I started working as a personal trainer in 2017. I came to personal training because of my own experiences with all the ways that exercise and moving my body could make my life better. Through movement, I’d learned tools to help manage chronic pain, move through emotions, inhabit my body on my own terms as a trans person, and have the thrill of doing things I didn’t think I could do. But even though I learned to love working out, I also knew a lot of people who avoided the gym because fitness culture is trash. 

Since then, I’ve worked with hundreds of people to find approaches to movement that are realistic and supportive for their lives. I don’t offer 6-week transformations or make big promises about how your body will change. Instead, I accompany folks as they get to know their bodies, expand their sense of what they’re capable of, and – in many cases – build the most consistent movement practice they’ve ever had. 

Most people I work with are queer or trans; community organizers or leaders in liberation struggles; folks in larger bodies who don’t want to deal with fatphobia or focus on weight loss; and/or people in eating disorder recovery. Many of my clients deal with chronic pain or injury histories.