Sophia Miller
Senior Spa Therapist
Massage & Aromatherapy
Our Story
A Studio Built
A Studio Built
Around Unhurried Time.
Aurelia is a beauty, spa and wellness studio in Bandra West — ten years of practice, twelve therapists, and one rule we have never broken: nobody gets rushed.
Since 2016
How Aurelia
How Aurelia
Began.
Aurelia opened in a single treatment room above a bookshop, with one therapist and a diary kept on paper. The idea was small and stubborn: appointments long enough to actually finish properly.
Ten years later we occupy the whole building. There are six suites, a relaxation lounge, a skin bar and a quiet room nobody is allowed to hurry you out of. What has not changed is the diary — we still leave twenty minutes between guests, which is why we can rarely fit you in at the last minute, and why the room is never being cleaned around you.
We are independent, family-run, and we buy our products in small quantities so nothing sits on a shelf for a year. Our therapists are salaried rather than commission-based, which means no one has any reason to sell you something you did not come for.
Meet the Team
Brand Philosophy
Beauty. Balance. Wellbeing.
Three words we use as a checklist rather than a slogan. If a treatment does not serve all three, we do not put it on the menu.
01
Beauty
Skin and hair looked after properly, with results you can see in ordinary daylight — not just under salon lighting.
02
Balance
Treatments paced so your nervous system has time to settle. The last ten minutes matter as much as the first.
03
Wellbeing
Advice you can act on at home, offered only when you ask for it. We would rather you needed us less often.
Founder & Spa Director
Elena Varma
“I trained as a therapist first and a manager second, and I still take four appointments a week. It keeps me honest about how the diary actually feels from the table.”
Elena qualified in Lisbon in 2009 and spent six years working in hotel spas across Europe and Asia before opening Aurelia. She oversees therapist training, writes the treatment protocols, and personally tests every product before it enters the studio.
- Experience
- 17 Years
- Specialism
- Skin & Bodywork
- Trained In
- Lisbon · Bangkok
Our Approach
What Happens When You Visit
Four steps, every single time, whether you are booked in for thirty minutes or a full day.
01
Arrive
Tea in the lounge and ten minutes to land before anything begins. Arrive early if you can.
02
Consult
A short, genuine conversation about your skin, your body and what you want from the hour.
03
Treat
The treatment itself, adjusted as we go. Pressure, temperature and pace are always yours to change.
04
Rest
No one is moved off the table the moment the timer ends. Stay in the lounge as long as you like.
The Space
Designed to Lower Your Shoulders
Core Values
What We Hold To
Written down, printed, and stuck inside the staff room door since 2016.
01
Honesty
We will tell you when a treatment is not right for you, even when it costs us the booking.
02
Privacy
What is said on the table stays there. Single-occupancy suites, no shared changing spaces.
03
Craft
Every therapist trains four days a year, paid, on our time rather than theirs.
04
Care
Linens changed between every guest, tools sterilised in view, products dated on opening.
10+Years of Care
5,000+Happy Guests
12Certified Therapists
4.9/5Guest Rating
What our guests say
Guest Stories
“Ten years and three therapists later, it still feels like the small room above the bookshop. That is meant as the highest compliment.”
★★★★★Priya Raghunathan
Reserve Your Visit
Make Time for Yourself.
Choose your treatment and reserve a moment dedicated entirely to you.