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16 October 2019
MY WELLNESS
What is callanetics? Callanetics was the name given to an exercise programme developed by American-born, Barbara Pinckney (below), in the early 1980s. It is said that after consulting with a numerologist, Barbara changed her first name to ‘Callan’ to help provide her direction for her future.
Get into shape the quiet way – callanetics is back
Owing to severe physical deformities she attended ballet, yoga and rehabilitation classes to help alleviate her condition. It was these modalities that gave her the basics of her Callanetics programme. Despite her defects Callen spent many years fulfilling her dream of international travel. She covered Europe sleeping in her Volkswagen and after a stint in London shovelling coal and snow, she worked in an advertising agency in Cape Town. She then moved on to Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Zaire where she worked at tracking animal migrations in the wild.
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or the past 30 years Sonia Mildner, who lives in Hermanus, has dedicated her career to physical wellbeing – and is now focussed on helping to revive callanetics. “I’m not sure which comes first – the body or the mind,” she says, with a twinkle in her deep brown eyes. “I believe, however, that if you feel good, you will look good – and you will behave accordingly. My focus, therefore, is on the body.” Sonia has taught a variety of disciplines, some of which include Pilates, hip-hop, aerobics, Reebok slide, and callanetics. She is also the author of a pocket-size booklet entitled Lifestyle Plans. “I believe there are many men and women in the Overberg region who would benefit from callanetics,” explains Sonia. “Introduced in the ‘80s, this methodology took off among certain groups, only – and that was within small private gyms, not the corporate health studios. It’s unfortunate that most people believe in the old adage ‘no pain, no gain’. Members of gyms sweat it out in spinning and aerobic classes or in the heavy
Thereafter she went on to Asia but with the loss of muscle tone she returned home after 11 years – and Callanetics was born. Callanetics franchises worldwide, teacher training, videos and books followed. Aged 73, Callen died in 2012. Sonia Mildner’s contagious energy and vibrancy seep into all the classes she teaches. PHOTO: Cassia Mildner weights section. This clearly doesn’t suit all, so I have opened a space for those who prefer a private, informal, relaxed atmosphere.” Callanetics is said to transform the body by reshaping it to how it should be – not to what you want to try and make it. It doesn’t compete with other disciplines and resonates with those who enjoy slow, controlled, pulsing and squeezing exercising that work
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“You are unlikely to get a six-pack or overly-developed bi- and triceps,” Sonia says reassuringly, “but what you will get is tone and definition as you beautify the body you have.” Classes are interactive because the slow, controlled pace encourages observation. Participants, therefore, have the time to focus on which
“I believe it’s important to concentrate on how the body is functioning during any form of exercise – be it walking, jogging, cycling or any of the other disciplines,” Sonia advises. “There should be an holistic approach
to workouts.” Sonia is a trainer at Proactive Fitness and at Organic Fitness. Her callanetics classes are in the quiet sanctuary of the Catholic Church Hall, Lord Roberts Road in Eastcliff. She teaches on Mondays to Fridays from 07:30 to 08:45; on Mondays and Thursdays from 17:15 to 18:15; and she offers relaxation classes twice a month. Contact Sonia on 072 815 9118 or biolekker@gmail.com or visit Facebook: @thebestofcallanetics
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muscles are being worked. According to callanetics, deeper muscles are best exercised using small but precise movements. Exercising the deeper muscles also leads to improved posture, which may result in the appearance of weight loss even if very little weight was lost.
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