"Kuya Wellness sits in an Austin, Texas, office park, close enough to the airport that folks stop by before or after a flight from New York or to Bali to float in the sensory-deprivation tank or dip in the cold plunge. The waiting room is outfitted with inviting green sofas, lush plants, and a tea and tonic bar. Signs read "Where Science Meets Soul" and "Do Less." The space feels like the sort that might offer a $68 supplement or $38 tincture, and it does."
"At least on the bottom floor, Kuya seems like a spa, with lockers and low-lit hallways that herd visitors from cold plunges to two saunas, one for socializing and the other for quieter, introspective time. It's all sort of "wellness center meets the Wing." But it's Kuya's upstairs that I'm here to see-the floor where visitors undergo ketamine therapy, the treatment with a Schedule 3 controlled substance that, two years ago, saved my life."
Kuya Wellness in Austin pairs spa amenities—sensory-deprivation floats, cold plunges, saunas, and a tea-and-tonic waiting room—with an upstairs clinical space providing ketamine therapy. The facility markets a two-month "ketamine membership" for $2,400 that bundles unlimited sauna access, cold plunges, pre-therapy floating time, and ketamine treatments. Ketamine is administered as a Schedule 3 controlled substance and has been credited by at least one patient with lifesaving effects. Clinics nationwide are combining ketamine therapy with wellness experiences, from zero-gravity chairs and sound baths to offerings alongside cosmetic services, while public attention and anxiety about the drug have increased after high-profile deaths.
Read at Slate Magazine
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