Welcome to The Convent, a wellness oasis and Airbnb in a former Detroit nunnery

Welcome to The Convent, a wellness oasis and Airbnb in a former Detroit nunnery
Massage therapists, clairvoyants, and psilocybin healers have set up shop in the building helmed by the owners of The Schvitz

By Randiah Camille Green on Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 8:00 am




(Detroit Metro Times) A flag of the Black Madonna blows in the wind at the entrance of The Convent — a new health and wellness community in Detroit.

Rather than nuns, the former convent on the edge of Detroit and Hamtramck is now occupied by private massage therapists, estheticians, visual artists, and even a psilocybin journey facilitator.

The owners of Detroit’s formerly infamous bathhouse The Schvitz purchased the convent in July of 2022 and quickly renovated it into a healing oasis where practitioners serve private clients in rooms that were once nuns’ quarters. A former chapel on the first floor will be used as a gallery space for art openings, yoga classes, and other events.

The owner of The Schvitz and The Convent, Paddy Lynch, says it will give affordable studio space to wellness practitioners and artists.

“A lot of the people who’ve been working out of The Schvitz for a number of years now have done really well there, but a lot of them are either mobile or working out of their homes,” he says. “I felt like not a ton of people had combined art and wellness, and this would be a nice space to make up for that. Healers and wellness practitioners aren’t really seen as artists, but they kind of are. It’s like the healing arts.” .............(more)

https://www.metrotimes.com/arts/welcome-to-the-convent-a-wellness-oasis-and-airbnb-in-a-former-detroit-nunnery-31500256