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Power Rooted In Earth

HEX Boxing Club is a sanctuary for in‑person Olympic-style boxing training, supportive community, and connection to Earth. A boxing club within a private membership association centering women, we teach technical boxing to all levels. We approach Western boxing as a holistic martial art and weave ecological awareness into everything we do, offering herbalism, meditation, and creative arts as complementary practices. A USA Boxing registered gym founded by author, herbalist, former fighter, and USA Boxing Gold coach Vanessa Chakour, HEX recognizes that progressive technical boxing directly engages our fight, flight, and freeze response. Within a supportive community, structured practice transforms paralyzing patterns into a powerful reconnection with our innate strength and presence.

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Our Ethos

We’re stronger together. In a divisive sociopolitical landscape and increasingly loud virtual world, we need physical spaces where we can cultivate resilience, constructively release pent‑up rage, and root our power in what is real. At HEX, resilience grows through relationship with our bodies, our communities, our creative nature, and the biodiverse ecosystems we depend on. We approach boxing as a holistic martial art and disciplined practice that awakens instinct and grounded strength. As earthly bodies, our well‑being is inseparable from the well‑being of Earth. The wild is not just “out there,” it is our flesh and bones.

Community Voices

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“When I began boxing with Vanessa I had just separated from a difficult marriage and as a survivor of gendered violence, I needed a safe place to find my power, agency and strength again. I not only found all three, but also my community in the safety of the curated space for womxn. As a queer womxn I am forever grateful to Vanessa’s emphasis on safety, technique and holistic empowerment in and outside of the boxing space. At HEX I can feel safe to grow further as a boxer and in community with fellow womxn.”
~ Marissa, Art Therapist

“Beyond physical strength, boxing has given me more presence and reminds me to ground when I'm swimming in my head. As perimenopause (and life!) brings unexpected waves of anxiety, boxing helps me return to my body where I feel my feet on the ground. Boxing training has strengthened my back, sharpened my focus, and helped me calm when I'm anxious and feeling out of control. I’m deeply grateful for this space where the practice of boxing can have such a profound impact outside of the gym."
~ Scout, Visual Artist

“Over 10 months of training with Vanessa, I’ve regained functional fitness in my core, hips, and shoulders lost due to the compounded trauma of becoming a parent in my 40s while living with complex PTSD. The HEX instruction style and community make boxing accessible and fun! I’ve honed my skills and steadiness to propel full-body power. I’ve also increased my capacity to metabolize the onslaught of individual and collective harm of our times. Boxing has become an essential tool in my embodied healing toolkit."
~ DSL, a black queer non-binary Embodied Healing Weaver and Land Steward

“Boxing has introduced me to a new way of understanding how my mind and body communicate; it is fascinating, healing, energizing, and so much fun! Vanessa conjures a communal magic and vitality in the boxing room, creating a powerful space for everyone to train and thrive.”
~ Rachel L.

"This all-women’s and nonbinary boxing gym is one of a kind — the real deal. I’ve trained at other gyms before, and this one’s different. Founder and head coach Vanessa brings sharp, technical training built for everyone — serious boxers to beginners alike. What stands out most is the community, a room full of genuinely supportive people. I always feel clear-headed and energized after leaving there. I’m glad to have found this gym. There’s none like it in the area — Vanessa is putting women’s boxing on the map."
~ Reema

“I recently joined HEX with no prior boxing experience, just an interest and curiosity for the sport. Classes have quickly become the highlight of my week; I have already learned so much from Vanessa in such a short period of time. Her coaching is top tier, professional, and personalized, and the energy in the gym is warm and inspiring. I couldn’t be happier to have stumbled upon this community- it’s everything I’ve been looking for and more.”
~ Caitlin

"HEX is an amazing space where I feel strong, safe, supported, and in community with folx who are looking for similar things. Herbalism classes and boxing training all in the same space? Yes please!"
~ Liz

"If you have any interest in boxing, moving your body, community, connection with the earth, being present and mindful, learning to connect with yourself - the list is endless - this is a place that encompasses all of these things. The women at this gym are kind, friendly, open, welcoming, diverse, smart, inclusive and strong in every way. The space is held lovingly, thoughtfully and intentionally by Vanessa, the owner and head coach/trainer who is highly experienced and skilled in boxing and more - personal training, herbalism and being a genuine and kind human. Every workout is holistic and includes a variety of training modalities. Not to mention the space: spacious, light-filled, well-thought-out, beautiful and generous in what it offers. Vanessa has given something very unique and special to our community and I am sincerely grateful to be a part of it."
~ Libbey

“When I moved to Western Massachusetts, I was looking for a safe and welcoming boxing gym and I found it at Hex Boxing Club. Vanessa’s classes are so fun and challenging and training with other womxn is happiness for me. I love the emphasis on technique, supporting and encouraging each other, and learning about myself through the sport. I’m In love with boxing — the way it reveals what needs tending to and allows access to strength, sovereignty and spirit.”
~ Michelle, Future Boxing Champion

Our Name

The word HEX carries history. Long used to demonize wise women skilled in plant medicine, healing, and Earth‑based ritual, it has been reclaimed as a symbol of subversion and self-sovereignty. As a shape, the hexagon appears in honeycombs built by resilient bee colonies whose collective labor holds strength, and in the cellular structures of plants who harness the energy of the sun. At HEX Boxing Club, we draw on the charged feminine force behind the word and the physical strength found throughout nature.