“Improving our health starts with how we think, feel and live.”

We are professionals in our various fields and have all dealt with significant health issues in our time. It is, and was, in this journey, we individually noticed a propensity for the various spheres of healing to work independently of each other. 

In addition, the professionals we were able to access worked primarily in the space of the body and the mind but rarely delved into the powerful health influencer of all, namely our internal narrative or personal story. 

Irrespective of how well we are eating, moving or pausing, if our thoughts create anxiety and are repetitive, they create a cascade of hormones and neurotransmitters that can be extremely corrosive on our bodies. 

Integral Wellness was birthed here in our understanding of the value of knitting together the elements of the journey to well-being.

Helen is an internationally accredited Integral Coach and an Enneagram specialist. She has coached numerous people over the years and is particularly interested in the origins of her clients’ patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. Her studies with Gabor Mate and in the Enneagram have played a key role in developing more profound insight into this. 

Her interest in health lay originally in her qualification as an aromatherapist many years ago and continued with her lifelong fascination with what provides optimal health. More recently, it has consolidated her health journey, where she has aptly and successfully engaged with all the threads offered in the Integral Wellness Workshops.

Judith combines her knowledge of integrative nutrition therapy and Nutrigenomics to work with the power of food, lifestyle and environment to change an individual’s health outcomes.

She has been in private practice for over 30 years focussing on integrative nutrition therapy. Her primary work involves gut health, mental health and Nutrigenomics (gene-based personalized nutrition), chronic diseases, sports nutrition, diabetes care, weight management, holistic well-being and complementary Medicine, working with the body, mind and soul. 

Judith has recently co-authored a recipe book with Dr Yael Joffe entitled Genes to Plate, which details the practical aspects of food choices and eating according to your health pathways. 

Through her journey with health challenges, she discovered the benefits of mind, body and soul wellness.

Candy is a licensed counsellor and yoga therapist specializing in trauma and mental health. She has worked with numerous individuals and on local and international group therapy programs, supporting the recovery from psychological trauma. 

Candy’s professional life is deeply-mirrored by her early personal experience. As a survivor of multiple life-altering trauma, she soon realized that while talk therapy supported her, a puzzle piece was missing. Yoga applied therapeutically supported her healing from trauma and being declared remission from fibromyalgia several years ago. 

Candy is completing her Master’s thesis on the power of trauma-sensitive yoga and trains psychologists, counsellors, healthcare practitioners and yoga teachers on this methodology. 

Helen has practised yoga for 52 years, 22 years of which she ran her studio, and continues to do so. She trained as an instructor at Ananda Kutir Ashrama in Integral yoga, which seeks to integrate the mind, body, and spirit.

Her experience is that regular practice provides the tools to live a balanced, calm and meaningful life. Helen’s forte is her ability to connect to a deep peace to practice being in the moment, in the breath and the body. She has a degree in Psychology and a Coaching Certificate and is a retired writer, researcher and lecturer.

Mike has been in the fitness and wellness industry for the past 20 years, having studied and worked at the Sports Science Institute of South Africa and then opened his training, Pilates and Movement Studio. 

He attended his first Healing and Wellness Retreat in 2012 and was inspired, fascinated, and deeply affected by the spiritual, healing and re-balancing effects of Conscious Connected Breathwork. 

Mike has facilitated extensive retreats and workshops since working with and studying through the teachings of different breathwork instructors and online courses with Stanislav Grof and Breathwork Africa. 

He’s facilitated groups, private retreat sessions, and weekly sessions at venues in and around Cape Town for the last eight years.

Bridgette, a B-Comm Graduate and qualified chef, has been in the Hospitality Industry for over 20 years hosting and managing Retreats at Mont Fleur. Drawing on her experience, Bridgette and her team have created a safe space for guests to reflect, feel nurtured and grow. 

To reinvent herself and facilitate her personal growth, Bridgette qualified as an Integral Coach and Enneagram Specialist and is currently working under the mentorship of Helen. This fascinating journey has allowed Bridgette to explore and understand the importance of listening to one’s body, being kind to it, and nurturing and nourishing it wisely. This, in turn, opens up endless opportunities for wellness and happiness.