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Handstand Coaching for Beginners and Athletes
Online Handstand 1:1 Coaching | Strength & Mobility Training App | Retreats & Workshops
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ONLINE Handstand Coaching
Movement Coach Chala’s mission as your personal handstand coach is to provide you with step by step guidance to build up your handstand strength and to be by your side along the journey.
With individual programming that meets you where you are and real time 1-on-1 in app video coaching we will unlock your goals together in a healthy way. Book your free call now to get started.
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The SOMATIKA Training App
Want to get stronger but don’t know where to start? Join our SOMATIKA App now with a 7-Day FREE trial !
Explore movement Coach Chala's carefully structured and continually expanding digital classes. From handstand drills and middle split programs to advanced mobility classes and mindful meditations for athletes. Try it now and choose to train with Chala. Anytime. Anywhere.
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Workshop & Handstand Retreat
Do you want to become a part of the SOMATIKA™ athlete community?
Here is your chance to find out where to meet movement Coach Chala in a supportive group setting and learn from her directly in a hands on, deep dive approach to strengthen your skills and technique. Make new friends for life while learning handstands as an absolute beginner or deepen your practice as an advanced athletes.
SOMATIKA Results:
No matter if you are just starting your journey or already training for years, this is what we can achieve together!
Your path to the stronger, pain-free athlete inside!
Struggled with: At age 50, she had never tried a handstand. She wanted a new challenge and to prove that age is just a number.Now: She has unlocked her straight hold, tuck, straddle and pike handstand shapes and is now working on her press to handstand.She thought: “I just need to understand the technique.”Actually: She needed a safe, step-by-step plan to build shoulder isolation and strength, with progressive drills to guide her into a freestanding handstand.
Carole
Struggled with: He saw friends at the gym training advanced handstand skills but didn’t know where to start with unlocking his own handstand.Now: He has unlocked his straight hold, tuck jump entrance, and straddle handstand shapes, and is now working on his handstand push-up.He thought: "The handstand is a complex skill, and I knew I needed a clear plan.”Actually: He was already strong from training in the gym, but needed help improving his shoulder range of motion and guidance on restructuring his strength training to fit in handstand practice, without compromising his physique goals and strength progress.
Jannik
Struggled with: Yoga teacher for 10+ years, but terrified of hand-standing away from the wall.Now: Confidently handstands everywhere! From beaches to her yoga shala, she is completely without any fear of kicking up into a freestanding handstand.She thought: "I just needed a stronger core."Actually: She needed stronger shoulders and a consistent training program that built the strength and body awareness for a freestanding handstand.
Malva
Struggled with: Strength coach who couldn't hold a handstand and was stuck in the banana shape.Now: Consistently kicks up into 45+ second handstand holds and understands how to stack, align, and control different handstand shapes.She thought: "I just needed to keep kicking up until it finally clicked."Actually: She needed a clear step-by-step plan that improved her shoulder mobility, built stability in her new range of motion, and taught her how to stack and align for a strong handstand hold.
Sarah
Struggled with: Trained gymnastics for years but couldn't understand why she couldn't press to handstand.Now: Pressing into handstand, her dream skill, and already working towards her next goals.She thought: "I just needed more core strength."Actually: She needed a clear, progressive plan tailored to her level. Building strength and mobility together, consistently, was what finally unlocked her press to handstand.
Ariana
About
COACH CHALA MOVES
Founder of SOMATIKA™
Movement Coach Chala is the founder of SOMATIKA™, a health focused handstand, strength and mobility training combining goal and skill orientated athletic movements with conscious somatic techniques to reconnect to your body as a whole being and unlock new, pain-free strength and dream skills.Chala’s approach to coaching and training, whether it's handstands, gymnastics, CrossFit or strength conditioning, is not just physical, but also connecting to your mind and body from the ground up and learning to listen to its needs to know when it can be taken to new levels. Through her SOMATIKA App, Online Coaching or In-Person Training, Chala teaches how we can become teammates with our body and together reaching new highs and goals in your training.Coach Chala is a free spirit originally from Montana, USA. Growing up as a competitive gymnast, she quit the performative aspect of the sport due to injuries. This experience of destructive training made her passionate about creating her own health focused training program now known as SOMATIKA™. She continued coaching it for the last 15 years, from beginner to optional level teams, as well as hosting gymnastic and handstand workshops at Fitness- and CrossFit and Yoga gyms all over the U.S. and Europe. Chala is inspiring hundreds of thousands followers on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram to follow her on her passionate journey of coaching and building a global community.Founder of SOMATIKA™15 years experience as Mobility, Handstand & Gymnastics CoachPersonal Handstand & Handstand Walk Coach for Crossfit™ Games AthletesStrength Conditioning ExpertCrossFit™ L1 CoachUSAG Gymnastics CoachCPD certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher200 hour Yoga Teacher
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SOMATIKA Training App
You want to start training but don’t know where to start? Try our new SOMATIKA™ App with our no risk 7-Day FREE trial period.
Movement Coach Chala's continually expanding digital classes, all categorized and easily searchable through an exercise library, to follow along and take on at your own pace and time. All made based on the SOMATIKA health focused strength approach.
From handstand drills, strength building, middle split programs to advanced mobility classes and mindful meditations for athletes. Sign up now and choose your training with Chala when and where it suits YOU!