About Lori
Lori Metroka is a Nutrition and Wellness Specialist and co-owner of Replenishing Soul who operates our Los Gatos branch. She is a certified Nutrition, Lifestyle, and Corrective Exercise Coach with a background in Physical Therapy.
Early on in my life I realized I had a passion for learning about the inter-workings of the human body how it worked, and how I could “fix” it, which led me to pursue a degree in Physical Therapy. In my final year of school I became ill. I would be freezing cold with chills and then minutes later I would spike a temperature. Blood tests revealed I had Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus, however my doctor informed me that these could have been brought on my stress. The plan of care was to manage my symptoms through medication, but I refused.
Over the next several years, I continued to have exacerbations of muscle aches and flu like symptoms and I began to get night sweats and headaches like clock work every day at 1pm. A good friend of mine who was a Holistic Health Practitioner certified by the prestigious Chek Institute immediately knew to run hormone and gut testing on me. The test results showed that I had stage 1 adrenal fatigue with low levels of progesterone, leaky gut syndrome and two parasites. He explained that the level of stress my body was under was causing an imbalance that could be related to my symptoms and diagnoses.
Once a wellness plan was put into place including proper diet recommendations, supplements, exercise and stress management techniques my symptoms of “Rheumatoid Arthritis/Lupus” subsided, my headaches were gone and have not returned, the parasites were eliminated, and my digestion, elimination and PMS symptoms improved.
After ten years of working as a Physical Therapist I continued to see patients who were just not getting better, despite my advanced level of expertise. I knew that their health went beyond traditional Physical Therapy treatment. As I began to ask my clients questions about nutrition, stressors and their purpose in life it became clear why they were not getting better.
I was treating the symptoms instead of identifying and eliminating the causes. I felt the need to create my own business where I could fully focus on helping people heal their mind, body and spirit. I began taking several courses in Nutrition and Lifestyle Coaching through the CHEK Institute to further expand my knowledge of mind and body and established Replenishing Soul in July of 2006.
As the co-owner of Replenishing Soul, I am able to provide an array of services including Corrective Exercise Training, Nutrition &Lifestyle Coaching, and health management education. It is through this integrative approach and ongoing continuing education that I help my clients maximize both their mental and physical healing in order to move towards a Replenishing Soul.
