Callanetics with Chavie

04/02/2024

Not too late to join this evening!
Virtual Callanetics starting at 8:30 pm Israel time!

Gentle on your body and soul, yet oh so effective to build strength, flexibility, mobility, improve posture, learn more about your body and its workings and of course have fun with yours truly!

PM me for the link if interested

12/01/2024

*English follows Hebrew*
איזה מושלם היה אימון התרשמות בסטודיו המהמם של יוסי בגבעת הסלעים, ראש העין! איזו קבוצה, איזה אנרגיות, איזו עבודה-- נתנו בראש והכירו שרירים שלא ידעו שיש להן 😅 ככה זה בקלנטיקס, אני תמיד אומרת שהאמין מאד מפתיע - מבחוץ זה בקושי נראה שזזים אבל מבפנים אי אפשר לטעות שעובדים קשה 🔥🔥🔥
אני תמיד מתחילה אימון עם מתאמנים חדשים עם הזמנה להשאיר דעות קדומות על הגוף בחוץ - אנחנו חוקרים את הגוף מחדש מתוך סקרנות וחמלה.
אימונים קבועים איתי בסטודיו של יוסי וזיו אשתו ופרטנרית המהממת שלו מתחילים שבוע הבא, בע"ה! שלחו הודעה אלי או ליוסי לפרטים.

What an amazing class we had in Yossi's amazing studio in Givat Haslaim, Rosh Haayin!
A wonderful group, fabulous energy, everyone really applied themselves worked hard and even got to know some new muscles 😅
I always say Callanetics is surprising- on the outside, it hardly looks like you're moving, but on the inside, there's definitely no mistaking that your body's working hard! 🔥🔥🔥
I start new classes with an invitation to leave preconceived notions about your body at the door-- we're rediscovering our bodies and its capabilities anew, exploring with curiosity and compassion.
Classes with me at Yossi and Ziv's (his wonderful wife at partner) lovely studio starting next week! DM for info

20/12/2023

Some treats for your feets!!!
Enjoy!
🪑Seated version in the next reel! 🪑

28/09/2023

Your health and safety is my number one priority!
I know toxic fitness culture pushes the lie that your exercise should take priority and you should never ever skip an exercise.
Um I'm sorry, what? We exercise and move to support our health! If exercising would be detrimental to your health, then skipping would be the healthy choice!

I work a lot with clients with chronic illnesses, oftentimes undiagnosed, neurological disorders, cancer patients, so it's especially important to me to be transparent when I'm under the weather (regardless of C0vid, but especially in a c0vid world ....)

-I always take c0vid tests
-I always tell my students when I'm feeling sick and what exactly my symptoms are and how severe
-I let my students decide if they're comfortable meeting. They have the autonomy over their bodies and their health decisions. No pressure from my end.
-If they do want to meet/ come to class, I take precautions! I mask, keep my distance and if possible we exercise outdoors.

I came down with a cold right as Yom Kippur started. I've been doing tons of c0vid tests that are negative but I also know there are plenty of false negatives so I keep testing.

On Monday I let my private student know. She decided to opt out of our class that day. Great! She's making decisions to support her health! This is the goal!

Today I'm already feeling better, tests are all still negative, I asked her if she wanted to meet or not. She did, with precautions.

I doubled up my masks (I prefer to wear cloth for comfort and sensory reasons and then wear a medical one over the cloth one), we exercised on her balcony, I kept my distance and stayed facing away from her and didn't do hands on adjustments today.

If she hadn't been comfortable meeting today, we wouldn't have.

Because exercise is not the end all be all of health.

It's just one little piece of the puzzle.

And sometimes, for a myriad of reasons, skipping a day or week is the healthy choice.

09/07/2023

This right here.

It's not your fault you hate your body. Look at the messages we grew up with.

But it is in your power to slowly slowly start bringing back the love for it. And it starts with awareness.

Do you remember the drama around Jessica Simpson's weight? Now as an adult, are you surprised to see how skinny she actually was then?

Look back and reexamine the messages the patriarchy ingrained within us. Let's lose weight by tossing aside the weight of those unrealistic, unhealthy expectations.

if gen-z wants to understand millennials they first need to understand that for the entirety of 2008 we were told that this was the most disgusting a person could EVER look. For months on end, tabloid writers called her 'Jumbo Jessica'

20/04/2023

Medical stigma and discrimination KILL. Fatphobia KILLS.

Deborah died a year ago today. Had it not been for the terrible weight stigma she experienced throughout her illness, things would have been different. If her doctors had seen a person as supposed to a fat person, things would have been different.

Cancer is a wretched disease. People with cancer face untold harm on a daily basis. Weight stigma should NEVER be one of them.

Let me make some things clear to all the cancer patients and survivors out there:
1. You did not get cancer because you are fat.
2. Your risk of cancer does not disappear if you lose weight.
3. Weight loss should play no part in your cancer treatment or management plan.
4. Weight loss does NOT appear to reduce your risk of recurrence.

To every health profession to ever have the audacity to mention weight to a cancer patient without critically appraising the evidence first, shame on you. You are a disgrace to the profession.

Join me and tonight at 8pm UK time as we honour Deborah and continue to take a stand against medical weight stigma.

30/03/2023

Absolutely fabulous! Stock photos that are *actually* inclusive.

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ID: A group of fat people leans on a concrete half-wall, giving the finger to the bathroom scales they're holding. End ID.

23/03/2023

New shoe review!
I'm INCREDIBLY particular about shoes- my sensory profile means I don't really like the feeling of my feet being enclosed. Also, up until now I have been known to utterly HATE Nike sports shoes.

So I kinda grudgingly admit that the Nike Flex Runs have won me over...

They utilize barefoot type design and technology and are redonkulously flexy and my feet feel surprisingly really happy in them!

Check out my full review!

Are you particular about shoes? Do you like "barefoot" shoes? Let me know

26/02/2023

Congrats to my course-mates on completing our Stretching and Posture course today and receiving our certificates from Nissim zoares school !

It's going to feel weird to not start my week in the studio with you...

17/01/2023

A must listen!!!! And if you haven't yet, make sure to check out Fat Torah !

‎Show Women Rabbis Talk, Ep Episode 3.7: Talkin' About Fat Torah with Rabbi Minna Bromberg - Jan 8, 2023

16/12/2022

*English follows the Hebrew*

אני מתרגשת בלי סוף לקחת חלק בכנס הפיטנס הישראלי *הראשון* שיהיה בחול!!! ואתן/ם מוזמנות/ים להינות מכל הכיף והפינוק הזה גם!

[מה, מה, מה, מה זה חוי, לא הבנתי???]

ניסים זוארץ, מומחה בינלאומי בהכשרת הפיטנס עם ותק של 25 שנה, ואחד האנשים האהובים עלי בעולם הפיטנס, מפיק כנס פיטנס ברמה אחרת בבולגריה בחודש מאי הקרוב.

יהיו 4 ימים של פינוקים לגוף ולנפש שלא לתאר.
המלון וספא ובריכות ואוכל מהחלומות....

צוות של המדריכות/ים הכי מקצועיות/ים שיש (לכבוד הוא לי להיות ביניהן/ם 😇)

וכיוון שכולנו מבוגרים וזה לא סאמר קאמפ, את/ה מנהל/ת את הלוז שלך, תוכלי להשתתף באיזה שיעורים שבא לך, להיות בספא מתי שבא לך, לצאת לשופינג מתי שבא לך, להישאר במיטה המפנקת כמה שבא לך 😅🤩

ההרשמה המוקדמת במחיר המוזל ביותר רק אצל הפרזנטריות/ם ושמור ל-50 נרשמות/ים הראשונים, אז מי שרוצה עוד פרטים ולהרשם- אצלי!

(הכל כלול במחיר- טיסות, מלון/ ספא ואוכל וארוחות במלון) במחיר ממש ממש שווה.

I am so honored and excited (and maybe just the tiiiiiniest bit terrified 😅) to be one of the presenters at the very FIRST Israeli fitness conference to be held outside of Israel AND YOU'RE ALL INVITED!

This coming May, one of my favorite people in the fitness world Nissim Zoares .school is putting on a MUST attend fitness and wellness conference in Bulgaria!

4 days of absolute heaven in a 5 star hotel and spa, and a packed class schedule with the cream of the crop fitness instructors and teachers.

Since we're all grownups and this ain't summer camp 😅, you make your schedule, you go to whichever classes interest you, go to the spa when you want, swim when you want, stay in your amazing pampering bed as much as you want 😚

The early bird signup with the lowest price is ONLY available through the presenters, and only available to the first 50 to sign up, so for more details and to register, HMU, lovers!!!!

09/10/2022

"Dancers come in all different shapes and sizes"
British comedian Jayde Adams dazzles on the dance floor of Structly, the British reality dancing series, in this absolutely fantastic and energetic rendition of "What a Feeling" from Flashdance.

(I used to put on dance performances for my family to this exact soundtrack so I extra- shmextra love this!😅)

You can find a video of the performance embedded in the article

Think you don't have a dancer's body? Just remember, if you have a body, and you're dancing, congratulations, you have a dancer's body!

The comedian, 37, who is partnered with Karen Hauer, 40, in one of two same-sex couples this year, was dubbed an 'inspiration' by fans who were brought to tears.