Looking at the photo of Benita Cantieni, a smiling and radiant young woman, it is impossible to think that she is already 67 years old. Benita was born on February 21, 1950.
Benita Kantieni is a journalist, trainer, author of books, creator of the Kantienika and Faceforming he alth programs, founder of the Kantienika Institute.
Benita's career
Kantieni worked as chief reporter for the Swiss daily newspaper Blick, then as editor-in-chief of Annabelle in Zurich and Vogue Germany in Munich. She has taught at two Swiss journalism schools. From May 1998 to September 2003 Cantieni was the editor-in-chief of Shape fitness magazine (Germany).
Benita Cantieni is the founder of the "Kantenika" program for the formation of a he althy body and correct posture, named after its creator.
In 2004, she opened the Kantenika Institute, where she teaches wellness and rejuvenation programs.
Kantenik and faceforming
Kantenika is a wellness system based onmaintaining an anatomically correct spine, which activates all the muscles of a person, makes the pelvis mobile, trains the body from head to toe.
Benita Cantieni is known in Russia more as a developer of a facial rejuvenation program.
Faceforming is a training and stretching of the muscles of the face, which can replace a surgical facelift or be used before and after plastic surgery to restore youthfulness to the skin. Not only the muscles of the face are involved, but the whole body, the deepest muscles.
Most people identify faceforming with cantenika, but this is misleading, because cantenika is much broader, and rather faceforming is an integral part of cantenika.
History of the creation of the "Kantenika" program
In his youth, Benita was diagnosed with severe scoliosis, Scheuermann's disease, arthrosis, and a fracture of the sacrum. By the age of 27, a hip replacement already seemed inevitable to her. She could not play sports and, in addition, lived on painkillers. Since the therapy did not help, Cantieni began to study anatomy on her own in order to understand the cause of her illnesses, as well as to practice various methods of treatment. She experienced all the exercises and workouts available to her, but most brought only some temporary relief.
In 1991, Benita read a book about the then popular callanetics. At the beginning of the training, she seemed to be useful. She even went to study this system of exercises. Soon Benita Cantieni realized that something was missing from these workouts,the method itself does not have an anatomical basis, a basic structure, and is not suitable for all people. And she continued her search.
In 1993, Benita Cantieni met Christian Larsen, co-founder of Spiraldynamik International, an anatomical system for analyzing and improving posture and movement. Larsen introduced her to the pelvic floor system, the main muscles for bone alignment.
Since then, Cantieni has been studying how to correctly position the bones of the human body so that the deepest muscle layers can hold them in the correct position and structure.
Having tried all the workouts and exercises on herself, including many techniques, Benita Cantieni created her own method by which she healed herself - the "Kantenik" exercise system.
Today, her previously twisted spine is perfectly straight, she has no pain, her body loves to move and exercise. A properly built body has grown a couple of centimeters and has changed its shape greatly.
"Now I feel younger than I ever did in my twenties, today I am stronger and much more flexible," Cantieni says, "and, as a great side effect, my body feels and looks better than ever- or".
Teaching the Benita Healing Method
Kantieni has developed a system for educating people, regardless of their age and level of training. She founded the Kantenika Institute to train and coach her healing program.
Kantieni's method introduced in 16 countries, number of specialistsis growing steadily. Benita Cantieni's exercise program is constantly updated as new results become available.
Since 1998, about 1200 trainees have attended Kanteniki trainings in Switzerland, Germany, Austria and have been certified to teach the method themselves. Training brings quick results. “After the first try, you will feel better,” Kantieni says, “after the third hour, you will look better, and after ten hours your body will turn into a power engine.”
Former journalist and author Benita Cantini published her own story as a bestseller in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. To date, she has published 21 books and 4 videos in German. Her books are written in an accessible easy language, with humor, there are no specific terms.
In addition to many readers of her books, viewers of DVDs and CDs, Cantieni's work continues to attract an increasing number of therapists, orthopedists, chiropractors, fitness instructors, etc.
For whom cantenika is suitable
Benita Cantieni's gymnastics is suitable for everyone and is built to meet different needs such as:
- support body tone and correct posture;
- treatment of scoliosis, herniated discs, etc.;
- treatment of incontinence, prostate enlargement, hemorrhoids;
- formation of anatomically correct gait;
- align bones and help achieve optimal shape;
- mobilizationjoints;
- permanent strengthening of the deep heart muscle.
Feedback on Benita Cantieni's method
What is it about her method that attracts people so much? Why is the number of students of her courses constantly growing? Here's what people say in their reviews of Benita Cantieni and her wellness program:
- Improves physical fitness and joint mobility.
- All exercises are safe when done correctly.
- Integrating new exercises and principles into everyday life.
- Flexibility develops.
- Feel all the needs of the body.
- Movement does not cause pain.
- The spine, sternum and neck are stretched. Height increases by several centimeters.
- The diaphragm increases, which affects the improvement of the voice.
- The body becomes strong and he althy regardless of age, size or weight.
Faceforming Benita Cantieni
The face is the first thing people notice when they meet. Most people have long been accustomed to taking care of their faces: cleansing, making various masks, moisturizing, nourishing with vitamins. But few people thought that our face also consists of muscles that need to be trained, like the whole body.
There are 57 muscles on a human face - chewing and facial. For comparison: there are more than 650 muscles in the entire human body, and most of them are located on the face and neck. If most people know something about the muscles of the body, then almost nothing about the muscles of the face.
Everyone knows about age-related changes:wrinkles, loose skin. Cantieni believes that underdeveloped muscles and incorrect head position are to blame.
Faceforming (gymnastics for the face) by Benita Cantieni is based on elements of yoga, massage, strengthening facial muscles, building correct posture and head positioning.
Faceforming by Benita Cantieni is not a wave of a magic wand, but painstaking, daily work that brings great results in preserving a youthful face.
How to become years younger in three weeks
In the book “Fighting wrinkles. How to become years younger in three weeks” describes the exercises that must be performed for three weeks in order to achieve a visible result. After the specified period, if you follow all the recommendations, you can feel the work of all the muscles of the face. Below are these exercises and their effects:
- The Eight Petal Lotus is the starting position for the entire workout, which stretches the spine and keeps the back straight.
- "Total Tension" is a preparatory exercise that will teach you to activate the muscle points on the skull.
- "Temple Lift" opens the eye area up and to the sides, while smoothing the temples.
- "Face shaping" will help to get rid of depressions and dimples around the mouth and chin and sagging cheeks.
- The "Cheek Lift" shapes and lifts the cheeks and cheekbones.
- "Lip Shaping" lifts the corners of the lips, stretches the mouth to the sides, smoothes the skin on the cheeks and around the eyes.
- "Shaping an ovalface" returns elasticity to the skin of the face, stretches the skin of the face, activates all the most important points that will help you perform all other exercises.
- "Chin Lift" lifts and smoothes the skin on the chin and cheeks.
- "Cheek Stretch" gives definition to the shape of the face and relief, helps to tighten the mouth and shape the cheeks.
- "Lifting the mouth" makes the lips supple and full, smoothes the nasolabial furrow.
- "Tightening the lower eyelid" reduces the appearance of "crow's feet" and lacrimal sacs, strengthens the muscles around the eyes.
- "Forehead and Nose Lift" lifts and stretches the eyebrows, smoothes wrinkles on the forehead and bridge of the nose.
- "Opening the eyes" removes the overhang of the upper eyelid over the eye, develops and lifts the upper circular muscle.
- "Smoothing Forehead" eliminates the habit of wrinkling the forehead, removes fatigue on the face, smoothes and lifts the forehead to the temples and hair roots.
After three weeks, you can do the exercises several times a week, focusing only on problem areas.
More tips from Benita
- Be sure to prepare for training, free your thoughts from negativity, problems, from everything that clouds the mind.
- Correct posture is not only a guarantee of a he althy spine, but also the preservation of a youthful face. Perform the following exercise whenever you have free time. It is necessary to sit on the floor or on a raised platform, crossinglegs. So that the sitting bones are felt. The spine is one line from the coccyx to the crown, the arms are relaxed, the neck is extended, the crown looks straight up. The purpose of the exercise is to stretch the spine.
- The ear muscles play a major role in preventing aging. The ability to move your ears is one of the steps to a toned face. Therefore, those who can move their ears from birth are very lucky. Others will have to practice. These muscles are not used in everyday life, so it is important to develop them in training.
- Keep your mouth open more often. A closed mouth creates wrinkles and indentations around the mouth. Also, a slightly open mouth during a conversation gives the impression of interest and attention.
- Many women make faces when applying makeup, which invariably leads to wrinkles. It is worth trying at this time to do the exercise "Formation of the oval".
Faceforming Reviews
The Internet is replete with before and after photos, as well as testimonials about Benita Cantieni's faceforming. The result is really noticeable. And here's what people are saying:
- Exercise does not take much time, only 10-15 minutes, but after a month you can throw away all anti-aging creams and see the result.
- All exercises must be performed constantly, otherwise there will be no effect. But the results of efforts can be seen after 3 weeks.
- Thanks to Benite Cantieni, age and aging are not terrible, because there is a way to deal with age-related changes.
Conclusion
You can argue for a long time abouthow effective are the methods of Benita Cantieni. But one thing is for sure: her exercises cannot be called superfluous or harmful. The result depends on heredity, on the person himself, on his efforts that he puts into training, and on the desire to change something in himself.
