Dreams Do Come True
The Quesada Wellbeing Centre is a purpose built haven catering for every conceivable wellness need whether for mind, body or soul. The premises are brand new and comprise several hundred square metres of treatment rooms, fitness room and hair and beauty rooms. How different from 2 short years ago when all of this was just a dream.My name is Linda Sage and my dream began when I turned my life around with the Herbalife Weight Management System. Before Herbalife, after many years of yo-yo dieting, I ballooned up to 18.5 stone. I was always tired and out of breath, with little energy to perform even the simplest of tasks. I was also sleeping very badly. Since taking the products its amazing how my life has changed. I have lost a total of 5.5 stones (70lbs) and dropped 5 dress sizes. I have not looked back. I feel full of energy and much healthier than I have felt in years. Friends and acquaintances obviously noticed the change and this led to me becoming a Herbalife consultant in order to help them with their weight and health issues.
Christine Chambers
Christine is The Centre's very own real life Shirley Valentine. A simple holiday to Spain 4 years ago saw Christine meeting the man who was to become her new husband and so she just never went back again!
Christine is highly experienced having left school at the age of 15 and going straight in to a salon in Rugby. Three years later she had completed her apprenticeship and gained her City & Guilds qualifications in hairdressing. Christine stayed with this very successful salon for many years. Well aware of the need to keep her skills honed and up to date, Christine continued to develop and extend her knowledge.
Since that life changing holiday, Christine has cultivated a busy mobile hairdressing business. She recently joined the team at The Centre and brings to us her invaluable expertise in colouring, perming and cutting. She is looking forward to lending her support to the training of new apprentices in the near future.
Patrick Kelly
Patrick offers one to one personal training as well as group classes for fitness and self defence. He's also able to provide rehabilitation therapy for stroke survivors. The Wellbeing Centre welcomes many Stroke Survivors each week, all of whom are showing a amrked improvement from week to week. Patrick was involved in sport from a very early age and has played or coached most sports at a high level. Following a successful boxing career, he went on to become a boxing coach. He later founded Kelly's ABC in Leeds which is now run by trainers and coaches that learned their skills from Patrick. The boxing club is thriving and has now expanded to include Kelly's University Gym and Kelly's Met., three separate gyms with several hundred members. Patrick has helped hundreds of men, women and children to achieve levels of fitness that they never thought themselves capable of. One client, an author, was so impressed by Patrick that she even based a character in one of her books on him. Check out The Chronicles of Joya by Liane Carter and see if you can spot him!
Sharon Powell
Sharon has been in the fitness industry for over 16 years. She is a well known and very popular member of the local community. Always ready with a smile and an encouraging word, Sharon clearly loves her chosen profession and takes great pride in the achievements of her clients. Her experience and qualifications are many and varied and include gym instruction, sports massage therapist, personal trainer, studio co-ordinator and exercise to music teacher. Sharon is able to train people of all ages and abilities. Sharon's qualifications are YMCA RSA ETM, FSMT Sports Massage Therapist and NASM Personal Trainer Award. For the past 18 months Sharon has trained in Pilates to attain an Exercise Practioner Award. Pilates is now her main focus and she is delighted to be able to help clients of all ages to regain strength and mobility that many had thought gone forever. Sharon is qualified to CYQ Level 3 Mat Pilates and teaches classes of up to 8 people at a time over a period of 6 weeks. Click here to find out what Pilates can do for you.
Cindy van het Kaar
In 1999 Cindy graduated as a physiotherapist in Amsterdam and a year later she moved to London. She established herself as a freelance therapist for private clients, companies and some of London's top hotels such as, Claridge's, G.E.H, Hemples and Blakes. At the same time she was training in 'Bodyshift' in England, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands. In 2005 she returned to Holland to complete her training in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs. The Quesada Wellbeing Centre are delighted to say that she relocated to Spain in February 2009 and is now part of the Holistic Therapy team.
Rae Daniel
Having worked in retail for over 20 years I wanted to change direction in my career and develop a skill that would lead me to start my own business and provide a better work life balance. Having always believed that I have gifted hands and a desire to help others, some twists of fate led me to discover Reflexology. After experiencing my first treatment from a skilled practitioner, I knew I had to learn more about this ancient healing art. I passed my practitioners certificate after 1 year of training at the East London School of Reflexology in 2002. I am a full member of the Association of Reflexologists and have continued to attend courses gaining further knowledge and experience. Between 2002 & 2005 I established a clinic in the House of Fraser on Oxford Street, took reflexology to the work place in IKEA & HHC Red Cell and was a guest on the London based radio station, LBC 97.3 discussing stress and the benefits of reflexology. I am also trained and qualified in Indian Head Massage giving my clients the choice of two therapies to best help with their needs. I am experienced at treating conditions such as sciatica, IBS and pre/post IVF.
