Personalised care for body, mind, heart, and soul.
Individually tailored health programmes for physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.
We live in challenging times. Environmental pollutants and social stressors seem to define the current age, and many people struggle with chronic or complex health issues which incorporate myriad physical, mental, emotional and social factors.
According to the World Health Organization, roughly half of all chronic health issues can be mitigated by existing evidence-based strategies; including dietary modifications, physical activity, avoidance of chemical toxins, and reductions in daily stress.
Unpacking all of this can be difficult, and unfortunately nutrition and lifestyle education have become controversial and challenging subjects. Modern society is flooded with inconsistent and conflicting information, leading to confusion, anxiety (fear of certain foods, fear of eating), or apathy toward the diet and lifestyle.
Embodiment Health services educate and empower, helping you safely navigate the available information, become proactive in the healing process, motivated to make change, and better able to achieve your health goals.
The Embodiment Method
Embodiment involves being with, and working with, all of our sensations, emotions and experiences. Scientific research and evidence-based practices underpin this integrated, client-centred health programme; focussed on dietary modifications, therapeutic yoga, and stress reduction.
For people dealing with chronic, persistent or recurring health issues, we help to identify and address key stressors, and tailor a health-promoting lifestyle plan unique to their own specific needs.
Providing you with a safe space.
Your appointments take place in our safe and peaceful environment, complete with a private office, beautiful open-plan studio and comfortable lounge area.
Online appointments are available if required.
In-person and online appointments.
We are located at 15 Wandel Street, Gardens, in the beautiful city of Cape Town.
Online appointments available on request.
Nutrition is a pillar of good health. The body requires nutrients to function, which are found in the foods and liquids we consume. However, the composition and quality can vary significantly. There is no single diet that meets the needs of every person, and each of us have different tastes, preferences and needs. Embodiment Health services offer guidance and support, helping to maximise both nutritional health and a love of food, whilst addressing imbalances and supporting the highest expression of health and wellbeing.
SERVICES
Nutrition and lifestyle consultations
Yoga therapeutics
Yoga therapy empowers people to progress toward improved health and wellbeing. Goals include eliminating, reducing and managing symptoms, improving function, preventing recurrence of underlying causes of ill-health, and improving health and wellbeing. Utilising a range of yogic practices, assessment skills, biomedical and psychological knowledge; we develop and implement a self-empowering plan appropriate to individual needs. Sessions include breathing techniques, postures, meditation, relaxation techniques and the promotion of behavioural changes.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Implementing nutritional and lifestyle changes can be challenging, and it may take time for the body and mind to adjust to the beneficial effects of the programme.
Below is an overview of the Embodiment Health process, outlining what to expect as we work together to achieve your health goals.
1. Initial enquiry
Make contact to arrange a complimentary 20min discussion to explain the process in more detail.
2. Book a session
Schedule your first 75min appointment, either in-person or online.
3. First consultation
We discuss your current diet and lifestyle, and establish your principal health issues and goals.
4. Feedback & homework
You receive personalised guidance and a set of practical homework. Ongoing contact, communication and support is available throughout.
5. Second consultation
We review your experiences, identify challenges or barriers, and adjust the programme as needed; plus, introduce yoga therapeutics for additional body-mind support.
6. Longer-term objectives
For more complex cases, or extended detoxification programmes; additional sessions are scheduled as we progress deeper into the practices together.
“Yoga therapy is a self-empowering process that implements a personalised and evolving practice to address ill-health and alleviate suffering in a multi-dimensional, progressive, non-invasive and complementary manner”.
- TVK Desikachar
Thomas is the co-owner of The Shala - Cape Town Yoga School. He has studied, practiced and taught yoga, naturopathy and nutritional therapy since 2007.
In 2021, Thomas completed MSc Advanced Complementary Medicine (Research & Practice), writing his dissertation as a constructivist grounded theory of yoga instructors’ understanding of eating disorders.
Thomas teaches group yoga classes and individual yoga therapy sessions. He also lectures anatomy and physiology on 200hr and 300hr yoga teacher training courses, and presents workshops on food science and digestive health.
Special interests include:
Dietary confusion and food anxiety.
Negative body image and disordered eating.
Gastrointestinal complaints, detox and cleansing.
Stress, pain and inflammation.
Thomas Sheehy MSc, RYT500
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COMING SOON
Every individual has different needs, which are influenced by myriad physical, mental, emotional and social factors. Embodiment Health helps to navigate the overwhelming amounts of available information, and tailor a plan that is individualised to your own specific needs.
With empathy and compassion to the challenges people face in their daily lives, Embodiment Health programmes work with and for you:
Individually tailored to match your personal circumstances and specific needs.
Simple to integrate into your existing lifeworld (e.g. family, social, work situations).
Sustainable and enjoyable for long term adherence and maximum benefits.