Anabel Roca is a lifelong mover. She started gymnastics and dance at the age of four. At seventeen, she became a professional dancer on tour but was seriously injured at twenty. After doctors told her that she would likely always be in pain, Anabel began what became a lifelong journey in fitness and rehabilitation. She spent her twenties on a quest to heal. She was treated by and apprenticed under various bodyworkers; this led her to study Anatomy, the Ido Portal Method, and Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS). By twenty-four, Anabel had healed and became stronger and more coordinated than she had ever been before.

Anabel is now a certified personal trainer, corrective exercise specialist, and group fitness instructor under NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine). She is also a certified DNS exercise trainer with over two years of clinical application experience under the expertise of physical therapist Tali Duer. Anabel is also self-employed at Roca Coaching, where she has used DNS to help improve handstands, deadlifts, muscle-ups, and general alignment and stabilization for her clients. She integrates the Ido Portal Method for movement games and play. 

Anabel holds a BA in Sociology of Medicine from UC Berkeley and has published written work regarding dance and rehabilitation. She is deeply passionate about the human body and our lived experience within it. There is nothing more gratifying for her than helping others find a connection to their bodies and develop a sense of alignment, stabilization, and strength.