CRA’P Workshops 2026

14 November from 10:00 to 18:00

Discover the three pillars of a healthy back with the Cu-Max Body Method

Maintaining good posture habits in everyday life is essential for avoiding back pain.

A theoretical and practical workshop led by Silvia Cuesta to learn how to take care of your back, prevent pain and improve body awareness through the Cu-Max Body Method.

Poor postural habits developed through everyday activities can lead to tension, strain and pain that affect quality of life. This workshop offers practical tools to better understand how the body works, correct postural habits and prevent problems such as back pain, lumbago, sciatica and stiffness.

What shall we be doing? / Contents

• The three pillars of a healthy back: foot support, body alignment and leg strength.
• Basic anatomy applied to movement: muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints.
• Key concepts in bodywork: releasing, stretching, expanding and creating space.
• The importance of the psoas-iliac muscle in posture and mobility.
• Body awareness and changing habits.
• Analysis of daily actions: correct and incorrect practices and their consequences.
• Specific stretching exercises to relieve tension and lower back pain.

Learning objectives

• A better understanding of how the body works.
• Identify and apply the principles of good postural hygiene.
• Introduce tools to prevent injuries and reduce strain.
• Learn about the Cu-Max Body Method.
• Acquire practical strategies for improving physical wellbeing and back health.

Intended for

Dancers, dance teachers, physiotherapists and anyone interested in getting to know their body better, improving their body technique, reducing tension and enhancing their physical wellbeing.

Led by: Silvia Cuesta, creator of the Cu-Max Body Method

Cost:

60€ (50€ collaborators and CRA’P associated members).

Registration:

info@cra-p.org / 666 763 504

At CRA’P working space

Silvia Cuesta is a dancer, creator, teacher and founder of the Cu-Max Body Method. She holds a diploma in Classical Dance from the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona and has nearly forty years’ experience in the performing arts, both on stage and in teaching. Throughout her career, she has expanded her education in disciplines such as yoga, Pilates, the biomechanics of movement, injury prevention, the Alexander Technique and neuroscience applied to the body.

The Cu-Max Body Method was conceived in 2003, drawing on her experience as a professional dancer and her rehabilitation process following a serious knee injury. It is a harmonious and holistic body method based on working the deep muscles and following a specific sequence: releasing tension, creating space within the body, stretching, aligning and strengthening.

This work enabled her to recover from her injury, to continue developing her artistic career and to keep dancing to this day. At the same time, it helps to improve posture, the quality of movement and physical wellbeing in a mindful and respectful way.

Her artistic and teaching career, combined with the detailed knowledge of the body she has acquired through dance and the prevention of injuries, has enabled her to develop a methodology suitable for both movement professionals as well as anyone interested in improving their physical health.

For more than twenty years, she has been teaching this method to dancers, sportspeople, adults and elderly people, helping them to reduce tension, prevent injuries and adopt healthier physical habits, with the aim of promoting a life characterised by greater wellbeing, fulfilment and freedom.