About Me
Chamila Edussuriya better known as “Cham” is an Integrative Health Coach.
She was first drawn to the wellness space when working with children in a Montessori setting while sharing her love for cooking, heritage foods, preserving cultures through slow living, regenerative agriculture, and environmental science.
Her time in the classroom made her aware of a greater crisis at hand; children and their parents were losing connection to nature, history, food, and their heritage.
In an attempt to bridge the gaps she witnessed a growing demand to support children with neurodivergent accommodations so she decided to go back to the fundamentals of nature, movement, and food.
She soon witnessed the children flourish and wanted to do more.
She realized that if she wanted to reach more children she first needed to work with adults and quickly became aware that many adults needed extra support for their wellness.
Studying integrative health practices and trauma-informed healing has allowed her to work with clients one-on-one and help them reach their personal health goals.
She integrates nature, movement, sunshine, whole foods, seasonal produce, and ingredients that are part of her client's identity and heritage as ways to help them heal from the inside out.
Her protocols blend a wide range of expertise using Integrative and Functional Medicine, Ayurvedic and Traditional Chinese Medicine, along with bio-individualized medicine. She also integrates functional movements to help the nervous system and cognitive health for pain management and prevention and overall brain health.
She holds a B.A. in Existential Psychology and an M.Ed in Montessori Education. She holds additional certificates in Trauma Informed Movement, Regenerative Agriculture, and Mindfulness and Meditation.
Cham is passionate about the environment and connecting people and children to it. She spends a lot of time hiking and camping with her family and taking others out into nature. She was a part of the San Diego chapter of Children and Nature Network to bring more families outdoors. In addition to her clients, she works with women who are survivors of being trafficked and volunteers with Second Chance Youth garden to bring nutrition and cooking classes focusing on health and wellness. She is a guest instructor at Wild Willow Farms, runs youth camps from her home, and works to connect individuals with the local community.
