Sekond Skin Society

Introducing our Co-Lead Fitness Trainer, Lissa Piercy! LP (Lissa)

Lissa is a fitness instructor, operator, and facilitator who lives with ADHD and bi polar disorder, using movement as part of both her personal and professional practice.

Since 2017, she’s taught hundreds of group fitness classes and held leadership roles across instructor development, programming, and operations. Lissa is certified in both the Lagree Method and Method Room’s TMR Method, is a former Les Mills BodyPump instructor, and previously led a Lagree program where she mentored instructors, helped shape programming, and supported instructor training and development.

Lissa has long used movement as part of her mental health toolkit. Her path into fitness began as someone looking for tools to support her own wellbeing. That experience continues to shape her approach to teaching. She is known for creating classes that are welcoming, adaptable, and challenging, while meeting people where they are.

Accessibility and inclusion have been consistent threads throughout Lissa’s career. She’s facilitated workshops and spoken at conferences internationally, including the Opportunity Collaboration and the Skoll World Forum. Through a fellowship with SmartJob and Enable Ventures, she supported entrepreneurs working at the intersection of disability and technology across multiple countries.

Across fitness, entrepreneurship, disability inclusion, and workforce development, Lissa’s work is grounded in a simple belief: talented people exist everywhere, but opportunity and access do not. She is excited to help develop a new generation of instructors that will expand who feels welcome in fitness spaces.

We are thrilled to have you as part of our team, Lissa!

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The fitness industry was built for one type of body.
 
We’re certifying the trainers who are changing that.
 
The Sekond Skin Society Certifications are offered in a 12-week hybrid program in fitness and yoga instruction, led by Wes Hamilton (founder of Kansas City’s first adaptive wellness centre, two TEDx talks) and Niya Bajaj (IAYT-certified yoga therapist, New York Times, Forbes, best-selling author).
 
They live this work — they didn’t just study it.
 
Whether you’re a fitness professional who wants to serve the people you currently have to turn away, or someone whose lived experience with disability is your most powerful credential — this certification was made for you.
 
What’s included:
• 12-week hybrid delivery
• Fitness + Yoga Instructor cohorts
• Founding cohort: September 2026
• Spots are limited
 
Founding cohort bonuses (first two cohorts only):
→ Lifetime SSS membership
→ Permanent Instructor Directory listing, fee-free for life
 
Website Link in bio to find out more and reserve your spot.

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Introducing our Lead Yoga Trainer - Niya Bajaj Anti Diet Weight Struggles Expert - Niya

Niya is excited to work with the Sekond Skin team because our shared value of collaborating with and in community is an incredible beginning to realize a safer, more inclusive, and just future where nothing about us happens without us. As someone who has been left out of movement spaces, or been told that she “didn’t fit” Niya is looking forward to welcoming students to a learning space that is designed for and enriched by their lived expertise. She’s so pleased to learn from her colleagues and to share the practices from her lineage to help amplify the impact these incredible humans are already making and to support their development as leaders.

Niya is an award-winning IAYT-certified yoga therapist and narrative-medicine facilitator. She has thousands of hours of yogic training in philosophy, biomechanics, and therapeutic applications as well as is a best-selling author, award-winning mental health champion, mentor and philanthropist. 

With extensive experience designing and leading adult-learning programs—including mindfulness-based leadership development and trauma-informed and responsive yoga training—Niya brings ancient wisdom and modern science together in an accessible, evidence-informed, grounded, inclusive way. 

Her ideas on a salutogenic approach to well-being have been featured in Forbes, the New York Times, the Toronto Star, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Globe and Mail, Yoga Therapy Today, and the book “Are We Friends or Co-workers?”.
 

More announcements about our Co-Lead trainers, peer mentor, consultants, and more coming soon!!

Image Description: Niya is a light-skinned South Asian woman with long dark hair, dark eyes, high cheekbones, an aquiline nose and a defined jawline. She wears a soft black tunic with a plaid print, and large gold cuffs on her wrists as she grins. Her elbows are resting on her desk at her office at Holistic Yoga Therapy which is softly lit with dark walls and large pieces of abstract art in the background, creating an inviting, hospitable space for conversation and practice.

🚨Introducing our Lead Fitness Trainer - Wes Hamilton

What draws Wesley to Sekond Skin Society is a shared commitment to belonging. A community where standing, seated, signed, and every other way of moving through the world are equally valued. It’s a mission he has spent his life building, and one he is excited to help advance.

Wesley is an adaptive athlete, entrepreneur, speaker, and disability advocate based in Kansas City, Missouri. He is the founder and CEO of INCLŪSIV Wellness Center, Kansas City’s first fully adaptive wellness center, and the founder and executive director of Disabled But Not Really, a nonprofit empowering people with physical disabilities through fitness, wellness, and community. He also serves as Chair of the Kansas City Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities.

As a keynote speaker and consultant, Wesley has delivered more than 60 presentations for organizations including Google, Deloitte, McDonald’s, the Government of Canada, Penn State, Rutgers, and Kaiser Permanente. He has given two TEDx talks and has been featured by Netflix’s Queer Eye, Good Morning America, Forbes, Fortune, and CNN.

So much more to come about Wes and our other Lead Trainers. Stay tuned!

Image Description: Wes is an early middle aged black man wearing a white dress shirt and black tie. He smiles while seated in a wheelchair in an inclusive fitness and wellness facility. Exercise equipment, greenery, and a sign reading “Inclusiv Wellness” are visible in the background, creating a welcoming and accessible environment.

Just wait til we reveal who’s leading our certifications!! Ahhhh 🚀

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Early morning walk and talk ❤️

With so many people reaching out to ask questions about our certifications, this is what sets ours apart from anything else.

You’re not just learning about disability and accessibility, you’re:

- learning from disabled leaders,
- learning with colleagues with disabilities going through the program with you, and
- experiencing accessibility in real time with captions, transcripts, video, written teaching, images, plain language, ASL interpreters and peer support mentors!!!

Join our Jan cohorts for just $50/month 🚀🚀

Video description: Lee-Anne, the Founder and CEO of Sekond Skin Society , is an early middle aged white woman with dark brown hair pulled up in a top bun. She’s wearing a grey tshirt with the words “New Year, New Faces, New Dreams, New Changes” on it. She has headphones sitting around her neck and is out walking on a trail with her dog, sun shining brightly on her face. Lee-Anne is talking about the questions people who are already certified are asking about taking the new Yoga and Fitness Certificarions Sekond Skin has created, and sharing what sets ours apart programs apart.

Adaptive Fitness should not exist!!!!!! 🚨

Movement was always meant to be for all bodies. We’re actually putting that thought into action.

What an honour to be a finalists for the Disability Smart Impact Award for Product Design.

We never get tired of hearing powerful intros that demonstrate how the world sees our impact! 🙌🏼

Congratulations to all finalists and the winners!




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