but hate sharing it with strangers?
The trendy Sona Rooms in Prahran will soon be your new go-to.
With a range of sleek private spaces to aid recovery and promote relaxation, it’s the perfect place to retreat and hit reset.
Their menu reads like a modern wellness wish list. Think infrared saunas, contrast therapy, red light therapy and oxygen therapy. Whether you’re after muscle recovery or mental recharge, you can mix and match rituals to suit your needs.
The Breath Haus, Balaclava
Connecting with breath is a powerful way to reset the nervous system.
The Breath Haus in Balaclava specialises in guided breathwork, blending ancient practices with modern psychology and neuroscience.
Sessions are designed to shift you into a deeply relaxed state, using breathing techniques, visualisation and music to help you move past mental chatter and tap into something more subconscious.
Whether you're breathwork-curious or a seasoned pro, it's a space built for anyone ready to explore what their breath can do.
City Cave Float & Wellness Centre, Carnegie
Float therapy is one of Melbourne's fastest-growing wellness trends.
If you’re yet to give it a go, City Cave in Carnegie is a great place to (literally) dip your toe in.
Shown by promising early studies to reduce stress and anxiety, it involves floating in a shallow pool of warm water saturated with magnesium in a dark, soundproofed space. With gravity, light and noise all but removed from the equation, the idea is to give your nervous system a rare chance to fully switch off.
While traditional float therapy tanks usually have lids, City Cave offers open, private pools – a bit less intimidating for the first-timers or anyone who gets panicky in small spaces.
If the idea still doesn’t float your boat, the centre also offers infrared saunas and massage treatments.
Holism Retreat, Malvern East
If you’re looking to pair retail therapy with a little self-care, Holism Retreat offers an unexpected sanctuary in the heart of Chadstone Shopping Centre.
Once you’ve stepped through the doors of this serene day spa, you’ll find it hard to believe you’re still in Melbourne’s busiest malls.
Choose from a carefully curated menu of restorative wellness treatments, from holistic skincare and facials to remedial massages, relaxation massages and LED light therapy.
Think of this as the perfect pit stop on a proper ‘treat yourself’ day. You’d just be swapping shopping bags for a fluffy robe.
