New Wellness Center Takes You To Your Happy Place |
 A new Phoenix, Arizona based wellness center called Wellness Effect is utilizing guided meditations, as well as light and aroma therapy, to help it's clients find health and happiness.
For the East Valley Tribune by Michael Grady The starkness of the room is disquieting at first. “Please leave your shoes and keys, anything that might distract you, on the mat in the corner,” my attendant, Renee, says. The recliner I am on seems to float. My socks dangle in front of a smooth white wall as Renee slides a lozenge into a conical object beside me. “You’ll hear three chimes at the end of your session, then I’ll be in with a cold towel,” she says before leaving. What happens next? The atmosphere seems ripe for anything from an IMAX screening to an electroshock treatment. I’m trying a new method of stress relief. But, as the lights mellow around the recliner and the cone coughs out a pleasing scent, I realize this is nothing like my old methods: drinking and whining. SENSORY UNDERLOAD
“We combine the use of color, light, sound and aroma to assist in relaxation and healing,” Renee Waldman says. A naturopathic physician and the proprietor of the Cave Creek clinic, Waldman blends these elements with directed meditation to target a variety of maladies. “We create a synergy that brings you into a para-sympathetic state,” she says. “That’s the state that promotes relaxation and healing.” Wellness Effect clients choose from a menu of “energy cafe experiences,” each tailored toward slightly different ends. “Release” combines ancient vocals and scents of chamomile to aid the release of pent up emotions. “Meditate” uses woodland fragrances and melodies designed to steer consciousness back toward the body’s internal rhythms. I choose “Stressless Me,” a guided meditation described as a multisensory “guided vacation.” |
This is Wellness Effect, an integrated, naturopathic approach to stress relief.
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