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Common side effects include: moving more, moving better, moving with more intention, energizing your work/home/love life, taking pleasure in cooking and eating delicious food, discovering the power of exercise as mental medicine, and being more comfortable in your own skin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c2454a20c647590145dd55/1611677186831-QQK2U7XQLWNHZJ5FTSJQ/ways-icon.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c2454a20c647590145dd55/1611677186831-QQK2U7XQLWNHZJ5FTSJQ/ways-icon.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c2454a20c647590145dd55/1611677186831-QQK2U7XQLWNHZJ5FTSJQ/ways-icon.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c2454a20c647590145dd55/1611677186831-QQK2U7XQLWNHZJ5FTSJQ/ways-icon.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c2454a20c647590145dd55/1611754286100-GLE6DTZXB2G2FH7SUBSP/personalized.jpg Home - Personalized Fitness Attention runners, capoeiristas, new mothers, dancers, yogis, weekend warriors and __________ (fill in the blank)! We all need carefully designed training programs that boost performance, prevent and address injuries or strains and challenge you beyond your current fitness plateau. An exercise program tailored to your needs and goals will put positive stressors on the often overlooked planes of motion you default to and allow you to do more of what you love — only better. 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The commonality of these diverse programs is that I’m driven by a philosophy that workouts should be safe, playful, and educational. Science repeatedly reminds us that what’s physically and mentally challenged will adapt, and what’s not won’t. Are you up for the adventure? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c2454a20c647590145dd55/1611778009531-CYZBAK4RSHCT3DA64BPI/about-secondary-2%402x.jpg About - My Expertise I received my certification in personal training through the National Academy of Sports Medicine and my degree from Columbia University. I’ve been training Capoeira since I was 19 years old and standing on my hands any which way possible (pretty much how I am happiest) since. My cross-cultural upbringing in rural Liberia, urban Kenya, and upstate New York, and diverse athletic training inspire my dynamic and holistic programs, which are as challenging as they are creative, while emphasizing the connection between strength and active mobility. My specialties are strength and conditioning, mobility, acrobatics, injury prevention and rehabilitation, pre/post natal training & Capoeira Angola. Modalities that I’m certified in and utilize are Functional Range Conditioning, TRX Suspension Training, Kettlebell Training and TRX Rip Training. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c2454a20c647590145dd55/1611882767150-9MZEZ0251YWUOW9EFQTO/about-hero.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c2454a20c647590145dd55/1612979119711-JNS2T6CGEBA3EPH2FNW7/About-Hero%402x.jpg About https://www.anacostafitness.com/capoeira-angola-bklyn daily 0.75 2024-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c2454a20c647590145dd55/6ac9269c-77b8-4fdf-b8a3-24c0bfa5abfc/Bio_Ana_2.jpg Capoeira Angola BKLYN - Our Teachers Rouxinol Ana Costa entered into the world of capoeira over 25 years ago and her life was changed forever. Ana, who is known as Rouxinol — nightingale — in the world of Capoeira, found her passion in the physical, cultural, musical and linguistic facets of this rich African-Brazilian art form. She brings two and a half decades of trial and error as capoeira teacher and student to her system of instruction for both kids and adults, as well as her personal training with non-capoeiristas. Ana received her BA in architecture from Columbia University, and her certification in personal training through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. She continues to hone her craft, studying the teachings and traditions of Mestre João Grande and Mestre Cabello. She’s often found standing on her hands (where she is happiest), or playing her berimbau & singing. A cross-cultural upbringing in rural Liberia, urban Kenya, and upstate New York, in addition to her diverse athletic training, inspire her dynamic, challenging, and creative classes. Her holistic approach to movement and fitness provide you with the ability to better understand your body’s potential; the tools to properly train it; and the skills to apply it in the context of the roda (circle) of Capoeira Angola. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c2454a20c647590145dd55/101011fc-4ea1-4263-b262-dcacf95657fe/Bio_Cabello.jpg Capoeira Angola BKLYN - Our Teachers Mestre Cabello Mestre Cabello is an experienced master of Capoeira Angola & disciple of the great Mestre João Grande, ethnomusicologist Professora Emilia Biancardi and master drummer Jorge Alabé. Originally from Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil, Mestre Cabello has dedicated the last 20 of his 40 years in the art to cultivating Capoeira Angola in Serra Grande, Brazil and around the world. He casts an attentive and respectful look at the codes and the rich repository of musicality, tuning, ritual and movement left by the old masters from the 1940's, 50's and 60’s via audio recordings, texts, photos and drawings. Seen through these lenses, the study of Afro-Brazilian culture is of vital importance to the recognition, understanding and appreciation of a complete capoeirista. Mestre Cabello approaches Capoeira Angola as a sustainable and nourishing practice for our whole selves: body, mind and spirit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c2454a20c647590145dd55/1660332952484-WSUHWHMQ2GCV7PMTI0IC/AngolaBKLYN_Slides4.jpg Capoeira Angola BKLYN Photo: Aria Isadora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c2454a20c647590145dd55/1660332916576-WPZFWU75J16V9Z0XPC8V/AngolaBKLYN_Slides1.jpg Capoeira Angola BKLYN Photo: Aria Isadora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c2454a20c647590145dd55/1660332696082-XSQYT3N2UAF0T2WNNQO2/AngolaBKLYN_Slides2.jpg Capoeira Angola BKLYN Photo: Aria Isadora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c2454a20c647590145dd55/1660332771757-CZFU3S3JGFT9JLUA4JNJ/AngolaBKLYN_Slides3.jpg Capoeira Angola BKLYN Photo: Aria Isadora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c2454a20c647590145dd55/1b025af0-1762-4c72-8838-2cf4e0a2ba48/Musicality_2.jpg Capoeira Angola BKLYN - The Practice Musicality Our bateria, or band of musical percussive instruments, consists of three berimbaus (musical bow), two pandeiros (tambourines), one conga drum, one agogô (cow bell) and a reco-reco (scraper of African origin). We study the basics of each instrument and its place in creating a harmonious, repetitive and hypnotic baseline for call and response singing and the physical game of Capoeira Angola. In our accompanying study of musicality we embrace the concept of sankofa, an African proverb that calls on us to fetch that which has been forgotten. In contemporary language — you can’t know where you’re going unless you know where you came from. For this reason, we pay special attention to the tuning, tonality and style of the musical recordings of Mestres from the 1940s, 50s and 60s as we learn to sing in harmony with one another, memorize songs in Portuguese and collect rhythms to add to our repertoire. We draw on the recordings of os antigos — Mestre Cabecinha, Mestre Traira, Mestre Waldemar, Mestre Juvenal, Mestre Gato Preto, etc.—as a leaping-off place from which to practice, grow and eventually improvise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c2454a20c647590145dd55/398fe30b-c447-49d9-a43c-7417a447db54/Physicality_bw.jpg Capoeira Angola BKLYN - The Practice Physicality “Don’t do what you can do — try what you can’t do.” — William Faulkner Capoeira Angola creates strong, agile and healthy bodies. Classes consist of a full-body workout and development of skills that balance challenge and growth. In this playful folkloric practice, we explore handstands, cartwheels, bridges, kicks, dance, and ritual calls or chamadas. Through a series of attacks and defenses, questions and answers, trickery, playfulness and exchanges driven by live music and call & response singing, the “game” of Capoeira Angola unfolds. The vast creativity of our minds — our software, so to speak — is often limited to how well and how intelligently we train our physical bodies. For this reason, Capoeira Angola trains our physical bodies, or hardware, to meet the technology of our minds with a unique blend of strength, mobility, grace, rhythm, explosiveness and acrobatics. Come play, train, develop a practice and trust the process! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c2454a20c647590145dd55/1667398598401-LUAHGLPTJT08D60ZZ7MJ/AngolaBKLYN_Slides2_6.jpg Capoeira Angola BKLYN - Mestre Cabello Fall Vivência 2022! Musicality: 11/14 6:30-8:30pm Movement: 11/15 6:30-8:30pm Roda: 11/16: 7:30-9:30pm Register via this link & Venmo Location: 273 Prospect Park West https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c2454a20c647590145dd55/1660334610606-LXA5MVTC3I2XDL69FA1J/AngolaBKLYN_Slides2_4.jpg Capoeira Angola BKLYN - Monthly Roda (Capoeira Circle) This the culmination of our practice, our time to be together in music, movement, ritual and community. Vamos vadiar! Monthly rodas from 1pm-4pm at Park Slope Performing Arts Center (274 Prospect Park West). Come in your whites and representing your group. All rodas are from 1-4pm unless noted below. Upcoming Rodas: March 11 (4:30-7:30pm) April 1 May 6 June 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c2454a20c647590145dd55/1660334609384-VB0NIMHKA38EAIPRN8QP/AngolaBKLYN_Slides2_2.jpg Capoeira Angola BKLYN - Upcoming Workshops Check back here for our next special workshop! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c2454a20c647590145dd55/1661564891060-WUNS4JV9N3IIX1W8UE29/AngolaBKLYN_Slides2_5.jpg Capoeira Angola BKLYN - Past Events Skull Valley, AZ: Capoeira Angola Retreat led & organized by Professor Avi See details Brooklyn, NY: Summer 2022 Vivência with Mestre Cabello Watch the video Brooklyn, NY: Fall 2021 Vivência with Mestre Cabello https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c2454a20c647590145dd55/58149b3f-1b47-4032-9e70-6ce71bd2ec7f/final_flyer_may.jpg Capoeira Angola BKLYN - CURRUPIO Join us for a weekend immersion into the rich cultural heritage of African-Brazilian music, dance, and spirituality: CURRUPIO! 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