What is Santé en profondeur?
Santé en profondeur is a movement that takes a new, dynamic and constructive approach to health. What if our health depended largely on our behavior and lifestyle choices? What if we did things differently? Instead of hoping for a miracle treatment that will keep us in shape or cure us of an illness, we take our health into our own hands, on a daily basis, becoming enlightened actors in our own health.
Santé en profondeur is a warm, caring space where you can stop for a break and breathe in the fresh air of life. It's a place where you can get to know yourself by listening to your body, inside and out. We take care of ourselves with simple, pleasant gestures. Get away from fatalism, because most of our health problems are the result of repetitive, often unconscious, patterns of thought and behaviour. Live with full awareness and lightness. Enjoy life to the full.
Your health is your strength!
Are you dragging your feet? Tired of being tired and stressed? We're here to help you get back into shape and vitality by taking care of you with love and gentleness .
Overwhelmed and anxious because of your countless obligations and tasks, we can help you regain your personal and professional balance.
By implementing a simple routine of healthy lifestyle habits, you'll find or regain energy, strength, joie de vivre, serenity and fulfillment without spending a lot of time on it.
Who am I?
Hello, I'm Natalie Diome, your fitness coach and wellness consultant. I'm also an author and the founder of the Santé en profondeur movement. In six clicks, I'll tell you about my journey and my relationship with health!
My childhood dream
I didn't really feel happy working in offices. After studying literature, sociology and development, I worked in accounting and business insurance. As a child, I dreamed of knitting clothes and making a living from it. I went to school as my parents wanted me to have a degree. I hoped that one day knitting classes would be held during the school vacations so that I could go, but that wasn't the case. At home, my mother created and sold crocheted shawls as a second source of income. I learned to crochet very quickly and was very good at it. The patterns and explanations of crochet incomes were a game to me and I easily created complex tablecloths.
Later, I learned to knit sweaters in a haberdashery in Geneva. I gave up the dream of making a living from this activity for various reasons: creating by hand takes time, the prices offered by ready-to-wear clothing are competitive and I was afraid of losing the comfort of a salaried job. In addition, the imposter syndrome and the comments of those around me didn't really help me. Perhaps this is the scenario you find yourself in. People close to you convince you that crafts don't pay and that those who choose this path are poor. Eventually, you come to terms with the fact that your paid job isn't all that bad.
And yet, at the end of every year, I looked back on my life and felt dissatisfied. I wasn't fulfilled at work. I tried to go back to school, convinced that I would be happy in a job in the humanitarian, social or career development fields. My life was punctuated by a constant search for a way out, dissatisfaction and illness. I later came to understand that this way of life was partly at the root of many of the physical and mental ailments I write about in the book Santé en profondeur. This book marked a turning point in my life. At last, I had the audacity to follow the flow of life and live differently. Here are a few of the triggers that led to it.
The triggers
First trigger: introspection. A two-year depression during which I asked myself all the questions in the world led me to the realization of several facts. My way of life (fears, shyness, preconceived ideas, negative and very talkative mindset, etc.) was detrimental to optimal health, the possibility of alternative healing (alternative medicine and the benefits of being in nature) and letting go. This was the start of a wonderful, loving relationship with my body through a weekly cocooning routine. I also discovered personal development through Don Miguel Ruiz's book: The Four Toltec Agreements.
Second trigger: knowing how to listen and observe. Restless legs syndrome teaches me to listen to my body and trust my intuition. I'm changing my relationship with illness by adopting an active approach rather than one of complaint: I accept rest and learn to manage pain. I understand that my body heals itself and I do everything I can to help it in this process. The body is constantly communicating with us. It knows what works for it and lets us know. It's a marvellous machine that's constantly regenerating itself and seeking balance. What's more, I've noticed that what we eat influences our energy, our mood, our way of being and acting - in short, our overall health. I'm learning more about health and well-being. I'm becoming aware that harmonious health is built like everything else we want to achieve in life.
Third trigger: if you want to do something, look at how others do it and get inspired by their way of doing things. "How do entrepreneurs create products/services?", I asked myself one day, having always wanted to be an entrepreneur. My inner voice's answer was to find out more about the subject (read up on it, go and meet them, listen to them, ask them questions, take part in business fairs, etc.). After doing all that for 6 years, taking an entrepreneurship course and drawing up a business plan, I finally dared to take the plunge into entrepreneurship to get out of a career that wasn't fulfilling me.
Fourth trigger: opening up to enchantment, discovery and something bigger than oneself. Walks in nature (parks, woods, waterfront, mountains, etc.) make me realize the interdependence of everything that exists and the unitary energy field that influences us and vice versa. Each walk fills me with wonder and makes me feel good. I give free rein to my six senses to connect more deeply with the universal source. Meditation introduces me to my whole body and teaches me how to get in touch with it for greater well-being, health and appreciation of life.
Fifth trigger: health is neither linear nor static; on the contrary, it is dynamic and changing. It depends on our lifestyle, our way of thinking and the environment in which we live. We have a powerful influence on it. This is where living consciously comes into its own.
Sixth trigger: like you, I want to be better and live better. Every day, I learn more and make choices to feel better about myself. As everything is constantly changing (life being an incessant motion), each new day comes with its own set of challenges. Sometimes I just can't do it and don't feel good physically or mentally. I do my best to live through it all with courage and faith. Fortunately, that's not all there is. Blessings, beautiful things and pleasant encounters happen too. Life is a land of experiences, each one worth living. So, here at Santé en profondeur, we're open to adventure. Whether it's fun or not, we breathe life into it!