By Julie K. O'Leary, L.Ac., LMT Burnet County

01 — Two acupuncture clinics, zero overlap

Best Massage & Acupuncture in Burnet, TX: 2026 Rankings

For a county seat of 6,900, Burnet has a surprising split: real massage studios on one side, two dedicated acupuncture clinics on the other, and nobody bridging the two. Here’s how to choose across the divide.

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02 — The Burnet Market

A town of 6,900 with two acupuncture clinics — and no bridge between them

Burnet is the Burnet County seat: roughly 6,900 residents inside the city limits and about 58,000 across a county that has grown more than a third since 2010. A market that size usually supports massage and nothing else. Burnet supports two standalone acupuncture and herbal-medicine practices — Central Texas Acupuncture & Wellness Center on Buchanan Drive, and Prickly Pear Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture PLLC on Industrial Boulevard — which is unusual density for the population.

The oddity is what does not happen next. Neither acupuncture clinic sells standalone licensed massage; Central Texas Acupuncture folds Tuina bodywork into acupuncture visits, which is a different product from booking an hour on a table. And not one of the town’s massage businesses offers acupuncture. Rainbow Hearth’s therapist does list dry needling, but she is an LMT rather than a licensed acupuncturist, and Texas treats those as separate scopes of practice. Across every Burnet business this research surfaced — the seven local entries ranked below, Beautiful Reflections in these notes, and Prickly Pear, whose public record is close to empty — we found no local provider offering both modalities. A client who wants both books two providers on two calendars, or leaves town.

The massage half of the market is owner-operator studios that actually publish prices — the exception rather than the rule in this research series. Plumeria, on South Water Street, prints a complete grid from $100 for 60 minutes; Moonstone, on Main Street downtown, starts its tiers at “$135+” for 60 minutes and up. Around them sit businesses where bodywork is one line on a wider menu: Sisters Serenity’s salon on Highway 29, with three therapists and the biggest review count of any massage-offering business in town; Everlasting Looks, an esthetics-led med spa where reflexology is the bodywork; and Beautiful Reflections on Buchanan Drive, a bridal-makeup studio with a single massage line. Rainbow Hearth sits apart as a Lake Buchanan retreat, and The Mountain Massage drives in from the Llano area to rentals and lake houses from $150.

The acupuncture half is a study in information asymmetry — but not the way the massage half is. One clinic publishes a deep credential file — a doctorate, an AOMA master’s in Chinese herbal medicine, NCCAOM board certification — alongside a full rate card: $65 for a community-style session in a recliner, $99 for a private one, $15 to $20 add-ons, and monthly treatment packages at $250, $480 and $650. That $65 is the cheapest published appointment in town, of either modality. What it does not resolve is who is currently treating patients, and public sources left that open. The other clinic is close to invisible online: an address, a phone number, a directory description citing asthma, sleep, digestive complaints and post-stroke recovery, and no website, named practitioner, published rate or confirmable rating we could locate. So the honest answer to “what does acupuncture cost in Burnet” is $65 or $99 at one clinic and unknown at the other.

Who is buying: lake recreation on Buchanan and Inks Lake, ranch and agricultural work across the county, courthouse and county-government foot traffic, a growing commuter population, and a steady run of lakeside weddings — reviews at several Burnet businesses mention getting ready for one. One search-hygiene note for anyone comparing options online. “Burnet” is also the name of one of Austin’s longest commercial roads, and spas and acupuncture clinics on Burnet Road — Spavia, Acupuncture Together, Honeysuckle Acupuncture, Austin Family Acupuncture, Remedy Center for Healing Arts — surface constantly in searches for this town. None of them are in Burnet; they are in Austin, about 54 miles away.

2standalone acupuncture clinics found in town — unusual for a population of about 6,900; the second, Prickly Pear PLLC, is documented only by directory listing
0Burnet providers found offering both massage and acupuncture
$100–$135+the published in-town massage band from 60 minutes up — Plumeria’s $100 flat rate to Moonstone’s “$135+” starting tiers, the only two Burnet storefronts whose massage prices we could read. The other two priced massage entries below are out-of-town: our own Marble Falls practice and a mobile therapist based near Llano
$65–$99the published in-town acupuncture band — Central Texas Acupuncture’s community-style session (plus $10 on a first visit) to its private one-on-one; the town’s second acupuncture clinic publishes no rate we could find
03 — Our Method

How we built this list

Credential precision
Acupuncture here means a licensed acupuncturist (L.Ac.). Dry needling performed inside a massage-therapy scope is a separate credential in Texas, so we label it as such rather than counting it as acupuncture — a distinction that decides how one of the eight entries below reads.
Current staffing: confirmed or flagged
We name a treating practitioner only where a primary source names them. Where a clinic’s own page and a public professional profile point in different directions, we print both and tell you to call, rather than choosing the more convenient reading.
Published pricing, printed as published
Prices appear only where the business publishes them, in the durations and formats it publishes them for — a shared-recliner acupuncture session and a private one are not the same product at the same price. Five of the eight entries show a figure; the other three show an em dash, which is a fact about this market rather than a gap in this guide.
What is actually bookable
A massage line inside a hair salon, reflexology at a med spa, bodywork attached to a retreat stay, and a mobile therapist who drives to you are four different products. Each is ranked as the thing it is, not as a generic “spa”.
Address and identity currency
One business on this list has relocated, one trades under two names, and the search term itself collides with a long commercial road in Austin. Every address was checked against the business’s own current listing before publication.

We ran the Burnet organic and local results on 2 August 2026 — search plus a directory sweep across Google, Birdeye, Yelp, BBB, Vagaro, MassageBook, GlossGenius, Facebook and Instagram — and read each business’s own site or booking page wherever it would load. Ratings, prices, hours and addresses are each business’s own published figures, cited per entry and date-stamped. The limits are real and worth stating: Yelp, Vagaro’s business pages and two of Rainbow Hearth’s own pages refused automated requests, so a few figures come from search summaries rather than a page we read in full; TDLR’s individual licence lookup needs an interactive search we could not run, so LMT licence numbers are unconfirmed; and we placed no phone calls, which is why every unresolved question on this page is written as a question for you to ask. Rank is our editorial judgement. Palomino, at #2, is our own practice.

Editorial disclosure

This guide is researched, written, and published by Palomino Massage & Acupuncture — and Palomino is one of the 8 providers ranked below. We think you should know that before you read our opinion of the competition.

Rankings are editorial opinion. The underlying facts — services offered, published pricing, and each provider's own public review ratings — were observed from public sources on and can change at any time. We publish each business's own rating as cited text; we never score another studio ourselves.

We do not accept payment, commission, or any other consideration for placement on this list. No provider was contacted for approval, and no listing can be bought or removed.

Spotted something out of date or wrong about your business? Send us a correction and we will verify it against a public source and update this page.

At a Glance

Every Burnet option, side by side

8 massage and acupuncture providers in Burnet, Texas compared — modalities offered, published ratings, published pricing, and who each one suits.
Studio Massage Acupuncture Both in one session Rating Pricing Best for
Moonstone Massage Therapy 4.8 ★ · 17 reviews (Birdeye) and 4.6 ★ · 21 Google reviews via Birdeye — two crawls of the same review pool (observed Aug 2026) Tiers start at “$135+” for 60-plus minutes Burnet residents who want the therapist their neighbours keep voting for and can take a weekday-daytime or Sunday slot.
Palomino Massage & AcupunctureOur studio Acupuncture $75 / 60 min · massage $150 / 60 min · acupuncture + massage $175 / 90 min Anyone who wants acupuncture and massage in one visit from one licensed practitioner and will trade 13 miles for it.
Plumeria Massage & Body Wellness 5.0 ★ · 39 reviews (Birdeye, aggregating 1 direct review + 38 Google; observed Aug 2026) $100 / 60 min · $150 / 90 min · $200 / 120 min Anyone who wants the total before booking, or needs a table after 5pm on a weekday.
Central Texas Acupuncture & Wellness Center 4.0 ★ · 4 reviews (Yelp, observed Aug 2026) $65 community-style (+$10 first visit) · $99 private session Burnet patients who want acupuncture in town at a published price from a clinician whose credentials are documented — after a call to confirm who is treating.
Sisters Serenity Spa & Salon 4.9 ★ · 88–89 reviews (43 Facebook + 46 Google per Birdeye’s breakdown) — salon-wide, not massage-specific (observed Aug 2026) Groups and wedding parties who want hair, nails and bodywork in one stop and will call for prices.
Rainbow Hearth Sanctuary & Retreat 20 reviews noted on its Yelp listing — star value not captured; BBB rating A+ (observed Aug 2026) Retreat-style bookings on Lake Buchanan, and clients who want corrective soft-tissue work from a long-practising therapist.
Everlasting Looks Med Spa 5.0 ★ · 110–117 reviews across Birdeye and Google aggregation (observed Aug 2026) Reflexology in town, or pairing pressure-point work with a facial or aesthetics appointment.
The Mountain Massage $150 / 75 min · $180 / 90 min (MassageBook listing) Lake-house groups, vacation-rental guests, and anyone who would rather not drive anywhere after a session.

Ratings, prices, addresses and hours are each business’s own published figures, observed 2 August 2026 and cited in the entry below. An em dash means the business publishes no figure we could verify — not that it is expensive. Ratings and hours drift; check both before booking.

04 — The Rankings

8 Burnet providers, ranked

Listed 1 to 8. Rank is our editorial assessment for Burnet readers — nobody paid to appear here or to move up.

Ranked number 1
Editor's Pick

Moonstone Massage Therapy

A single-therapist room downtown with the local vote

  • Area: Main Street, downtown Burnet
  • Address: 132 S Main St, Ste 4, Burnet, TX 78611
  • Public rating: 4.8 ★ · 17 reviews (Birdeye) and 4.6 ★ · 21 Google reviews via Birdeye — two crawls of the same review pool (observed Aug 2026)
  • Published pricing: Tiers start at “$135+” for 60-plus minutes
Modalities offered by Moonstone Massage Therapy: Swedish massageIntegrated deep tissueStress relief & relaxationPrenatal massageFacial cuppingInfant-massage instruction
  • MassageYes
  • AcupunctureNo

Moonstone leads this list for a reason that has nothing to do with size. Kyleigh Thurman, LMT, has been voted “Favorite Massage Therapist” three years running in a Burnet-area readers’ poll — a distinction the studio announced on its own Facebook page, and the only local verdict of its kind we found anywhere in this market. She completed the 500-hour program at the Lauterstein-Conway School in Austin and, per the studio’s own bio, has practised full-time since roughly 2020.

The menu is narrow on purpose: three session families — Swedish, integrated deep tissue, and a stress-relief and relaxation track — each offered at several lengths, plus prenatal work, facial cupping, and infant-massage instruction for new parents. The practice describes itself as trauma-informed, and the therapist is bilingual in Spanish per her own marketing.

It is one room and one therapist, which is why the calendar matters more here than the price list. Published hours run Tuesday to Friday, 9:30am to 3:30pm, plus Sunday 11am to 3pm, closed Monday and Saturday, with no evening slots posted anywhere. For anyone working regular business hours near the county courthouse, that is the constraint to solve first. The booking page shows tiers beginning at “$135+” for sessions of 60 minutes and up without resolving a firm figure for every duration, so confirm the exact price for the length you want at the time you book.

Strengths

  • Three-time “Favorite Massage Therapist” in a Burnet-area readers’ poll, per the studio’s own Facebook announcement
  • Therapist completed the 500-hour program at the Lauterstein-Conway School in Austin
  • Online booking through GlossGenius with a starting price posted — no phone tag to get a number
  • Prenatal massage and infant-massage instruction both on the menu, unusual range for a one-room studio
  • Bilingual (Spanish) practitioner, per the studio’s own marketing

Considerations

  • One therapist, appointment only — no walk-ins
  • Published hours are weekday daytime plus Sunday afternoon: Tue–Fri 9:30am–3:30pm, Sun 11am–3pm, closed Mon and Sat
  • Acupuncture not offered
  • Prices are published as “$135+” starting tiers rather than a firm figure for each session length

Best for: Burnet residents who want the therapist their neighbours keep voting for and can take a weekday-daytime or Sunday slot.

Ranked number 2
Our studio

Palomino Massage & Acupuncture

One person holds both licences and performs both modalities

  • Area: Main Street, downtown Marble Falls
  • Address: 515 Main St, Marble Falls, TX 78654
  • Published pricing: Acupuncture $75 / 60 min · massage $150 / 60 min · acupuncture + massage $175 / 90 min
Modalities offered by Palomino Massage & Acupuncture: AcupunctureTherapeutic massageDeep tissueDry needling (within L.Ac. scope)CuppingChinese herbal medicine
  • MassageYes
  • AcupunctureYes

We publish this guide and Palomino is our own practice — the disclosure below the rankings says so plainly, and you should weigh this entry accordingly. What earns second place is the one thing the Burnet market does not contain. Julie K. O’Leary holds both an L.Ac. and an LMT licence and performs both modalities herself. Across the nine massage, spa and acupuncture businesses this research turned up in and around Burnet — seven of them ranked on this page, one covered in the market notes, one we could barely document — we found no provider offering both: the two acupuncture clinics do not sell standalone licensed massage, and none of the massage studios offers acupuncture.

She has practised since 2004 — more than twenty years — and holds a Master of Oriental Medicine from AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine in Austin and a BA in Medical Anthropology from UT Austin; she is also a licensed herbalist. The signature session runs 90 minutes and blends acupuncture with hands-on bodywork inside the same visit, rather than splitting the two across two appointments on two calendars.

For massage alone, this page’s own answer is to stay in Burnet: two studios in town publish prices, and one of them starts at $100 an hour. The 13 miles are what you drive when you want both modalities from one licensed practitioner in a single sitting, rather than assembling them out of two appointments Burnet cannot combine.

Strengths

  • One practitioner holds both licences — L.Ac. and LMT — and performs both modalities personally
  • Acupuncture and massage blended in a single 90-minute session instead of two separate appointments
  • Master of Oriental Medicine from AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine in Austin; BA in Medical Anthropology from UT Austin; licensed herbalist
  • Practising since 2004 — more than 20 years
  • Fixed street address in downtown Marble Falls, with online booking

Considerations

  • Not in Burnet — 13 miles / 12–14 minutes south on US-281
  • Recent rebrand and relocation (JKO Massage & Acupuncture, 609 N US Hwy 281 → Palomino, 515 Main St), so some directories and review aggregators still show the former name, address and review history
  • One practitioner, so there is no second therapist to absorb a booked-out day, and no salon or esthetics services
  • This guide is published by Palomino — our placement in it is our own editorial call, not an outside verdict

Best for: Anyone who wants acupuncture and massage in one visit from one licensed practitioner and will trade 13 miles for it.

Ranked number 3

Plumeria Massage & Body Wellness

The only complete published massage price grid in town

  • Area: South Water Street
  • Address: 1104 S Water St, Burnet, TX 78611
  • Public rating: 5.0 ★ · 39 reviews (Birdeye, aggregating 1 direct review + 38 Google; observed Aug 2026)
  • Published pricing: $100 / 60 min · $150 / 90 min · $200 / 120 min
Modalities offered by Plumeria Massage & Body Wellness: General massage (60/90/120 min)Deep tissueHot stonePrenatal massageAromatherapyHot-oil scalp add-on
  • MassageYes
  • AcupunctureNo

Plumeria is the one massage studio in Burnet that answers the price question completely before you call. Its booking menu prints $100 for 60 minutes, $150 for 90, $200 for 120, and $150 for a 90-minute deep-tissue session, with a $30 new-client deposit on the 60- and 90-minute services and $50 on the two-hour. Hot stone, prenatal, aromatherapy and a hot-oil scalp add-on are listed by name with no price attached, so those still take a phone call.

That matters more than it sounds in a market where three of the eight businesses on this page publish nothing at all. It also sets the town’s massage floor: $100 is the cheapest published hour of massage we found in Burnet, roughly $35 under the next studio’s 60-minute starting tier. The mobile alternative is higher again at $150, but that figure buys 75 minutes rather than 60, so the two are not a like-for-like hour and we have not subtracted one from the other. Two appointments in town are published cheaper than this one, and neither is a massage — Central Texas Acupuncture’s $65 community-style session and its $99 private room.

The practitioner is named as Jenna Scott, LMT, on the studio’s Instagram and its Birdeye profile. An older aggregator bio describes a different owner with a Thai-influenced background; we could not reconcile the two, and the studio’s own channels are the ones we have cited. The genuine friction here is scheduling: the studio’s own site posts Monday to Wednesday, 8:30am to 7:30pm, while its Birdeye listing shows a shorter weekday window plus a Friday morning. Those posted evening hours are the best fit in the market for a workday schedule, which makes them exactly the thing worth confirming by phone.

Strengths

  • Complete published massage price grid — $100/60 min, $150/90 min, $200/120 min — the only one of its kind in Burnet
  • Cheapest published hour of massage found in town
  • 5.0 ★ across 39 reviews on Birdeye (observed Aug 2026)
  • Online booking with a stated deposit policy, so the total is known before the appointment
  • Weekday evening hours posted on the studio’s own site — the latest we found in the market

Considerations

  • Hours conflict between the studio’s own site (Mon–Wed 8:30am–7:30pm) and its Birdeye listing — confirm before relying on an evening slot
  • Several different phone numbers appear across directories and none is confirmed on the booking site
  • Hot stone, prenatal, aromatherapy and the scalp add-on are listed without prices
  • Acupuncture not offered
  • Practitioner naming differs between the studio’s own channels (Jenna Scott, LMT) and an older third-party bio

Best for: Anyone who wants the total before booking, or needs a table after 5pm on a weekday.

Ranked number 4
Best Value

Central Texas Acupuncture & Wellness Center

The town’s documented acupuncture file, with one open question

  • Area: Buchanan Drive
  • Address: 1001 Buchanan Dr., Suite 2, Burnet, TX 78611
  • Public rating: 4.0 ★ · 4 reviews (Yelp, observed Aug 2026)
  • Published pricing: $65 community-style (+$10 first visit) · $99 private session
Modalities offered by Central Texas Acupuncture & Wellness Center: AcupunctureSports acupuncture / dry needlingFertility acupunctureTuina bodyworkCuppingHerbal & supplement dispensary
  • MassageNo
  • AcupunctureYes

This is the only Burnet business whose acupuncture credentials we could read from a primary source. The clinic’s own About page sets out Dr. Julie Lott, DAcCHM, L.Ac., Dipl. OM: a doctorate from Pacific College of Health & Science, a master’s in Chinese herbal medicine from AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine in Austin, NCCAOM board certification as a Diplomate in both Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology, a two-year apprenticeship under Dr. Lily Chang Yi Hsiang at the World Medicine Institute, and certifications in NADA Acudetox, Battlefield Acupuncture and dry needling. The page also describes her as a U.S. Army combat veteran and military spouse. For a clinic in a county seat of about 6,900, that is a deep file.

One question we could not close. A LinkedIn entry under the same name announces a new position as a licensed acupuncturist with a Kentucky health system. Whether that is a departure, a role held alongside this practice, or a stale entry, public sources do not say. The business itself shows signs of operating — a Yelp listing updated in May 2026, Facebook activity into mid-2025 — so treat the clinic as open and the treating practitioner as the thing to confirm when you ring.

The service list reaches well past acupuncture itself: cupping, Tuina bodywork, PEMF, infrared and LED light therapy, and a Fullscript dispensary. It also prices in public, which most of this market does not. Its own site and booking flow list $65 for a community-style session in a recliner, with a $10 first-visit fee on top; $99 for a private one-on-one session; add-ons at $15 to $20 for cupping, LED, PEMF or ozone; a $60 herbal consultation, $53 on a membership; and monthly packages at $250, $480 and $650 for four, eight or twelve treatments on a three-month commitment. A recurring “$55 Fridays” session — 45 minutes of acupuncture with aromatherapy, capped at four people — sits below all of it, though the chamber listing we found for it was dated July 2024, so confirm it still runs.

At $65, the community session is the cheapest published appointment of any kind in Burnet — under the town’s cheapest published massage hour by $35. The trade is the setting: recliners in a shared room rather than a private table.

Strengths

  • The only Burnet acupuncture credentials we could verify from a primary source: DAcCHM, L.Ac., Dipl. OM, NCCAOM-certified in both Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology
  • The cheapest published appointment in Burnet — $65 for a community-style session, plus a $10 first-visit fee — and a $99 private session beside it
  • Master’s in Chinese herbal medicine from AOMA in Austin plus a doctorate from Pacific College of Health & Science, per the clinic’s own About page
  • NADA Acudetox and Battlefield Acupuncture certifications listed — protocols developed in veteran and chronic-pain settings
  • Monthly treatment packages published at $250, $480 and $650, and HSA, FSA and CareCredit accepted with superbills provided, per the clinic’s own pages
  • Weekday hours Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm, with Saturday by appointment

Considerations

  • The $65 rate is a community-style session — recliners in a shared room, not a private treatment table; the private one-on-one session is $99, and a first visit adds $10
  • The current treating practitioner could not be confirmed from public sources: the clinic’s About page names Dr. Julie Lott, and a LinkedIn entry under her name announces a position with a Kentucky health system — ask who is treating when you call
  • Standalone licensed massage is not offered; Tuina bodywork is integrated into acupuncture visits
  • The membership packages carry a three-month commitment and a 30-day cancellation policy
  • Closed Sundays, and the Friday closing time differs between listings
  • Four reviews in total, so the star figure rests on a very small sample

Best for: Burnet patients who want acupuncture in town at a published price from a clinician whose credentials are documented — after a call to confirm who is treating.

Ranked number 5

Sisters Serenity Spa & Salon

A full-service salon with the deepest therapist bench

  • Area: West State Highway 29
  • Address: 1906 W State Hwy 29, Burnet, TX 78611
  • Public rating: 4.9 ★ · 88–89 reviews (43 Facebook + 46 Google per Birdeye’s breakdown) — salon-wide, not massage-specific (observed Aug 2026)
Modalities offered by Sisters Serenity Spa & Salon: MassageFacialsNails & pedicuresHaircutsBrow waxing
  • MassageYes
  • AcupunctureNo

Sisters Serenity carries the largest review footprint of any Burnet business that offers massage — 4.9 stars across 88-plus reviews, which Birdeye breaks down as 43 from Facebook and 46 from Google — and the caveat is what those reviews are about. This is a full-service salon opened in 2014 by two sisters: hair, nails, pedicures, brow waxing, facials and massage. The aggregate covers the whole business. On Vagaro’s Burnet massage-professional directory, the three therapists listed under the salon — Debbie Bailey, Melissa Crawford and Trish Bubenik — each show a single review apiece, so there is no massage-specific rating to read here.

It is also the town’s most plausible answer for a group getting ready together, which is a demand pattern Burnet’s own review language keeps surfacing: reviews across several local businesses mention prepping for a lake wedding. Hair, nails and a massage in one visit, with three therapists rather than one, is a scheduling advantage nothing else in this market has.

Two things need a phone call. No pricing is published anywhere we could find. And the hours conflict — Birdeye shows Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm with weekends closed, while the business’s own description elsewhere says Tuesday through Saturday. Note the address too: the salon now trades at 1906 W State Hwy 29, not the 1001 S Water St suite that older listings still show, a relocation confirmed by the phone number staying the same across both.

Strengths

  • Largest review footprint of any Burnet business offering massage: 4.9 ★ across 88–89 reviews (observed Aug 2026)
  • Three massage therapists on the roster — the deepest bench in town for group or same-week bookings
  • Hair, nails, facials and massage bookable in one visit, which suits wedding-party prep
  • Operating since 2014 under the same sister-owners

Considerations

  • Pricing not published
  • Massage is one line among hair, nails and facials; the 88-plus-review rating covers the whole salon, and each therapist shows one review on the professional directory
  • Hours conflict across sources — Birdeye lists Mon–Fri 9am–6pm with weekends closed; the business’s own description elsewhere says Tue–Sat
  • Acupuncture not offered
  • Relocated from 1001 S Water St Ste A, and older directory listings still show the former address
  • The sistersserenityspa.com domain that several directories cite did not resolve when we checked

Best for: Groups and wedding parties who want hair, nails and bodywork in one stop and will call for prices.

Ranked number 6

Rainbow Hearth Sanctuary & Retreat

Lakeside retreat bodywork from a 30-year therapist

  • Area: Waterway Lane, above Lake Buchanan
  • Address: 1330 Waterway Ln, Burnet, TX 78611
  • Public rating: 20 reviews noted on its Yelp listing — star value not captured; BBB rating A+ (observed Aug 2026)
Modalities offered by Rainbow Hearth Sanctuary & Retreat: Musculoskeletal therapyMyofascial cuppingDry needling (LMT scope)Joint mobilizationPolarity therapyIntuitive bodywork
  • MassageYes
  • AcupunctureNo

Rainbow Hearth is not a day spa, and reading it as one is the easiest mistake to make on this page. It is a retreat centre and bed-and-breakfast on Waterway Lane above Lake Buchanan, running since 2001, where bodywork is one strand of a programme that also takes in breathwork and meditation. Mariah Wentworth, LMT, has more than thirty years in practice and lists musculoskeletal therapy, myofascial cupping, corrective soft-tissue and joint-mobilization work, polarity therapy and intuitive bodywork — a notably clinical toolkit for a retreat setting. The BBB rates the business A+, and its Yelp listing carried 20 reviews when we looked.

Two points of precision. The dry needling on that service list is performed by a massage therapist, not a licensed acupuncturist; in Texas those are separate scopes of practice, and it should not be read as acupuncture. And the retreat’s own language points bodywork at overnight guests, booked in advance and subject to availability — we could not establish either way whether a local can book a standalone session, because the massage and pricing pages both refused our requests on every attempt, which also means no rates could be verified.

For a resident who wants a table on a Thursday afternoon, that is a lot of unknowns to resolve by phone. For someone booking a lake retreat weekend, it is the only setting of its kind we found in Burnet.

Strengths

  • Therapist with more than 30 years in practice, per the retreat’s own site
  • Corrective, clinically oriented toolkit — musculoskeletal therapy, myofascial cupping, joint mobilization — rather than a spa menu
  • Operating since 2001, with a BBB rating of A+
  • Lake Buchanan retreat setting, with breathwork and meditation programming alongside bodywork

Considerations

  • Pricing not published — the site’s massage and pricing pages returned errors on every attempt we made
  • Bodywork appears aimed at overnight retreat guests by availability; we could not confirm whether non-guests can book a standalone session — call and ask
  • The dry needling listed here is performed by an LMT, not a licensed acupuncturist: a separate scope of practice in Texas, and not acupuncture
  • Acupuncture not offered

Best for: Retreat-style bookings on Lake Buchanan, and clients who want corrective soft-tissue work from a long-practising therapist.

Ranked number 7

Everlasting Looks Med Spa

Reflexology inside an esthetics-first med spa

  • Area: South Water Street
  • Address: 1001 S Water St, Ste B, Burnet, TX 78611
  • Public rating: 5.0 ★ · 110–117 reviews across Birdeye and Google aggregation (observed Aug 2026)
Modalities offered by Everlasting Looks Med Spa: ReflexologyFacialsLaser & electrolysisPermanent makeupWaxingSpray tanning
  • MassageNo
  • AcupunctureNo

Everlasting Looks earns a place on this page for one service and is ranked honestly for what surrounds it. Reflexology — foot and pressure-point work — is available here, and reviewers single out Charlene Glover for it by name. The rating is the highest volume-plus-score combination in the town: 5.0 stars across 110 to 117 reviews depending on which aggregation you read.

What it is not is a massage practice. The core business is esthetics and medical aesthetics: facials, laser, electrolysis, permanent makeup, eyelash extensions, waxing and spray tanning, staffed by Andrea Baker, Charlene Glover and Araceli Trejo per the Vagaro directory. We found no full-body Swedish or deep-tissue menu, which is why the massage column in the table above shows a cross rather than a tick — a distinction about scope, not quality. If reflexology is precisely what you want, this is the in-town option; if you want an hour face-down on a table, the studios ranked above are the right call.

Two housekeeping notes. The business appears as both “Everlasting Looks Spa” on older listings and “Everlasting Looks Med Spa” on its current booking page, which reads as a service-line expansion rather than two businesses, though we found no dated announcement confirming that. And no prices are published: the Vagaro booking page rendered as an empty template when we fetched it.

Strengths

  • Reflexology available in town, with a named practitioner (Charlene Glover) singled out in reviews
  • 5.0 ★ across 110–117 reviews — the highest review volume of any Burnet business on this page (observed Aug 2026)
  • Three named practitioners on the roster per the Vagaro professional directory
  • Online booking through Vagaro, alongside the spa’s aesthetics services

Considerations

  • Reflexology only — no full-body massage menu found, which is why the massage column above shows no tick for this entry
  • Acupuncture not offered
  • Pricing not published — the booking page rendered as an empty template when we fetched it
  • Trades under two names across listings (“Everlasting Looks Spa” and “Everlasting Looks Med Spa”)
  • Esthetics and medical aesthetics are the core business; bodywork is a single line on a much wider menu

Best for: Reflexology in town, or pairing pressure-point work with a facial or aesthetics appointment.

Ranked number 8

The Mountain Massage

Mobile bodywork that drives to your lake rental

  • Area: Mobile service, based in the Llano area
  • Published pricing: $150 / 75 min · $180 / 90 min (MassageBook listing)
Modalities offered by The Mountain Massage: Relaxation massageTherapeutic massagePregnancy massageGroup & event bookingsOn-location service
  • MassageYes
  • AcupunctureNo

The Mountain Massage answers a question none of the storefronts can: what happens when you cannot get to a studio. It is a mobile practice based in the Llano area that names Burnet explicitly in its service area, alongside Buchanan Dam, Canyon of the Eagles, Kingsland, Horseshoe Bay, Marble Falls, Granite Shoals, Sunrise Beach and a dozen more Hill Country stops. The therapist travels to homes, vacation rentals and Airbnbs and takes group and event bookings — which in this county means lake houses full of family and wedding parties, the same demand pattern that shows up in review language all over Burnet.

Rates on its MassageBook listing run $150 for 75 minutes and $180 for 90, above Burnet’s in-town published band. The premium buys travel and setup, and the fact that nobody has to drive afterwards. Pregnancy massage is on the menu.

Two limits are worth stating plainly. There is no storefront, so nothing here is same-day or walk-in; it is an advance booking with a travel radius. And no aggregate star rating or review count could be confirmed anywhere — what we found were positive individual comments on its Nextdoor page, a thinner evidence base than the Google and Birdeye profiles behind the studios ranked above. Both facts are about what we could verify, not about the work.

Strengths

  • Comes to your home, vacation rental or Airbnb — Burnet is named in its stated service area
  • Published mobile rates: $150 for 75 minutes, $180 for 90
  • Takes group and event bookings, which suits lake-house and wedding-party demand
  • Pregnancy massage offered

Considerations

  • No storefront and no walk-ins — advance booking only, with travel time built in
  • Priced above Burnet’s in-town published band ($100 to “$135+” for an hour)
  • Based in the Llano area, not Burnet
  • No aggregate rating or review count could be confirmed — the reviews we found were individual comments on Nextdoor
  • Acupuncture not offered

Best for: Lake-house groups, vacation-rental guests, and anyone who would rather not drive anywhere after a session.

05 — Choose By Scenario

Which one is right for you?

  • If you'rea courthouse-square worker with a nine-to-five and a stiff neck trying to book an appointment that does not cost half a day of leave…

    Choose Plumeria Massage & Body Wellness

    Its own booking site posts Monday-to-Wednesday hours running to 7:30pm — the latest slots we found in Burnet — at a published $100 for 60 minutes. The Birdeye listing disagrees about those hours, so confirm the evening slot on the phone before you plan around it.

  • If you'rea wedding party getting ready at a Lake Buchanan venue trying to get four people through hair, nails and bodywork in one morning…

    Choose Sisters Serenity Spa & Salon

    Three massage therapists on the roster plus hair, nails and facials in one building — the only business in town that can absorb a group in a single booking. Prices are not published, so call with your headcount and your timings.

  • If you'rea veteran or long-term pain patient comparing the two acupuncture clinics trying to find out whose credentials are actually on the record, and what a session costs…

    Choose Central Texas Acupuncture & Wellness Center

    It is the only Burnet acupuncture practice whose credentials we could read from a primary source — NCCAOM certification in both acupuncture and Chinese herbology, plus NADA Acudetox and Battlefield Acupuncture training — and the only one publishing rates: $65 for a community-style session in a recliner, $99 private, with monthly packages from $250. Ask who is treating when you call; public sources left that open.

  • If you'resomeone managing pain who wants acupuncture and bodywork in the same visit trying to avoid running two appointments across two calendars…

    Choose Palomino Massage & Acupuncture

    No Burnet practitioner we found holds both licences, so the in-town version of this is two bookings with two providers. Palomino combines both in one 90-minute session, 13 miles south on US-281 — and it is our own practice, which you should factor in.

  • If you'rea family renting a lake house for the week trying to book bodywork nobody has to drive back into town for…

    Choose The Mountain Massage

    A mobile practice that names Burnet in its service area and takes group bookings at houses and rentals, at a published $150 for 75 minutes. Book well ahead — there is no storefront to walk into.

  • If you'rea first-timer who just wants the therapist locals recommend trying to book one good hour without comparison shopping…

    Choose Moonstone Massage Therapy

    Three years of “Favorite Massage Therapist” in a Burnet-area readers’ poll, per the studio’s own announcement, plus online booking. The catch is availability: weekday daytime and Sunday afternoons only, with no evening hours posted.

13min

Typical route

US-281 South

06 — Worth The Drive?

What the 13 miles to Marble Falls actually buy

Two independent mapping sources put Burnet to 515 Main St in Marble Falls at 12.7 to 13 miles and 12 to 14 minutes, both naming US-281 South as the fastest route. Those estimates measure town centre to town centre, so a Main Street door may add a minute. It is the shortest drive out of Burnet to any market with more depth than Burnet’s own.

For massage alone, the arithmetic does not favour going anywhere. Burnet has two studios that publish prices, one starting at $100 an hour, plus a salon with three therapists and a mobile therapist who will come to you. Driving 13 miles for a service the town already sells at a published rate is not a recommendation this guide is going to make.

What changes the calculation is the combination. If you want acupuncture and massage in the same visit, Burnet cannot sell you that at any price: the clinics do not offer standalone massage, the studios do not offer acupuncture, and the in-town version is two appointments with two providers. If you want acupuncture alone, stay in town — Central Texas Acupuncture publishes $65 for a community-style session and $99 for a private one, which undercuts the 13-mile drive and every massage hour in Burnet. What it carries is an open question about who is currently treating, and that is a phone call rather than a drive. The trip south is buying one thing only: both modalities from one practitioner, inside one appointment.

07 — Good To Know

Common questions about massage & acupuncture in Burnet

01Who is Burnet’s favorite massage therapist?

Kyleigh Thurman, LMT, of Moonstone Massage Therapy has been voted “Favorite Massage Therapist” three years running in a Burnet-area readers’ poll. We are citing that from the studio’s own Facebook announcement rather than from the publication’s results page, which we could not retrieve, so treat it as a self-reported award with a real local basis.

Readers’ polls measure popularity, not clinical outcomes, and Moonstone’s public review numbers are modest by comparison — 4.8 stars from 17 reviews on Birdeye, 4.6 from 21 Google reviews at a different crawl date, against Sisters Serenity’s 88-plus. It is still the only local verdict of its kind we found anywhere in this market, which is why Moonstone leads our ranking.

02Is the dry needling at Rainbow Hearth the same thing as acupuncture?

No, and the difference is one of licensure rather than wording. Rainbow Hearth’s bodywork is provided by Mariah Wentworth, LMT, a massage therapist with more than thirty years in practice whose service list includes myofascial cupping and dry needling. In Texas, dry needling performed within a massage or physical-therapy scope and acupuncture performed by a licensed acupuncturist (L.Ac.) are separate credentials with separate training paths, and one is not a substitute for the other.

If you specifically want acupuncture from an L.Ac. in Burnet, that means Central Texas Acupuncture & Wellness Center or Prickly Pear Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture PLLC. Our Bee Cave guide at /best-massage-acupuncture/bee-cave-tx works through the full credential taxonomy — which practitioner may perform which technique, and under which licence — if you want the longer version.

03What is Tuina, and does it count as a massage?

Tuina is a hands-on Chinese bodywork tradition — pressing, kneading and joint work organised around the same channel theory acupuncture uses. Central Texas Acupuncture & Wellness Center lists it among its services, and that trips people up: search “massage in Burnet” and an acupuncture clinic appears in the results.

The practical difference is what you can book. Tuina there is folded into an acupuncture visit rather than sold as a standalone hour on a table, and the clinic is not a licensed massage practice. If what you want is a 60- or 90-minute massage, book one of Burnet’s massage studios. If you want acupuncture and are curious about the bodywork that comes with it, ask the clinic how a session is structured and how much of it is hands-on.

04Can I book bodywork at Rainbow Hearth if I’m not staying overnight?

We could not confirm it either way, and we would rather say so than guess. Rainbow Hearth is a retreat centre and bed-and-breakfast on Waterway Lane near Lake Buchanan, and its own language points bodywork at guests, booked in advance and subject to availability — but nothing we read explicitly rules out a local booking a standalone session.

Its massage and pricing pages both refused our requests on every attempt, so we have no rates to quote either. Call the retreat and ask two questions: whether non-guests can book, and what a session costs. If the answer is guests only, Burnet’s storefront studios are the fallback, and The Mountain Massage will travel to you instead.

05What does acupuncture cost in Burnet?

One of the town’s two clinics publishes its rates in full. Central Texas Acupuncture & Wellness Center lists $65 for a community-style session — recliners in a shared room — with a $10 fee added on a first visit, and $99 for a private one-on-one session. Add-ons such as cupping, LED light therapy, PEMF or ozone run $15 to $20 each; an herbal consultation is $60, or $53 on a membership, with herbs billed separately. Monthly packages are published at $250, $480 and $650 for four, eight or twelve treatments, on a three-month commitment. The clinic also runs a recurring “$55 Fridays” session, 45 minutes with aromatherapy and capped at four people — the chamber listing we found for it was dated July 2024, so confirm it still runs.

The town’s other clinic, Prickly Pear Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture PLLC, publishes nothing we could locate — no rate, no website, no named practitioner. And at either clinic, ask who is treating: at Central Texas Acupuncture, public sources left that unresolved.

06Which Burnet studios list prenatal massage, and do they price it?

Two studios publish it. Moonstone Massage Therapy lists prenatal massage among its core services, and Plumeria Massage & Body Wellness lists a 60-minute prenatal session on its booking menu by name, without a published price, so ask when you book. Neither is an acupuncture practice, so acupuncture during pregnancy would be a separate provider and a separate conversation. The Mountain Massage, the mobile option ranked below, also lists pregnancy massage, and it is the only one of the three that will come to you.

The more useful local finding is what none of them publishes. Not one Burnet-area provider we read states which trimesters it works with — Moonstone lists prenatal among its core services, Plumeria lists a 60-minute prenatal session by name and prices it nowhere, and The Mountain Massage names the service without a stage rule. Texas general guidance, including UT Southwestern’s, points past the first trimester and toward monthly sessions rising to weekly near term, but no studio in this town has committed to a published rule, so that is a question for the booking call rather than an answer this page can give you.

07Which Burnet salons come closest to a day-spa menu?

There are day-spa-style options, but nothing resort-scale. Sisters Serenity Spa & Salon has the fullest menu — massage plus hair, nails, facials and waxing in one visit. Everlasting Looks is an esthetics-led med spa where reflexology is the bodywork among facials, laser and permanent makeup. Beautiful Reflections on Buchanan Drive runs a bridal-makeup practice with a single massage line. None of the three publishes prices.

For a resort-style spa day you are looking at a drive: Marble Falls is 13 miles south on US-281, and Austin is roughly 54 miles away. Rainbow Hearth, above Lake Buchanan, is the nearest thing Burnet has to a destination setting — but it is a retreat centre, and its bodywork appears aimed at overnight guests.

08Why do Austin spas keep appearing when I search for Burnet?

Because Burnet is also the name of one of Austin’s longest commercial roads. Searches for massage or acupuncture “in Burnet” routinely return Spavia Day Spa, Acupuncture Together, Honeysuckle Acupuncture, Austin Family Acupuncture and Remedy Center for Healing Arts — all real businesses, all on Burnet Road in Austin, roughly 54 miles from the town of Burnet. Map and directory results conflate the two constantly.

Before booking anything you found by search, check that the address reads “Burnet, TX 78611” rather than “Burnet Rd, Austin”. Every business ranked on this page has either a verified Burnet, Texas street address or, for the mobile and out-of-town entries, a home base we name explicitly in the entry.

Sources & Data

Where these facts came from

Provider details, ratings, published pricing, and service lists on this page were observed on . Ratings and prices drift — confirm anything decision-critical with the source before you book.

  1. Moonstone Massage Therapy — booking site (services, prices, hours)moonstonemassagetherapybtx.glossgenius.com
  2. Moonstone Massage Therapy — Birdeye profile (ratings, hours)reviews.birdeye.com
  3. Moonstone Massage Therapy — Facebook (therapist bio, readers’-poll announcement)facebook.com
  4. Plumeria Massage & Body Wellness — booking site (published price grid)plumeriamassage.glossgenius.com
  5. Plumeria Massage — Birdeye profile (rating, hours)reviews.birdeye.com
  6. Plumeria Massage — Instagram (practitioner naming)instagram.com
  7. Sisters Serenity Spa & Salon — Birdeye profile (rating breakdown, hours, address)reviews.birdeye.com
  8. Vagaro — Burnet, TX massage professionals directory (therapist rosters)vagaro.com
  9. Rainbow Hearth Sanctuary & Retreat — own site (practitioner, modalities)rainbowhearth.com
  10. Better Business Bureau — therapeutic massage, Burnet TXbbb.org
  11. Everlasting Looks — Birdeye profile (rating, service list)reviews.birdeye.com
  12. Everlasting Looks — Vagaro booking page (staff, naming)mysite.vagaro.com
  13. Central Texas Acupuncture & Wellness Center — About page (credentials, address, hours)centraltexasacupuncture.multiscreensite.com
  14. Central Texas Acupuncture & Wellness Center — Yelp listing (rating, listing update)yelp.com
  15. Central Texas Acupuncture & Wellness Center — clinic site (services and published rates)centraltexasacupuncture.multiscreensite.com
  16. Fresha — Central Texas Acupuncture & Wellness Center booking flow (session and package pricing)fresha.com
  17. Burnet Chamber of Commerce — “$55 Fridays” event listing (July 2024)burnetchamber.org
  18. Prickly Pear Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture PLLC — Yelp listing (address, description)yelp.com
  19. The Mountain Massage — own site (service area)themountainmassage.com
  20. The Mountain Massage — MassageBook listing (published mobile rates)massagebook.com
  21. Beautiful Reflections — own site (services, address)brtxspa.com
  22. Palomino Massage & Acupuncture — practice site (services, published pricing, address)marblefallsspa.com
  23. Distance Cities — Burnet, TX to Marble Falls, TX (distance and route)distance-cities.com
  24. Trippy — Burnet to Marble Falls drive timetrippy.com
  25. World Population Review — Burnet, Texas (city population)worldpopulationreview.com
  26. World Population Review — Burnet County, Texas (county population and growth)worldpopulationreview.com
  27. UT Southwestern Medical Center — massage during pregnancy guidelinesutswmed.org
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