Marlien Wright Well+Being
Hello and welcome to Well+Being — I’m Marlien.
You may know me as a retreat facilitator or through my two cookbooks, The Yoga Kitchen and The Mandala Kitchen(Jacana Media). My path has been shaped by more than 15 years of deep study, exploration, and service in the fields of wellness, nourishment, and holistic living. At my core, I am committed to continuous learning — not only to deepen my own understanding, but to better support others on their journey toward greater vitality and wellbeing.
I am a certified Health Coach, Kinesiologist, and experienced yoga and Pilates instructor, and I’m currently furthering my training to register as a Holistic Counsellor (ASCHP). Each new layer of learning strengthens my ability to hold space for others as they navigate the interconnectedness of body, mind, and spirit.
Through years of facilitating and catering for wellness retreats, as well as my clinical work as a Health Coach and Kinesiologist, I’ve developed an integrative approach to healing. I believe that deep listening, food, rest, awareness, and a nurturing environment are powerful medicines — essential for restoring balance and bringing us back home to ourselves.
In my kinesiology and coaching sessions, I gently guide clients in uncovering the root causes of what may be holding them back — whether nutritional imbalances, lifestyle patterns, detox needs, or unresolved emotional stress. My work is heartfelt, intuitive, and personal. I meet each person exactly where they are, supporting them as they reconnect with their innate capacity for clarity, balance, and wholeness.
Well+Being Offerings
Integrated Health Coaching
Yoga Kitchen Catering
My passion for food as medicine was born through my retreat catering & facilitation work where I began creating nourishing and delicious recipes. This work eventually blossomed into my two cookbooks, which celebrate wholesome cooking, gut health, and the joy of cooking & eating in harmony with nature. Marlien continues to share her knowledge through catering retreats, inspiring others to heal their relationship with food and to reconnect with the wisdom of their bodies and food as medicine
Discovery Sessions
Would you like to learn more about how i can support your journey back to your most vibrant health? Book a 30min free discovery session with me
Kinesiology
Kinesiology can support a wide range of issues—from relieving pain, tension and fatigue, to shifting unhelpful patterns and building emotional resilience. At its heart, it’s about restoring harmony and helping you reconnect with your natural capacity for healing, clarity, and wellbeingEach session is highly individual: no two people, or even two treatments, are the same. The practitioner follows the body’s cues step by step, using muscle testing as a compass to guide the process.
Reboot Day Retreats - Cape Town
Join me for a day retreat where we will explore the foundations of gut health, the mind–body connection, and the subtle metaphysical patterns that influence our digestion, energy, and overall vitality.
You can expect:
• A grounding opening practice to arrive fully in your body.
• Guided teachings on gut health, from nutritional essentials to metaphysical insights that support emotional and digestive harmony.
• Seasonal, healing meals prepared with intention
• Meaningful conversations around wellness, personal growth, and creating sustainable habits that bring you back into alignment.
These day retreats are an invitation to pause, reset, and return to yourself — supported by community, nature, and gentle guidance. Perfect for anyone longing for clarity, nourishment, and a deeper understanding of their own inner landscape.
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Kinesiology & Integrative Health Coaching
What is Kinesiology?
Kinesiology is a integrative approach that uses gentle muscle response testing to tap into the body’s built-in intelligence. By observing subtle changes with muscle testing, a practitioner can detect where stress or imbalance is present—whether on a physical, emotional, or energetic level—and identify what the body needs to return to balance.
Rather than diagnosing or imposing solutions, kinesiology acts as a dialogue with the body and subconscious mind. It helps reveal hidden stress patterns, old conditioning, or unresolved experiences that may be keeping you stuck. When these are brought to awareness, energy is freed up, making space for new choices and healthier responses.
Each session is highly individual: no two people, or even two treatments, are the same. The practitioner follows the body’s cues step by step, using muscle testing as a compass to guide the process.
Modern studies, including work by Dr Anne Jensen at Oxford University, have confirmed the reliability of muscle response testing, showing that it can be as accurate as conventional medical testing.
Kinesiology can support a wide range of issues—from relieving pain, tension and fatigue, to shifting unhelpful patterns and building emotional resilience. At its heart, it’s about restoring harmony and helping you reconnect with your natural capacity for healing, clarity, and wellbeing.
Typically a kinesiology session duration is 75min.
What is Health Coaching?
Integrative health coaching is a collaborative process that supports you in making sustainable lifestyle changes, so you can move toward feeling and functioning at your best. Marlien combines evidence-based research with her years of coaching experience to guide clients in shifting the habits and patterns that may be standing in the way of their wellbeing, vitality, and productivity.
At the heart of her work is the belief that true health comes from integration—addressing nutrition, mindset, daily routines, and emotional balance together. She is passionate about helping clients understand the central role of gut health and the wide-ranging benefits it brings, from improved immunity and digestion to enhanced mood and resilience.
As the author of two cookbooks, Marlien brings her creativity and expertise in recipe development to help clients design meal plans that are both nourishing and practical, tailored to their unique nutritional needs and lifestyle. She places particular focus on blood sugar balance, a key factor in supporting long-term brain and body health, natural weight management, stable energy, mental clarity, and longevity.
Within the safe container of coaching, Marlien supports clients in rebuilding healthy routines and boundaries, cultivating habits that empower rather than deplete, and gently letting go of what no longer serves them. Together, we can explore nutrition, gut health, energy, and strength—but also the deeper work of uncovering what is blocking you from living with ease, balance, and purpose.
