Established in March 2017 by mother-daughter duo Chey and Sophie, Bodhifit has grown into a thriving holistic health and fitness hub. Not only does this studio offer a variety of fitness classes, they also provide a natural health clinic, oracle card readings and wellbeing massages. Sophie is a qualified yoga teacher who also holds a bachelor of herbal medicine. Sophie enjoys taking one on one appointments with her clients to discuss their health concerns and treat these using natural remedies. She is also an experienced oracle card reader. Chey is a qualified yoga teacher who also specializes in lymphatic drainage massages, which help clients to relieve fluid retention, stress, and achieve overall wellbeing.
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The Mother-Daughter Duo We’ve Been Waiting For
The inspiration to start a holistic health hub stemmed from a few different avenues. Chey and Sophie started out by studying the art of yoga and learning to teach together and this grew into a passion for both. Another flashbulb moment that drove Chey to pursue an overall healthier lifestyle was when she became unwell due to constant toxin inhalation at her former spray tanning profession. This inspired her to begin her detox journey and propelled her to learn and subsequently offer lymphatic massages for wellbeing purposes. This personal health factor, coupled with the duo’s new-found passion for yoga inspired them to create a thriving health and fitness space, allowing them to share their passion with the community and provide people with an avenue to a healthier lifestyle.
There are many unique aspects of Bodhifit that set them apart from other studios in the area. From specially created classes to the incorporation of the health clinic, oracle card readings, moon circle practices and massages offered, this is certainly not your ordinary fitness studio.
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Bespoke Classes
The classes offered provide a refreshing take to fitness, setting their studio apart from the saturated reformer Pilates scene. “I always had a vision of wanting to create my own class”, Chey recounts while describing the unique features of her class ‘Yoga Sculpt’. After finding that other gym classes were falling short in teaching how to engage the deeper muscle groups properly, Chey created this bespoke class which incorporates a mix of yoga and Pilates, focusing on deep core work, posture, muscle group isolation and pelvic floor strengthening. This class, as well as her TrampoLEAN fit class are two specially created classes exclusive to Bodhifit studio. Moreover, the studio offers classes that are lower-impact than other fitness methods, yet remain highly effective. The classes can be tailored based on one’s fitness level and goals, making it an excellent fit for everyone no matter the fitness journey! The benefits of a lower impact workout is that they are softer on the joints, promote circulation and can also be great for someone healing from an injury.
Chey and Sophie’s Favorite Classes
One of Chey’s favorite classes is her trampoLEAN fit class. This is a low impact class which uses small trampolines. Chey has found that this class leaves people feeling extremely de-stressed and finds that “you go into a meditative state when you’re jumping and people really switch off”. This class offers a low impact, high efficiency cardio burn which is soft on the joints and great for cardiovascular circulation, lymphatic function, digestion, and organ function. Sophie’s favorite class is Hatha Yoga. She explains that it pushes people to really feel their body. “You’re in positions that you’re not normally in and it makes you feel your body differently”. This class focuses on improving overall strength, flexibility, coordination, balance and endurance. The movements in the class are tailored to improve joint realignment and each class ends with a relaxing Yoga Nidra meditation style practice.
Mental and Spiritual Wellbeing
The oracle card readings offer a unique and fulfilling approach to overall mental wellbeing and fitness. Sophie, who conducts the readings explains that “With oracle card readings it’s more prescriptive than predictive; They make you look at things in your life that you could be running a belief pattern around, offering guidance on what you can change for a better outcome.” Sophie also describes that although her readings are more prescriptive based on the cards that are chosen, she will generally always receive an intuitive feeling on what the person is experiencing and needs to work on upon seeing their cards. “I believe there are 2 parts to you, the intellectual and the intuitive. Your intuitive side already knows the course of your life and where you’re supposed to go and gives you small hints in the form of gut feelings when something in your life is or isn’t aligning with your destiny’s path.”
The duo are also looking to potentially start organizing and running a wellness retreat, so stay tuned!
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Lymphatic Massage Magic
The studio is one of few in the region that offer lymphatic massages for general wellbeing and detox purposes. This is a huge distinguishing feature of the studio and something very exciting for anyone looking to improve their wellbeing as we approach the warmer months. These massages can be useful in complementing the detoxifying treatments that are prescribed in the clinic, as well as helping to accelerate ones’ fitness journey. Chey is a lymphatic massage specialist and describes that this type of massage is paramount in relieving fluid retention by assisting the drainage of toxins, excess fats and food byproducts that remain stuck circulating within the lymphatic system.
The studio offers two types of massages. The first type is a gentle lymphatic massage, which can reduce bloating and aid digestion, improve circulation, accelerate healing, and boost the immune system. The second type of lymphatic massage is the sculpt massage. This is a more intense treatment which can involve cupping and use of fascia to help move fluid around the body, release tension from the belly and aid with digestion. This type of massage also helps with cellulite and results in noticeable definition within the body. Following these massages it is very important to stay hydrated. Chey’s hot tip is to “add salt in your water every once in a while and have one hydrolyte per week; the salt helps the water to be absorbed into the body’s cells, rather than just passing straight through you.”
The Clinic and Common Treatments Offered
Chronic fatigue is a commonly treated ailment within the clinic, with particular focus on supporting people living with the Epstein Barr Virus (glandular fever). This virus affects 98% of the world’s population and can be responsible for other issues within the immune system. Sophie explains that this virus can lie dormant or unnoticed until it is activated in the immune system during certain flare-up periods. She describes that “This can present in the form of excessive tiredness and feelings of getting sick without ever getting fully sick”. This is because the virus passes through the immune system unnoticed, so the immune system doesn’t recognize it when it becomes activated.
The clinic offers a natural remedy to help people manage the symptoms of this virus in the form of homeopathic drops. Sophie explains that these drops help to alert the immune system when the virus is active, and this helps to shut it back down to its’ dormant state before symptoms of sickness, bloating and fatigue ensue.
Moreover, Sophie utilizes Vaga testing to identify organ and allergen related issues. Other tests will involve saliva testing for hormone function and hair tests for heavy metal presence. Other common treatments offered in the clinic involve diet and food management, eliminating stressors and treating fluid retention, which is often found to be responsible for many ailments.
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