• How can we help you?
  • What are the advantages of CANTIENICA®?
  • How does it work
  • Where can I find CANTIENICA®?
  • Healthy Sitting
  • Can I start on my own?
  • Questions & answers

Exactly what you are looking for

Looking for a body workout that meets you where you are? That is gentle and yet efficient? That challenges and encourages sports fans and professional athletes alike? With which you feel fit, beautiful and happy? Then the CANTIENICA® method is the right choice for you.

What is the CANTIENICA® method?

CANTIENICA®- Training is an intelligent form of fitness and the ideal training for more flexibility, an optimal posture and a captivating charisma. You quickly achieve visible results and feel more strength, more ease and life energy.

How does the training support me?

We believe that your body is an absolutely great construction. However, in order for it to develop its full potential, it should be used correctly. With us, you’ll learn how to. You learn to perceive and use your body in a completely new way. In this way, you can prevent incorrect posture and its consequences from the ground up or positively influence them in a noticeable and visible way. You train with a holistic approach, which more and more therapists and doctors recommend to their clients. The best? Your performance in all other sports and activities improves. As an aside.

How does a CANTIENICA® training session work?

The method is incredibly versatile. A classic lesson lasts 60 minutes. Your trainer:in is always putting together new lessons from over 600 exercises. She guides the group through the sequences with words, by demonstration and specific touch coaching. Each person is challenged and encouraged in their personal level of training. You can join us by zoom from wherever you are.

One live lesson every week

Online livestream classes allows you to fit your workout into your daily life in a way that works for you. Every Wednesday we have a fresh lesson for you. 

What are the benefits
the method?

Better posture
positive aura

A complete up and alignment will positively affect your mood. Your charisma grows.

Caring for you

Your body comes into its optimal function: muscles, ligaments, joints and tendons work as they should. Pain disappears or is relieved

Better body feeling

You learn to perceive your body in a completely new way and to use it consciously. You will see positive effects already with the first lesson.

Time for you

Find your flow for more inner peace and contentment. Your autonomic nervous system comes into balance.

Find source of strength

Pelvic floor and deep muscles strengthen your body from the inside – figuratively and literally. This gives self-confidence that carries you in all situations

Increase performance

Your fundamentals for all other sports will improve. You build strength more efficiently and can swim, bike, hike or jog more easily

Day & Night

You can train at any time. The better you master the method, the more intuitively you will use it in all your movements: Walking, sitting, running, standing.

With coaching

Eight certified trainers will guide you professionally and with heart into the alignment and uprighting.

Comprehensive

Each lesson trains your body from sole to crown and is uniquely composed of 600 documented exercises

One lesson every week

Train via livestream from home,
from the office, in the gym or outside

Online Group

All participants are online and in different parts of the world. You can participate from wherever you are.

Trial lesson

We think you’ll love CANTIENICA® training. That’s why the introductory lesson is free if you go for a monthly pass.

Invest in yourself every Wednesday

Weekly livestream lessons
Learn from CANTIENICA® trainers and from founder Benita Cantieni herself:
Wednesday 8 pm in Central Europe | 2 pm at the East Coast | 11 am at the West Coast. 
60 minutes training time

Change the way you use and feel your body – in just one hour a week. Quit postural habits that make you look and feel older than you are. Your journey to your best body starts here.

Book monthly subscription
If you are convinced, the pass will be extended. You can end it every month. Just email or call us. 

One Lesson

a real lesson
35 once
  • 60 minute lesson
  • Online and live coaching
  • Wednesday at 8pm CET
  • taught by Benita Cantieni or a master teacher
  • Better posture. Positive Aura.
  •  
ONLINE & LIVE

Livestream Pass

monthly subscription
120 Monthly
  • Every Wednesday a 60 minute lesson
  • Online and live coaching
  • Wednesday at 8pm CET
  • taught by Benita Cantieni or a master teacher
  • Better posture. Positive Aura.
  • Subscription can be terminated anytime
ONLINE & LIVE

How does it work?

How does a typical class work?
In every class you learn to array your bones. Because when your bones are aligned all skeletal structures work in perfect harmony: fascia, ligaments, tendons, sinews – and musculature. Learn how to train 100 % of your body, not just the surface. Bring quality into every micro movement. Reach the utmost flexibility, strength, resilience and beauty.

How to start?
Frankly, the best way is to just drop in and see for yourself. Your body will tell you very quickly that it loves this revolutionary way to move.

Who teaches?
Very often the founder of the method Benita Cantieni leads the Wednesday lesson. When she cannot, English-speaking trainers will take over her role. Take the unique opportunity to learn from her.

How do I get the link?
After you register, we will send you a link with direct access to Wednesday’s class. If you join the livestream 10 minutes before the class starts, you will receive a briefing on the day’s program and Benita will answer your questions.

When is the class?
It will take place on Wednesday at 8pm CET in Europe. Since the lesson is live, you should check if it coincides with your time zone: If you’re on the East Coast: 2 p.m. EDT, or on the West Coast: 11 a.m. PT.

How can I participate?
Via Livestream: You join the class via a zoom link. No matter if you are at home, at work, in a hotel or in a gym. You benefit from the live and group atmosphere, but you can shorten distances and fit your workout into your everyday life in a particularly time-saving way.

Want it all?
Book monthly subscription. If you are convinced, the pass will be extended. But of course you can end it every month. Just e-mail or call us. 

Still not quite sure?

We get it. Starting something new can be a bit scary. If you’d like to know more about the principles of  CANTIENICA® body in evolution –  before you start, then please watch the video “Introduction to the CANTIENICA®-method”, where Benita Cantieni explains the basics.

Ready to go? Or try us first?

Become a regular and train every week. This is the best way to get the most out of the method. Every lesson is different. 600 exercises are waiting for you.

Fully convinced?
Book monthly subscription. If you are convinced, the pass will be extended. But of course you can end it every month. Mail or call is enough.

Trial Lesson

a real lesson
35 once
  • 60 minute trial lesson
  • Online and live coaching
  • Wednesday at 8pm CET
  • taught by Benita Cantieni or a master teacher
  • Better posture. Positive Aura.
  •  
ONLINE & LIVE

Livestream Pass

Monthly subscription
90 Monthly
  • Every Wednesday a 60 minute lesson
  • Online and live coaching
  • Wednesday at 8pm CET
  • taught by Benita Cantieni or a master teacher
  • Better posture. Positive Aura.
  • Subscription can be terminated anytime
ONLINE & LIVE

Where can I find the CANTIENICA® studio in Zurich?

CANTIENICA AG
Seefeldstrasse 215
CH-8008 Zurich
studio@cantienica.com
Tel: 044 422 35 24

Private lessons

training with full focus

Private lessons are a brilliant way to dive deeper into the method, to clarify questions in particular detail or to dedicate yourself to a personal physical challenge.
When is the best time for a private lesson? We confidently say: Always! But what really matters are your personal goals. Some people appreciate having a private lesson to make their training base extra solid. Others treat themselves to this 1:1 accompaniment if they have already trained a lot and want to fine-tune their technique.
A private lesson is an especially good fit for you if you bring a health challenge to the mat. In a 1:1 lesson, you get the space and privacy to address your concerns. We'll then tackle your issue right away and discuss how you can tailor your training to better suit your situation in the future.

Workshops - immerse yourself in a topic

Workshops are the raisins in the CANTIENICA® cake. Always assuming you actually think raisins are great. Indeed, we are particularly proud of these intensive training and learning opportunities. At each workshop, you will receive materials such as handouts and audio recordings so that you can later review what you have learned on your own.
Back programme

CANTIENICA® back training works from the inside out: the autochthonous musculature, a network of over 200 small, interconnected muscles, is aligned, strengthened and made supple. Through the optimal alignment you relieve your joints. They are also made supple by the three-dimensional mobilization and can perform their function smoothly again.

Strong Back Workshop with Luzia Meyer
4. March 2023  – 13.00 to 16.00 hrs
in the CANTIENICA® studio in Zurich. CHF 180.

Happy joints with Benita Cantieni

The online workshop in two parts.
Part 1: Happy joints: feet, ankles, knees, hips – 13:00 to 14:30 – CHF 180

  • If you love your feet and want to keep them healthy and mobile.
  • If you have bent toes that want to become straight and pain-free again.
  • If you want to get rid of your calluses.
  • If you want to use the foot biomechanically.
  • If you never want to spend money replacing worn out heels again.
  • If you want to repair incipient arthritis.
  • If you want to get rid of the causes of deformed hallux and deformities.
  • If you want to learn how the feet affect the knees and hips and vice versa.
  • If you want to get rid of knee pain.
  • If you want to maintain healthy pelvic joints (hip joint, sacroiliac joint).

Part 2: Happy joints: fingers, hands, wrists, arm joints, shoulder joints – 16:00 to 17:30 – CHF 180

  • Movable finger joints, free from pain
  • Long-term protection against arthrosis
  • Strong hands with elastic tendons
  • Wrists with healthy carpal tendons
  • Mobile arms with healthy elbows
  • Shoulder joints that work together smoothly
  • Shoulder blades, clavicles, upper arm balls in perfect harmony

Saturday, March 4, 2023 – Online

Saturday, April 15, 2023 – Online

See better

“Seeing better” brings new life to the eyes, relaxes all structures such as muscles and joints, mobilizes the cranial bones, activates the sensory nerves and raises perception to a new level. By the way, “Seeing Better” also makes you happy.

Better Vision Workshop with Verena Burri
Sunday, June 11, 2023 – 13:00 to 16:00
Sunday 12 November 2023 – 13:00 to 16:00
in the CANTIENICA® studio in Zurich. CHF 180.

Faceforming

CANTIENICA® facial training is an anatomically precise anchored workout that networks the entire musculature of your skull. This tightens and optimally connects the 80 or so muscles on your head. Your facial features will look fresher, firmer, younger and more radiant after the first workout. However, CANTIENICA® facial training is not simply a vain thing. The training is also effective for tension headaches, teeth grinding and chronic migraine. By the way, your eyesight and hearing will also benefit.

Faceforming Workshop with Verena Burri
Saturday, June 10, 2023  – 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 
Saturday, November 11, 2023 – 13:00 to 16:00

in the CANTIENICA® studio in Zurich. CHF 180. 

Pregnancy & Regression

CANTIENICA® training is the method of choice for more and more women to find their way back to strength and freedom from discomfort after childbirth. You are especially well prepared if you already train before and during pregnancy. CANTIENICA® training strengthens you on the way to an active birth and promotes rapid recovery. Flexible pelvic joints, supple ligaments & fascia, and strong abdominal and pelvic muscles ensure that the pelvic bones can respond and adapt flexibly during birth. After childbirth, a power pool helps to achieve the optimal figure, “brings the organs home” and stabilizes loosened joints.

Pelvic floor training

CANTIENICA® pelvic floor training networks your pelvic floor with the muscles of your entire pelvis, back, abdomen, hips and thighs. The pelvis is optimally straightened. This creates a muscle corset that optimizes your entire posture, protects vertebrae and joints, prevents wear and tear and releases you into lightness.

Powerprogramm

CANTIENICA® power training shapes your body quickly and sustainably: flat stomach, narrow waist, high, round buttocks, shapely legs. For good measure, you get a regal poise and a powerful, captivating charisma. All exercises pick you up at your current training level, are adapted to your physical abilities and accompany you quickly to the performance and form that you want.

Running training

CANTIENICA® running training helps you keep and move more efficiently, beautifully and easily. A natural gait takes the strain off all your joints. When you use your body properly, it moves you easily and painlessly. Whether you’re walking, swimming, running, skiing, golfing or doing yoga, you and your body will benefit from running workouts.

Is your topic not there?

If there is a topic that interests you but we don’t offer one, tell us which topic you would like to attend a workshop on.

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Get 3 exercises for healthy sitting

You can always use CANTIENICA® training. In the office, in a meeting, in front of the computer, while riding a train, a bike, while walking. There is hardly a situation that is not suitable for this. We would like to give you a little insight into how the method works.

What do our customers say about us?

“Participate regularly in your livestream hours. I find it totally convenient and it has huge advantages for me: I can train at home in a safe environment and be coached by you Jan, just like in the studio.”
“One hour for my health. Quite uncomplicated at home. Thanks to video now possible much more often – body and morale thank me. A big thank you to you from the studio for doing good to us customers also in this way.”
“For online workouts, I can slip into the comfortable workout clothes and Cantienica socks right from my office chair. I lay out the mat and dial in with the laptop – I’m ready to go.”
“Livestream training provides me with structure and balance during “home office” time. By booking and keeping appointments, I work out more than I would on my own and on the fly.”
“Cantienica via Livestream has become an indispensable part of my everyday life. As always, the workouts are versatile and effective. “
“The exercises are easy to do at home and by now I am also equipped with a Cantienica mat (not a must, but I find it convenient). All the other tools are in my household anyway.”
“Accessing the livestream is easy, and the instructions are as easy to understand as they are in the studio.”
“I would like to say a big thank you to all the trainers for the highly professional livestream training. The regular training gives me a super strengthened body feeling and makes me happy with more composure.
“My body is becoming more and more “transparent” in its interconnections, currently I discover the trains of the eye in their interconnections through the entire Body, just fascinating.”

Video on Demand

Can I start on my own?

Sure! If you would like to work on your goals independently, we recommend our "Video on Demand" offer.
Start with the basics:
Introduction to the method

If you have never attended a CANTIENICA® training, Benita Cantieni will introduce you to the method.
194 CHF

Give everything, get a lot:
The intensive course

You’ll get flexibility, strength, great posture and a whole new body awareness from the ground up with this power class. You’ll learn exercises that you can use anytime, anywhere.
293 CHF

From the CANTIENCA® Forum

Questions & Answers

Performed with properly used pelvic floor and perfectly activated deep muscles, the exercises have an immediate effect. After the first workout you will already feel a sense of well-being that is difficult to describe, you will feel more relaxed, taller, slimmer, more dynamic. The more often you practice and the more consistently you internalize the new posture principles, the faster you will have noticeable and visible success.

CANTIENICA® Team in Zurich

Our experienced trainers  create each lesson for you so that the training is never one-sided or boring. Specific coaching grips and instructions will help you get the most out of every exercise.

Benita Cantieni
Founder of the CANTIENICA® method, author, body researcher

Benita Cantieni founded the CANTIENICA® – Method for Body Shape & Posture in 1997, which is taught in its purest form in her Zurich studio: Align bones ideally and fix them in the deep muscles. This basic tension reaches all the muscles of the body. Central to safety and effectiveness are anatomically appropriate use of the pelvic floor muscles, spinal tensioning, and three-dimensional work with all joints for mobility. Benita Cantieni teaches “theme lessons” and advanced experimentation classes at the Zurich studio.

Jan Koch
CANTIENICA® Instructor, Senior Teacher, Studio Manager

Jan Koch is studio manager at the CANTIENICA® Studio Zurich and CANTIENICA® trainer. He knows the studio and office inside out. He teaches every Monday evening, does substitutions, and gives private lessons. If you have any questions about the CANTIENICA® method, trainings, studio subscriptions or private lessons, he will be happy to advise you. Jan is also a Shiatsu therapist, which is another reason for his confident coaching skills. Jan’s CANTIENICA® lessons are designed to promote powerful self-awareness in their simplicity.

Bettina Kubli
CANTIENICA® Instructor, Master Teacher

Bettina Kubli, originally a trained druggist, came to the CANTIENICA® method in 2000 and teaches in her own practice in Wetzikon. Bettina is a Master Teacher of the CANTIENICA® Method, leads trainings in CANTIENICA®-The Coaching and CANTIENICA®-The Power Program. She is a kind of wild card for the Zurich studio: highly motivated and gracious, she teaches three Thursday lessons and fills in whenever she can. Lively, lively, funny and precise – that’s Bettina.

Eva Marugg
Licensed CANTIENICA® instructor with Gold status

Eva Marugg came to the method four years ago. She had lumbago three times in a row. Attending the CANTIENICA® training made her pain-free within a short time. She felt like she was walking on clouds. “I couldn’t help it. I had to take the instructor training so that I could pass on my positive experience.” Eva also teaches at the CANTIENICA® studio in Zurich. She is a mother of two children and originally trained as a kindergarten teacher.

Sarah Gielen
Licensed CANTIENICA® instructor with platinum status

Sarah Gielen, as a long-time CANTIENICA® instructor, is able to apply her CANTIENICA® experience in her other professions as a psychologist and body/breath therapist on a daily basis. Since 2000 she has completed all CANTIENICA® modules and also teaches in her own studio in Wetzikon and in Bludenz (Vorarlberg). Her regular customers appreciate her authenticity. Their goal is for you to enjoy your CANTIENICA® lesson in a relaxed atmosphere. Sarah Gielen will be taking over regular lessons on Monday mornings starting in September.

Verena Burri
CANTIENICA® Instructor, Senior Teacher

Verena Burri is a CANTIENICA® enthusiast from the very beginning. She has been trained in all building blocks since 2000. Verena has been teaching in the CANTIENICA® Studio Fällanden for several years. We are happy that we can benefit from her rich experience in the Zurich studio. In addition to the Friday studio lessons, she regularly conducts faceforming and go! intensive workshops. Since 2012 Verena Burri holds the title “CANTIENICA® -Senior Teacher”, she is responsible for passing on the faceforming know-how.

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