Holistic Health

It has always intrigued me how the body is able to heal itself and because of this fascination I always wanted to study medicine, but circumstances prohibited this. Instead I went to Johannesburg General Hospital and studied to be a nurse while working. While I loved learning something new every day and was enthralled but I was also emotionally and morally torn by what I experienced and made a decision to leave nursing.

I continued following my passion by getting involved in alternative therapies, or as someone once said “original” therapies, as these modalities and knowledge go back centuries.

In 1988 I qualified as a reflexologist and further studied VacuFlex Reflexology and Meridian Therapy. I later augmented this with Aromatherapy and Swedish Massage and Reiki, and completed Reiki 1 and 2 (the Usui method). During this time I also became a life line counsellor.

During my career in IT, I completed a NLP Mentorship program in 1997 and then in 1998 did my NLP Practitioner’s training and have applied this throughout my working career and coached many teams using these principles and practices. More recently I got involved with Ozone Therapy.

The dream is to have a health Hydro with Doctors and therapists working collaboratively. Starting the Wellness Center as a step in this direction. Development started in 2016 and April 2017 we officially launched Meraki in Motion.

On a lighter note, here are some things you may like to know about me

1. How I “ground” myself is to go flying. I did my Private Pilot’s license in 2000. This is part of my spirituality too, in that there is something truly magnificent and awe-inspiring about watching the sunrise while you are soaring in the sky especially on a crisp winter’s morning with the mist draped over the rivers, streams and nestled in valleys.
2. Having nearly drowned as a child, and despite great discomfort in even being in a swimming pool, I owned my fear, and moved through it by become a scuba diver… I am a bit of adrenalin junkie.
3. Another passion is dancing and I would love to incorporate dance into the center one day
4. My dream or Big Hairy Audacious Goal is to open a health hydro at the coast or in the bush and augment the services with a similar concept to the Wellness Center.

Meraki in Motion Business Consultant

Yolanda is the owner & founder of Meraki In Motion Wellness Center. She holds a B Com degree from UNISA, majors in Accounts & Information Systems. Top Achiever in a Management Development Program at GIBS (2005) and also achieved 100% in Project Management. She was the Technology Services Lead for Avanade, responsible for 70% of the business. At Karabina Solutions she was an Account Exec & Principal Lead, and 10 months of contracting prior to joining Avanade. At IBM Global Business Services, she was the Business Analytics & Optimisation Competency Lead. Responsibilities were to build the BAO team & manage consulting resources. In Jan 2011 Middle East & Africa BOA divisions also reported into the SA division, and she became accountable for these resources and managing the utilisation across MEA. Yolanda also co-ordinate career development & training activities for the MEA team. She was also the PM for a multi-million MDM & Data Quality project at a large SA Bank. As a Snr Manager in Accenture Information Management Services (AIMS) she utilised her extensive experience for client strategies in Information Management. Her last project was on a Global SAP initiative as the BI lead managing an international team. Yolanda was the Divisional Manager at COA for BCX. She was responsible for strategy & management of COA, Key Account Management, structuring BI, Content Management & e-mail archiving solutions, and integrated various IM Solutions. Developing Roadmaps & assisting clients with IM strategies. Develop Outsourcing models. Due diligence for mergers of divisions. She worked at JBA SA (an ERP company) for 10 years in various roles, including financial consulting, product management, support manager, programmer, CASE consultant and BI Consultant. Specialties: BI, DWH, Email archiving, Content Management, Performance management, Balance Scorecard), Master data Management and Data Governance. Certified Delivery Lead and Solutions Architect She is currently the General Manager of KID Cape and Coastal.

Contact Us

Meraki in Motion Wellness Center

28 Rae Frankel street, Brackenhurst, Alberton, 1448
E-mail: info@merakiinmotion.co.za
Tel: 010 880 2 880 

WORKING HOURS

Mon- Fri: 08h00 - 17h00. 
Sat: 08h30 - 13h00. 

After hour treatments at therapist's discretion.

Fitness studio classes available until 21h00