What Have You Stopped Doing?

Cape Town's most complete red light therapy studio, in a private room in Bergvliet. For women in the Southern Suburbs who want to get back to it.

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A quick look at the studio and how it works.

First session free
Try it before you commit to anything. Come and experience the most complete red light therapy protocol in South Africa. And on Renew, your whole first month is refundable if you don't feel it was worth it.

Founding Memberships

Every session is the 2-phase Proximal Priority Protocol, the most complete red light therapy session in Cape Town: a hands-on 2-part treatment across the head and neck, then a full body red light therapy session.

By application only. The founding member rate is the lowest the studio will ever be, and you keep that rate locked for as long as you stay. It goes up permanently for everybody who comes after you. Restore and Renew are month to month, cancel anytime.

Restore
Once a week
4 sessions per month
R2,000 / month
R500 per session
What you get
  • One hands-on red light session every week, fully looked after
  • A calm, private space and personal care
  • WhatsApp access between sessions
Most chosen
Renew
Twice a week
8 sessions per month
R3,600 / month
R450 per session
Everything in Restore, plus
  • Two hands-on sessions every week, not one
My promise to youCome to all 8 sessions in your first month. If you get to the end and you don't feel it was worth it, I'll refund that month in full.
Radiate
Twice a week, plus your own portable red light therapy device to take home
8 sessions per month
R4,900 / month
3 month minimum commitment
Everything in Renew, plus
  • Your own Target Light 3.0 portable red light therapy device (R4,399 value), yours to keep, to continue your routine between visits
  • Pay the 3 months upfront and take your device home on day one. Or pay month to month and it is yours to keep at the end of month 3
TL3.0 home red light therapy device
Keen on the device but not ready to commit? Start on Renew, where your whole first month is covered by my promise, then move up to Radiate and take the device home.
My promise to you

You can't really lose here.

Your first session is on me, so you feel it before you pay anything. After that you're month to month and you can stop whenever you like. And on Renew, come to all 8 sessions in your first month, give it a genuine go, and if you get to the end and you don't feel it was worth it, I'll refund that month in full. No awkward conversation, no conditions beyond turning up.

Founding rate locked for as long as you stay.

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What actually happens in a session

The total appointment is 40 minutes.

A walkthrough of what a session is like.

You arrive at a private room in my home in Bergvliet. This is not a fancy studio with a waiting room and water features. It is a simple, comfortable, private space where the money goes into the equipment and the protocol, not the decor. One client at a time, never a waiting room full of strangers.

For the seated phase you stay fully clothed. For the bed phase, wear underwear or light sportswear, or bring something light to lie in. The more skin the light can reach, the more you get out of the session, so wear less rather than more. Eye protection is there if you want it, though it is not required.

The session runs in 2 phases:

Phase 1: the seated phase (12 minutes)

Seated and upright, fully clothed. The near infrared helmet goes on your head for the full phase, and the Target Light 4.0 works 3 points across your neck, 4 minutes each, the two sides and the base of the skull.

Phase 2: the bed phase (15 minutes, in private)

When the seated phase is done, I step out of the room. You change into your underwear or light clothing, get settled on the bed, and when you are comfortable and ready, you let me know. I then start the lights and lower the panel from outside the door, so you have complete privacy. The full body phase runs for 15 minutes, front and back at the same time. I only come back in once it is finished, to raise the panel.

What is the light actually doing? Your cells contain structures that absorb red light (in the 600nm range) and near infrared light (in the 800nm range). The research suggests this supports 3 mechanisms:

We evolved to get this kind of light from the sun, morning and evening. Modern indoor life has almost none of it. So when you lie on that bed, you are putting back something your body was built to receive, at a strength you would struggle to get any other way.

Inside the Red Light Rising studio treatment room in Bergvliet

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What can you expect

Everyone is different, so I am not going to promise you a specific result. What I can tell you is what I have seen, and what my clients actually report.

In nearly 10 years I have seen fantastic results across thousands of customers using this same red light technology through Red Light Rising in the UK and Europe. So while I cannot promise individual results, I can tell you I fully expect you to do well here, because I have a decade and thousands of happy customers behind that confidence.

I recommend starting with two sessions a week. Red light therapy works as a course, a consistent dose over time, which is why it's a membership and not a one-off.

Many of my clients tell me they notice a difference quickly. Some have described more physical comfort, looser joints and easier movement, a few of them after the very first session. Others find the changes build gradually over the weeks. Both are normal.

What I ask is that you give it a full month, because that is the honest test of whether it works for your body.

What makes my red light therapy setup different

There are 3 things that set this apart. And no one else in South Africa has all of them.

The equipment: a full setup, not a single panel.

Walk into most studios and you will find one medium panel hovering over you. You lie there, you flip over, you do the other side, but you only do your torso and back. A large area of your body doesn't get the light. That is the whole offering.

Mine is built differently. A 1.8m head to toe panel above you, a 1.8m mat beneath you, running at the same time, so the light reaches your front and back, head to toe, in one go. Add to that a near infrared helmet for your head and a targeted device for precise, up close work on the neck.

4 pieces of equipment, each doing a different job, working together in a single session. More light, from more angles, reaching more of you. No one else in the country has assembled this.

The spectrum: more wavelengths, wider reach.

Most setups are built around a single wavelength of red light, or at most one red and one near infrared. Mine uses Advantage 900 panels running 5 wavelengths at once: 630nm and 660nm in the red, 810nm, 830nm and 850nm in the near infrared.

Why that matters to your body, not just on paper:

Red light

630nm & 660nm
Supports
  • Skin
  • Eyes
  • Hair
  • Mood
  • Nails

Near infrared

810nm, 830nm & 850nm
Supports
  • Muscle
  • Joints
  • Bone
  • Organs
  • Brain

With 5 wavelengths working together, the light reaches the surface and the depths in the same session, instead of just one layer. A wider spectrum means more of your body is being supported at once.

The method: a protocol that starts with the brain.

Every session begins with a technique developed by Dr Toshio Ohshiro, a pioneer of laser therapy in Japan. His rule was simple. Whatever he was working on, he started at the neck first.

The sides of the neck, over the carotid arteries that carry blood up to the brain. Then the base of the skull, the dense junction of nerves where the spinal cord meets the brain and where the signals between your brain and the rest of your body all travel through. Only then, the full body.

Dr Ohshiro's reasoning is that by priming blood flow and nerve activity around the brain first, it may support better results throughout the rest of the body. Your head, after all, is where everything starts.

While we work the neck, you also wear the near infrared helmet. Research suggests it may support hair growth and may offer cognitive benefits too.

How my studio compares to other studios

Coverage
My studio1.8m panel and 1.8m mat, front and back at once
Other studiosSingle medium panel, one side at a time
Equipment
My studio4 pieces working together: bed panel, mat, helmet, targeted device
Other studios1 panel
Wavelengths
My studio5 (630, 660, 810, 830, 850nm)
Other studios1 to 2
Protocol
My studioProximal Priority Protocol developed by Japanese laser experts, run on every client
Other studiosPoint a panel and run a timer
Run by
My studioThe founder, nearly 10 years in the industry, manufactured the devices
Other studiosA reseller or operator
Setting
My studioPrivate studio, one client at a time
Other studiosShared studio space

Who comes, and what they tell me

I am not going to promise you an outcome. No one honest can. What I can tell you is who walks through the door, and what they report.

Studies suggest red light therapy may support circulation, skin wellness, and the body's own energy production. What people report, in their own words, is in the testimonials below.

Client testimonials

In their own words, shared with their permission. These are women here in the Southern Suburbs.

“

I couldn't get through a full bucket of balls before. Now I get through half a bucket with no pain, only boredom.

Norma

“

I'm not waking up 40 times a night.

Jacqui

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It felt like I'd had a couple of hours on the beach.

Nancy

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My energy levels have so shifted out of the red zone, and I am so happy I did the tester.

Andonia

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I slept through the night for the first time in five days.

Juleen

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My skin feels softer, and the irritated areas felt a lot less inflamed.

Dehandri

I also have nearly 10 years of customers using the exact same red light technology through Red Light Rising in the UK, USA and EU. These are customers of the UK product range, not studio clients here in Cape Town. Same light. Real people.

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You've done the rounds. You're tired of being told nothing is wrong.

Maybe you have been through it already. The GPs. The specialists. The tests that come back normal while you still don't feel right.

Somewhere along the way you stopped believing a prescription is the only answer. You started to suspect what a lot of people are quietly working out for themselves.

The body is built to function at a remarkably high level when you give it the right conditions. It does not always need to be overridden. Sometimes it just needs to be supported.

That is the entire idea behind what I do here.

Who I am

Bryan Gohl, founder of Red Light Rising

I'm Bryan Gohl, founder of Red Light Rising. Redlightrising.com

For nearly 10 years I have been obsessed with one thing: red light therapy. I have manufactured red light therapy devices, sold them across the UK and Europe, and understand this therapy more than almost anyone in this industry.

I built this setup in a private studio at my home in Bergvliet because I saw what was being offered and I knew I could do it better, so I did.

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FAQs

How does payment work?
It's a simple month-to-month membership. You pay for one month at a time, in advance, and you can cancel whenever you like. No large upfront commitment, no long contract. Your founding rate stays locked for as long as you stay a member.
Can I just come once?
Your first session is free, so you can come and feel it for yourself before committing to anything. But one session isn't a fair test of whether red light therapy works for your body. It works as a course, a consistent dose over time, which is why it's a membership. Come for your free session, see how you feel, then decide.
What if it isn't for me?
You're covered from the start. Whichever membership you're weighing up, your first session is free, so you feel it for yourself before you pay a thing. Renew adds my promise to you on top: come to all 8 sessions in your first month, give it a genuine go, and if you get to the end and you don't feel it was worth it, I'll refund that month in full. Restore is the easy way in with that same free first session, and Radiate is the commitment tier, where you take a device home to keep. If you're drawn to the device but want the safety net first, start on Renew while it's covered by the promise, then step up to Radiate once you know it's for you.
How quickly will I notice anything?
It varies from person to person. But I will tell you what I see. A lot of people notice a real lift in mood and energy after the very first session. Many sleep better that same night. I have had clients tell me they felt less pain and more comfortable in their body after a single session with red light therapy. Others take a little longer. Your body needs time to put a new source of energy to work. That is exactly why this is a membership and not a one off. Some things you feel quickly. Some things build.
Will this actually work for me?
Most likely, yes. In nearly 10 years in red light therapy I've seen a huge range of people respond well, with thousands of happy customers behind me. I can never promise you an individual result, and I won't pretend to. What I can promise is the conditions: the most complete setup in the country, the protocol run properly, and an honest test over your first month. Every body is different. If it's going to work for you, that's how you'll find out.
Is it safe? Are there any side effects?
Red light therapy is widely considered very low risk. The only real side effect comes from too much light, an overdose, which can leave you feeling a little nauseous or disrupt sleep for a night. The whole point of a properly structured setup is dose control. The intensity, your distance, and the time under the light are all set deliberately, so there is virtually no risk of overdoing it. And if you ever felt it was too much, the fix is simple: a short break, then less, more distance, less time, lower intensity.
Do I need to protect my eyes during a session?
You do not have to. Red light is one of the few kinds of light that may support eye wellness, and some of the most interesting research of the last few years, out of University College London, points exactly that way. That said, the panels are bright, and if your eyes feel sensitive I am happy to give you eye protection. Your choice.
I have had a hip or knee replacement. Is that a problem?
No. Red and near infrared light does not interfere with metal implants. It is non ionising, so it does not heat metal the way an MRI or a microwave would. Plenty of people with joint replacements use red light therapy as part of their routine. If you have any concern about your specific situation, have a quick word with your surgeon, but from my side there is nothing to worry about.
Why has my doctor never mentioned red light therapy?
That is changing fast. For a long time it sat outside conventional medical training, even though the research base is large and growing (one Harvard researcher alone has published over 800 peer reviewed papers on it). The honest answer is that awareness is only now catching up with the science. In fact, some of my own clients have been referred to me by their doctors. The tide is turning.
Can I keep doing my sauna, ice bath or training around this?
Yes, with one tweak. Keep them a few hours apart from your light sessions where you can. When you lie under the light, the real work happens at a cellular level, and it carries on for hours after you leave. Stacking a sauna or an ice bath straight on top makes your body try to do two big jobs at once. Space them out and you get the full benefit of each.
Isn't a more powerful panel better?
No, and this is worth understanding. These are already among the most powerful panels on the market, measured at around 86 mW/cm2. If you ever see a panel advertised at over 100 mW/cm2, you can almost guarantee it was measured with a solar meter, which massively overstates the real figure. Anything past 100 mW/cm2 is overkill anyway. For reference, midday sun is around 100. You do not need a light stronger than the sun.
I am pregnant or trying to conceive. Can I do this?
My sessions are full body, which means the light reaches the abdomen, and direct light over the abdomen is the one thing the research advises against during pregnancy, simply because there is not enough safety data to be sure. So if you are pregnant, this particular setup is not the right fit while you are expecting, and I would rather tell you that honestly than take your money. If you are trying to conceive, that is a conversation to have with your doctor first, and it is one of the things the short health pre-screen asks about so we can talk it through before anything is booked.

How to claim your complimentary first session

  1. Complete the application form.
  2. It includes a short health pre-screen. If anything needs a conversation first, we have it.
  3. Once you're cleared, we book your complimentary first session.
  4. If you'd like to carry on, you choose your membership and your founding rate is locked in for as long as you stay.

Your founding rate is held on every renewal, for as long as you stay. It only ever goes up for the people who come after you.

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PS. There is one thing in this whole offer I cannot give everyone. There is only one bed, and I can only run so many sessions a week. That is the real reason this will only ever be a handful of members and not 90. If supporting your body the way it was built to work has been on your mind, this is the cheapest it will ever be, and the easiest it will ever be to get in.