đââïž Movement Mentor
𧩠Neuro, Recovery & Mental Health
đ» Virtual + York Region
đȘ Est 2010 Let the fitness come to you!
06/12/2026
while, some of you might know that hockey is my passion, I also played soccer in the summertime. Soccer is what helped condition me for hockey in the winter. (I later became a referee)
When I was 10 years old in 1994, I remember my soccer team doing fundraising with Snickers chocolate bar, and on the wrapper it had FIFA 1994 USA.
I thought how cool would it be if we hosted something like that?
and 30 years later, here we are!
When I talk about what it means to be a movement mentor, this is at the heart of it.
Itâs not just about the physical training; itâs about creating a safe space where people can show up as their full, authentic selves without judgment.
We are here to move, to play, and to be ourselves.
Mâs first time stick handling and passing with a hockey stick.
This is a great way to focus on hand & eye coordination, and spatial awareness.
While the clips are very short, you can see that a simple game like hitting the tennis ball back and forth with tennis rackets, allows us to work on our hand eye coordination, speed, agility and reaction time.
It was also cool that this client unintentionally was able to hit the ball into the trashcan.
At the core of every sport and every game is fitness, but more than that, itâs connection.
Today marks my 16th year as a trainer.
A lot has changed. but going back to my roots hasnât.
Yesterday at Limitless League, we played a throwing game. Bean Bags, streamers, a little chaos and Pure fun.
This is my work.
This is my why.
05/23/2026
If youâve ever run a summer camp or coached youth sports, you know one thing is absolute truth.
Kids donât learn movement from a textbook or from being told what to do. They learn it by doing, and they learn it through play.
Iâm spending the day levelling up with a Childrenâs Fitness Coach course.
Looking at these slides on Fundamental Movement Skills Locomotor, Object Control, and Balanceâtakes me right back to my roots in recreation.
What started as a part-time job in 1999 as an ice skating instructor led me through different aspects of recreation (summer camps, afterschool camps, cruise ships) which taught me that if a game isnât fun, the skill doesnât stick.
You canât just drill repetition. You have to weave it into the experience.
That foundation is exactly why I built the Movement Mentor approach the way I did.
Traditional personal training doesnât work for everyone, especially the neurodivergent kids and young people I coach.
They donât need another rigid fitness routine or someone just barking instructions. They need sport as the entry point, games as the structure, and fitness and regulation as the outcome.
When a kid is playing tag, theyâre working on locomotor skills.
âšWhen theyâre throwing a bean bag at a target, theyâre building object control.
âšWhen theyâre dribbling a soccer ball between cones and shooting on net, theyâre working on speed, agility, and foot-eye coordination.
Theyâre engaged because itâs fun.
Thatâs the magic. Movement, sport, and games arenât separate things. Theyâre the same toolkit, just applied with intention.
Me pulling up to the ball court for my clientâs session
*for anyone who knows me, I am not the greatest at basketball, but this isnât about me*
This is actually what adaptive fitness looks like.
You find out what your client loves.
You show up in their world, and suddenly fitness doesnât feel like fitness anymore.
This client loves basketball. So we ball.
Thatâs the job.
Thatâs the connection.
Thatâs how change happens.
05/12/2026
Todayâs adaptive fitness session.
We went for a walk to the park found a great spot and then we kicked at old school with this.
This exercise is not only cardiovascular, it works on speed, agility, cross lateral movement and spatial awareness.