Going back to the genesis of Zenergie.

After being a professional in the fitness industry for the past 25 years, I consider myself very fortunate to make a living from my healthy lifestyle.  My passion for sport fitness and overall wellness comes from a long way. As far I can remember, I have always been physically active playing soccer and practicing Martial arts.  One of my best inspiration was my father, who as a good mentor, and even a better doctor, used to tell me, that the most important thing to be healthy, was to make sure that the body and the mind remain balanced:  "men sana in corpore sano". He also talked to me about mental and physical homeostasis.

Since the age of 4 years old , I would spend quite a bit of time following him around, when he was doing his martial arts , and his meditation practice.He would also take me often to his clinic where he would show me anatomical charts of the human body. His motivation to teach me about anatomy was combined with spiritual and metaphysical lectures about the meaning of life. Such as "our time on Earth is short, so we should use it meaningfully to help others". Most of the time I didn't care about his long speech. As a young boy, I just wanted to go play outside with my friends. Much later, I have realized  that most of what he has told me, has stayed deep inside my mind, even up to this day.

As a Physician, he was a big advocate of  treating his patients using natural medicine, combined with conventional treatment. He used to tell me that the body has its own healing mechanism, and we have all it takes within us to heal without using too many drugs. In the 70's, he opened one of the first clinic in France where patients could be treated with Homeopathy , Acupuncture, Manual therapy and Western medicine.
It was unconventional, and very risky at that time , especially in France. My whole family and I were also treated for years, when needed, with his method of health .Forty years have passed, and nowadays many Physicians commonly integrates alternative treatment into their practice.

At the age of 21 years old, a terrible event rocked my life. The passing of my dad left me empty and lost. What do you do as a young man when suddenly the pillar of your life disappears? This big hole had to be filled up one way or another.Without my father around as my mentor and my educator , I was forced to realize that I was now the creator of my own life.

We cannot control our life's challenges, but we can at least control how we cope with them. I have learnt  many great things from my dad , but he never taught me how to live without him. Probably because he thought, that he would be looking after us forever.

Zenergie was born in my mind, the day I felt that I had to use the knowledge he gave me to start reconstructing myself. The timing was perfect to put into action what I was taught. That is what I called later in my self defense program , "Making the best of a bad situation". Each challenge in life is an opportunity to grow.

When the body or the mind is hurt, there is a natural order of healing that we shouldn't try to interfere with.
Acceptance is the key to a better and a faster recovery. Recognizing the damages caused by  a trauma is the hardest , most of the time we tend to resist to the fact that we are hurt .But what we resist always persists, so learning acceptance is crucial.

Being  in the NOW was another thing that my dad taught me .In order to allow healing within us, one must try not to revive  the memory of suffering from the past.
Staying connected to the HERE and NOW concept was a big savior for me. I remembered how my dad used to sit quietly in Meditation, recovering from a long day at work. So I decided to start meditating. Trying to pacify my nervous mind, and to control my shallow breathing, was a big challenge for me.But after few months, I could find more peace and serenity within.

During that difficult time, I met a Chinese doctor who helped me out with Acupuncture and Qi gong. One day, he gave me some Acupuncture needles and prescribed Qi gong exercises,  and he told me" I want you to practice on yourself, when you are not feeling well, do these points and you will feel better " So very methodically, I practiced the acu points on my body, and I did the Qi gong .I  was able to deal by myself with minor anxiety symptoms. By being in charge of my own health, I felt more and more convinced that I could  heal much faster. Fascinated with my Chinese doctor's eastern knowledge of the human body and mind , I decided later to go back to school, and  in 1994 I became a Clinical Acupuncturist.

Reconstructing yourself , is called "Pro-active rehabilitation" , which means that you become actively involve with your own health. From an "inactive patient" you become "actively impatient to heal".

The body often feels weak and vulnerable after you have lost a  loved one. It's like all my physical energy was sucked in by the grieving process. So I needed to regain my physical strength. I was 23 years old, when I took a membership in one of the local Fitness center of my home town.. Each day, I would show up for my work out , and after few weeks, I begun regaining muscle and cardio strength quite fast. It is amazing how much the body can remember, when it has been trained for a long time.We say that the mind has a memory , but so does the body.

Looking at my great progress, the fitness owners recommended me to apply to the National school of sports and fitness to become a Fitness instructor. In 1987, I registered to take the program, and I graduated in 1989. Three intensive years, where I was able to learn physiology, anatomy, methodology of training for special population. All the students from my class and myself shared the same passion; which was to stay fit and healthy, so we could help others.

Zenergie is more than a business , it has been a way of living for me for over 2 decades. It is has now become a concept which combines various health related services to help people seeking better health. I have applied in my life and in my work, the knowledge I have received from great teachers and mentors.They all said the same thing " Courage, determination and commitment are the 3 treasures of personal growth". That's true, we  most often learn and progress physically or psychologically through hard work and dedication.

When my clients come to me with their own personal needs, seeking better health or trying to cope with an illness, I know that I can make a positive difference into their life. Because I was once in their situation, I can understand them better through my own experience.

Over the past 4 years, Zenergie has attracted other professionals who have added quality to the company. Together, we have built a strong connection based on a similar philosophy of wellness, which has created the true spirit of Zenergie.What connect us, is our desire to motivate, inspire and educate everyone who wants to engage in the path of better health.