ARVAmethod

Created in 2014 by Arrabella Schippers, ARVAmethod helps you thrive through life's changes with a personalized approach to wellness.

Bodywork, Breathwork, and Health Coaching are available at our Chicago location and through the ARVAmethod App. Welcome to ARVAmethod

Founded in 2014 by Arrabella Schippers, ARVAmethod is your trusted partner on the journey to holistic health and enduring fulfillment. We're here to help you thrive through life's changes with a personalized approach to wellness. What We Offer:

Personalized Coaching with Adaptable Fitness and Nutrition Plans
Therapeutic Bodywork
Awaken Within Breathwork Experiences

Whether you join us in person at our studio in Chicago's West Town neighborhood or access our services online through the ARVAmethod App, we're committed to guiding you toward balance, well-being, and a resilient life. Discover a holistic path to health with ARVAmethod.

11/11/2025

Some of you will answer these immediately. Others might sit with them for a while. Some might feel resistance, or realize you've never really asked yourself these questions before.

All of that is exactly where you need to be.

We're so inundated with what wellness is supposed to look like—the morning routines, the protocols, the optimization—that we've stopped listening to what our own bodies, minds, hearts, and spirits are actually asking for.

Your instinct knows. Your intuition knows. But influence is loud, and it drowns out the inner wisdom that's been trying to get your attention.

These aren't questions for engagement. They're questions for you. To sit with. To notice what comes up. To begin the practice of tuning in to yourself instead of tuning in to what everyone else says you should want.

Wherever you are with this—that's the starting point.

11/03/2025

Wellness isn’t the perfect protocol. Its a practice. Not performance. Presence. Not someone else's plan. Your own embodied truth.

Wellness is connection, communication, compassion, community.

10/14/2025

I came into this industry thinking I was going to help people change their bodies. What I discovered is that the body is never really the problem; it's the disconnection from it.

I'd have clients hit their aesthetic goals and still feel insecure. Or they'd sabotage their progress right before a breakthrough. I realized I was treating symptoms while ignoring the root: people were living disconnected from themselves, chasing goals that had nothing to do with what they actually needed or valued.

That's when everything shifted for me. I started looking beyond bodywork and fitness training, and started learning about nervous system regulation, mindset, and what it actually means to live authentically. I realized that sustainable health isn't about willpower or discipline—it's about consciousness. About being present enough to hear what your body is telling you. About building a life aligned with your values instead of someone else's expectations.

Now I teach people how to reconnect with themselves first. How to make choices from a grounded, conscious place instead of reaction or comparison. How to honor where they actually are instead of beating themselves up for not being where they "should" be. Because real transformation doesn't happen when you force your body into submission,it happens when you finally start respecting and trusting yourself enough to listen to it.

05/18/2025

Calling all Chicago wellness folks — I’m looking for the right person to step into a very unique opportunity. ✨

I’m offering a paid clinical bodywork apprenticeship for a licensed massage therapist who wants to grow in sports therapy, injury prevention, and long-term pain care. This is hands-on mentorship in both advanced technique and the business of running a successful, client-centered practice.

The right person is:
— Clinically trained
— Passionate about helping people feel and move better
— Professional, grounded, and eager to learn
— Ready to build a real career in therapeutic bodywork.

If you know someone in the Chicago area who might be a fit, please send them my way.
Email is the best way to reach me: arrabella@arvamethod.com

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12/31/2024

Looking back on this past year, I'm struck by all the shifting and changing that has taken place. The world feels different, and so does my perspective and focus. I spent much of this year in quiet reflection, keeping the work private.

I believe in the value of doing work in the dark, away from an audience. Not everything needs to be shared or turned into a spectacle for mass consumption. Yet, we live in a time that encourages us to broadcast every moment of success, suffering, joy, and pain, reinforcing the same narratives until there’s no room left to shift our perspective.

As I step into another solar year, I choose to move forward with intention. The world is what you make of it. So make it something beautiful.

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Meet the creator of The ARVAmethod

Arrabella Schippers MMT, CPT, CHC

Founder and CEO

“I teach people how to build a sustainable lifestyle of health, fitness, and well-being. Watching people overcome challenges and start living with confidence and strength is what I LIVE FOR”

What I Do

· HOLISTIC HEALTH PRACTITIONER

· PERSONAL TRAINER

· HEALTH & WELLNESS COACH

· MEDICAL MANUAL THERAPIST

· SPORTS & CLINICAL NUTRITION SPECIALIST

· PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION

I created the ARVAmethod to make holistic health and fitness accessible and sustainable. ARVA stands for Activate, Restore, Vitalize, Attain; the four pillars that make up the foundation for a lifetime of good health and disease prevention. By building your lifestyle around these pillars, you can learn how to live the kind of life that gives you more choices and fewer obstacles, better health, and less health management, better fitness, and less injury.

Holistic health is about living well and pursuing meaningful experiences. I want to teach you how to trust your body and explore all that is possible when you learn how to follow your intuition. There is nothing beyond your reach when you know how to create a plan for success and build a strategy around your vision.

Sports performance, weight loss and management, injury recovery and prevention, disease management and prevention, pain management, and lifestyle design are what I can help you achieve. I want to see you living your vision for a better life. I want to see you find your strongest and most capable self. I want to see you thriving.

How I Started

I have been drawn to healing arts and science all my life. I had an unconventional childhood growing up in a community of artists, activists, and healers. My mother, who is a musician and teacher was disabled by the chronic autoimmune condition called Lyme’s Disease. I saw how she struggled with the health care system and wanted to find a way to help. As a child, I began seeking out mentors who taught me about plant medicine, aromatherapy, energy work, and spirituality. Along with my early introduction to natural medicine, I focused my education on biological sciences and then on holistic health and fitness.

Since 2005, I have worked with thousands of people looking for solutions to their health and fitness challenges. I have worked in physical therapy, sports performance, clinical pain management, weight loss and management, the luxury spa industry, and private practice. In each case, I have found that it is the small daily practices that make the most difference, that consistency over time yields the greatest results, and that following your intuition is where you will find the answers you seek.