GochaWellness Anniversary Day 4

Be part of GochaWellness community and celebrate with us these two years of love and joy.

Discover a little more from Erika chavez:

"Since I was a child, I felt the need to become part of the dance world. In my student days, I took courses that brought me closer to this art, but it was not until I was eighteen years old that I fully got involved in this exciting discipline. Many people would think it was too late to start, but I think it never is when you are truly passionate.

And that's how I graduated as a Contemporary Dance Performer at the “Instituto Universitario de Danza” in Venezuela. There, thanks to the wonderful teachers I had, who passed on all their knowledge, I learned what I consider today to be my most valuable foundation in discipline, technique, bodywork and performance. Foundations that drove me to go on searching and experimenting, with the desire to continue to grow and improve. I was part of different dance companies in Venezuela, I took something positive from each one of them which further aided my development.

In 2006 I came to live in Spain, and I began to train as a Pilates teacher. Although I was no longer dancing, I soon realised that both disciplines shared, in my opinion, very fundamental principles, such as the great importance placed on the ability to be mindful of our bodies and the awareness of theirs correct alignment.

I have always attended workshops to keep up-to-date and continue learning with and through what I consider to be our temple: THE HUMAN BODY.  Today and for almost fourteen years now, I’ve dedicated myself to teaching Pilates. I have dabbled in different styles so I work both with Pilates machines, with a mat and different equipment.

Throughout all these years I have been reflecting on what I like most about what I do and I have been able to conclude that what I really love about discovering the body is seeing how you can travel to a world of self-knowledge that allows you to be happier, healthier, and more satisfied with yourself. So in my classes, I try to be faithful to this premise, and I try to make sure that the common thread that guides me in each one of them is the passion I feel for the body and everything that involves it."