Neyda Carballo Ricardo founded the center this year, which is at 213 N. Victory Blvd. Ricardo is also the president of Natural Health Centers Inc., a chain of seven stores that specialize in natural health care.
Happy & Relaxed will host its grand opening at 5 p.m. today.
The center’s retail section features incense and facial creams, clothing, books, CDs and other artifacts centering on the theme of metaphysical and spiritual-type energy. But don’t call the center a spa; it doesn’t offer facials or massages.
The relaxation center’s purpose is simply that — relaxation, Cruz said.
Clients can visit the center for either 30 minutes or a half-day. Services include private hypnotherapy sessions; workshops on weight control, relaxation, anxiety, relationships and health; and wealth and happiness seminars.
Private sessions for reiki, a Japanese relaxation technique, are also offered.
“There is no agenda, no lessons, just relax, and that’s what it’s about,” Cruz said.
Deeper into the center, behind the lobby and retail area, is the transition room, where people can come in and relax while waiting to use the center’s relaxation room. The relaxation room is the centerpiece of Happy & Relaxed.
What distinguishes the room are the seven chairs that line the walls.
Each chair is devoted to one of seven chakras, or energetic centers believed to exist within the body.
The chair clients choose to sit in is usually based on instinct or on answers to questions given by the center’s staff.
“We can do some questions and know which [chakra] is out of alignment,” Ricardo said.
Each station has a sound system that clients can use to listen to new age music or a preprogrammed relaxation CD.
