Ground Lounge founder Samantha Savoca stands in the shop area of her new business. Photo by Tabitha Johnston

SHEPHERDSTOWN — Up until this past week, 123 West German Street was home to a single cannabidiol (CBD) business, Meditative Medicinals, LLC.

The eight-year-old store, which is located on the first floor of its building, has now been joined by a second business on the second and third floors of the building. The Ground Lounge was officially opened to the public by its and Meditative Medicinals’ owner, Samantha Savoca, on the fall equinox.

“I’ve curated a wellness center where people can come to, to decompress,” Savoca said. “I work with a lot of people downstairs who have autoimmune disorders, high inflammation in the body, paint management issues, injuries that need to be recovered from and other things like that. This was developed with them in mind.”

The Ground Lounge features a salt room, yoga room with grounding mat rentals, red light therapy room with a Real Relax Massage Chair, shop and cold plunge and infrared sauna room. Use of the rooms can be reserved online or over the phone, for half hour or hour-long increments of time. Multi-day wellness retreats will also be held at the lounge and in the countryside, at a local farm.

According to Savoca, the services offered at the lounge will help people in a variety of ways, such as by providing them with nervous system healing, mineral balancing, parasite cleansing, heavy metal detoxing, grounding — connecting the human body to the Earth’s natural electrical charge, circulation strengthening, vitality boosting and cellular healing.

A sign directs customers up the stairs, to the services they are interested in taking advantage of in the Ground Lounge. Photo by Tabitha Johnston

“Our mission is to reconnect people with the natural rhythms of health and healing. We believe that true wellness comes from the ground up — through earthing, nourishing the body with alkaline living water and embracing the ancient wisdom of minerals, like copper and magnesium,” Savoca said. “We are here to remove the guesswork from living a healthy lifestyle.”

She expressed her plan for the lounge to become a place where customers come to learn more about holistic healing and to grow relationships with like-minded individuals.

“By offering education and access to powerful tools like red light therapy, infrared sauna, cold plunging and grounding practices, we help our community feel empowered, not overwhelmed,” Savoca said. “We are committed to curating high-quality supplements, remedies and experiences that support your journey — rooted in nature, backed by science and shared in community.”

The establishment of the Ground Lounge has fulfilled a long-held dream of Savoca’s.

“I’ve been wanting to expand my business for a long time. I wanted to cultivate a space, where people could get healing services,” Savoca said. “I’ve always wanted my own space and healing center, though what that would look like, in my mind’s eye, has changed somewhat over the years.”

The yoga room has grounding mats available for rental in the Ground Lounge. Photo by Tabitha Johnston

She noted that she is thrilled that there was enough space in the lounge for her to have a small shop, where she could offer wellness products that did not fit with the theme of her original store. Ionized, alkaline Kangen Water can be purchased by the bottle at the store, along with sea moss, castor oil, parasite cleanse tinctures, heavy metal detox tinctures and shilajit supplements.

“It goes hand-in-hand, relaxation, mindfulness and good quality products. Both of my businesses embrace this perspective,” Savoca said. “It’s what we’re all about.”

To learn more or book a service, visit https://www.thegroundlounge.com/ or call 719-221-1543. Gift certificates will be available for purchase prior to the holiday season.

The Ground Lounge’s red light therapy room features two beds and a lymph node massage chair. Photo by Tabitha Johnston

The Ground Lounge opened to the public on the second and third floors of 123 West German Street, during the fall equinox. Photo by Tabitha Johnston