Nonnormative Body Club

I'm resurfacing on Instagram to share that Weightlifting 101 is starts again this month! You can click the link in my bio to learn more and sign up.

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1) Black background with white text reading "Weightlifting 101 Virtual Series. Tuesdays August 26 - September 30 8:30-10 AM Eastern Time" with image of chubby mermaid doing a bicep curl and "Nonnormative Body Club" logo

2) Black background with white text reading "Practice listening to signals from your body and adjusting your workout accordingly" and "Nonnormative Body Club" logo

3) Black background with white text reading "Learn how to choose and perform exercises that are a good fit for your body and goals" and "Nonnormative Body Club" logo

4) Black background with white text reading "BUild community with a small, consistent group in an anti-oppressive environment" and "Nonnormative Body Club" logo

5) Black background with white text reading "Weightlifting 101 Space limited to 20 people. sliding scale: $0-400. Class recordings available to participants" and "Nonnormative Body Club" logo

Today is my 36th birthday. In Judaism, this is a significant year because it’s double chai! “Chai” means life, and the numerical value of the letters in “chai” is 18, so every multiple of 18 is very special.

To celebrate my life and all life, please join me in supporting the life-affirming organizations that are building revolutionary alternatives to the capitalist, white supremacist hellscape that our government is attempting to enforce around the globe.

Every month, I send funds to the Freedom Side School, a Philly-based project that is opening an abolitionist school for children whose parents are incarcerated. I invite you to join me in being a sustaining member with the link in my bio and/or comment with the life-affirming organizations that get your resources (money, time, skills, etc).

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This little bean is about to spend more time out of the house being cared for by others, which among other things means I’m about to have space for new clients for the first time in a year. I’ll share details with my list serv soon, so make sure to add yourself through my website if you’re interested in working together!

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I’m excited that we’re actually starting this week. We can still welcome a few more folks. No- and low-cost spaces opened up for those who need them.⁣
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I’m also so very excited to be done spamming y’all about this class! 😅 Thanks to my unofficial business coach/friend and my legit anti-capitalist business coach for gentle reminders that you actually have to keep sharing about a thing if it’s new and you want people to find out about it.

Today is Pub Day for this anthology! I wrote a chapter about disembodiment, weightlifting, and healing. I can't wait to read the other essays by friends and heroes! Buy it online or ask for it at your local bookstore or library!

Deconstructing the Fitness-Industrial Complex: 9781623177270 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books Perspectives from QTBIPOC, fat, and disabled trainers, bodyworkers, and coaches on reimagining fitness for all bodies. For readers of Belly of the Beast, Care Work, and The Body is Not an Apology Fit...

I’ve been sitting on this announcement for way too long. Check out these cuties in their Nonnormative Body Club t-shirts and get your own here: https://nonnormativebodyclub.com/merch/t-shirt! ⁣
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Shirts are made in the US, printed by local, q***r-owned , and illustrated by local artist, .mirage.⁣
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Heartthrob models: and 🤩 🥰

Prior to arriving in Philly in 2018, I had a long standing annual ritual of taking off work and going on a weeklong bike tour. I put that on pause for the last couple of years partially because my cross country bike tour to move here really scratched that itch and also because it’s incredibly hard to take off a full week now that I’m self employed. A scarcity mindset from internalized capitalist ideals makes me a sh*tty boss.⁣⁣
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I’m excited to be picking back up my very favorite self care practice and tossing my phone in the bottom of my panniers as I embark on my first *solo* bike tour from Nocotchtank and Piscataway land in DC to Shawnee and Osage land in Pittsburgh.

The final three spaces in this six person class have been paid for specifically for Black and Indigenous q***r and trans people! If this is you and you would like to learn kettlebells, consider signing up! If not, please share!

This weekly series is designed for beginners to learn foundations of kettlebell exercises. We will take our time to focus on form and notice what our bodies are doing and feeling as we move. This class is explicitly weight neutral and free of diet talk.

Please email me at [email protected] if you are interested and have any significant joint injuries or other medical conditions or injuries that limit your ability to exercise safely to discuss whether and how we can make this class safe for you.

Vaccines are required. Mask requirements will be determined by the needs of the group. The cap of six people over six weeks is intended to decrease the risk of COVID.

Register here: https://nonnormativebodyclub.com/wor.../intro-to-kettlebells

[Image description: black background with faded drawing of two figures exercising - one winged cyclops with top surgery scars and one chubby mermaid with curly hair. Text reads: "Intro to kettlebells. Tuesdays @ 5:30pm 9/21-10/26 West Philly. Final spaces are reserved for Black and Indigenous q***r and trans people at no cost." Logos at the bottom: Nonnormative Body Club and EveryBody Movement and Wellness]

I have lots of competing thoughts and feelings about this award, and I’m trying to let the good ones come through.⁣
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I’m still new to the scene (Philly and training). I’m very much a student and honored to have mentors and teachers who have been in this work for decades. ⁣
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The skills that I feel most pride in as a trainer are the skills I built over many years as a youth worker and organizer. Building power through connecting individuals to one another. Listening deeply and being curious. Challenging oppressive narratives around and within us. Prioritizing relationships and community above all else.⁣
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Thank you for this extremely generous and unexpected recognition.

📣STARTING TODAY!! DON’T MISS IT!!📣⁣⁣
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The Big Body Positive Movement & Wellness Series is just one week away and we would LOVE to have you! Still streaming as we readjust to an opening world. Still accessible with classes ranging from chair yoga to hip hop dance. And *still* PAY WHAT YOU CAN! ⁣⁣
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This year there’s *more* rest! And *more* opportunities to connect and move on your own with our private YouTube channel. So what are you waiting for? Full schedule in the 3rd slide. Sign up & pay what you can through the link in my bio. ⁣⁣
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Book Report: Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by Dr. C Riley Snorton (.rileysnorton ) — University of Minnesota Press(2017)

1. Please tag and share this important history
2. To learn more order the book from an indie book store (link in bio)

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