Empower Wellness Spa: A New Approach to Lymphatic Health, Recovery, and Evidence-Based Wellness

Empower Wellness Spa in Encino is one of Southern California’s most forward-thinking destinations for non-invasive, science-driven therapies. Founded by practitioner and wellness advocate Mariam Hakopyan, Empower believes that clinical insight, lived experience, and quality care create measurable improvements in the body’s natural healing processes. As Hakopyan explains, “Every detail, from the therapies to the energy of the space was designed to make clients feel nurtured, inspired, and reminded that true wellness starts within.” This concept has turned the spa from a personal mission into a region-defining center focused on lymphatic health, circulation, detoxification, and overall wellness. 

Hakopyan’s vision for Empower Wellness Spa arose from necessity. For years, she faced Lipedema and other chronic health challenges while trying to access treatments that were either ineffective, inaccessible, or too risky to justify. The experience revealed a disconnect between what patients with complex or under-recognized conditions needed and what traditional systems offered. Many therapies were cost-prohibitive, overly invasive, or failed to address foundational physiological issues such as lymphatic flow, oxygenation, or inflammation. It was clear that individuals struggling with misunderstood conditions were often left to fend for themselves.

The creation of Empower Wellness Spa was a response to this gap in the industry. Hakopyan pictured a space where evidence-based therapies could be accessible and where patients could receive treatment without judgment. She wanted to offer an environment that treated the body without neglecting the person. “I want to create a community where people feel supported, understood, and inspired to take control of their wellness journey,” she says, emphasizing the importance of offering guidance to clients whose conditions are often “misunderstood or overlooked.”

One of the foundational offerings at Empower Wellness Spa is Ozone Sauna Therapy. Hakopyan often recommends it for new clients because it promotes oxygenation, improves circulation, and stimulates detoxification through a combination of heat, steam, and ozone exposure. These mechanisms aim to activate the body’s natural healing responses, supporting systemic processes that influence everything from metabolic efficiency to lymphatic mobility. Clients frequently report noticeable improvements in clarity, energy, and overall comfort following treatment, all outcomes that help them understand the role cellular oxygenation plays in health.

Other therapies, including red light-enhanced movement therapy for cellular energy production, lymphatic-focused facial work, and Endospheres for the face are also popular. Each service at Empower is performed to create functional change within the body’s circulatory and lymphatic systems, two systems that are essential in mainstream medicine.

There is also growing recognition that lymphatic stagnation, impaired circulation, chronic inflammation, and mitochondrial dysfunction have roles in chronic illness, fatigue, skin health, hormonal regulation, and longevity. Hakopyan is encouraged by this shift, noting, “I’m most excited about the growing awareness around lymphatic health and cellular recovery. We’re seeing more people understand how circulation, oxygenation, and detoxification directly impact energy, skin health, and longevity.”

This represents an important conclusion that Empower Wellness Spa is a quiet but significant force advancing the conversation around health and wellness. By offering non-invasive therapies, Empower has helped normalize discussions around lymphatic dysfunction and chronic inflammation, particularly for individuals who previously had few or no treatment pathways available. Rather than being rushed, clients are given the time and space to be understood. Education accompanies treatment, allowing individuals to better understand how their bodies function and what factors may be contributing to their symptoms. This approach helps clients reclaim agency over their health and feel supported in new ways.

Coming soon, Empower Wellness Spa is expanding its offerings to further address systemic health concerns. Upcoming additions such as Foot Zoning Therapy are meant to complement existing lymphatic and circulatory treatments by stimulating specific points that influence energetic flow throughout the body. Similarly, the introduction of a custom skincare line will provide clients with support at home.

As a whole, Empower Wellness Spa is changing the role of non-invasive therapies in the wellness industry, turning them from spa services into clinically-relevant interventions that can meaningfully change lives. The brand continues to influence the bigger conversation around chronic conditions, lymphatic awareness, and evidence-based wellness to create a space in which clients are not only treated, but fully understood.