I am Hollywood Texas (she,her), First Spirit artist, ancestral healer, bodyworker, pleasure activist and queer strength trainer. Happiness is a language few of us have been taught to speak, and to speak it authentically takes a great deal of strength. As a practitioner of authentic movement, my approach to strength and fitness comes from the radical, indigenous and sacred perspective of pleasure and purpose. I see all things movement through an ancestral healing arts lens, which brings my fitness focus toward learning intentional engagement of the core (no, not the abs) and to restore proper relation back to the buttocks (yes, all the squats). All bodies deserve to engage, embrace and express their inherent, authentic self through the movements known as strength and fitness. I am passionate about providing a framework for anyone of any level of experience, moving throughout time and space to access their authenticity, through knowing themselves as strong. 

I began my own movement and embodiment practice about fifteen years ago, as a means to alleviate the chronic pain and illness I’ve experienced since childhood. As a young artist and knowledge seeker, learning things like yoga, meditation, self-defense, strength training programs such as TRX and CrossFit; I quickly became a passionate professional trainer and coach. Able-body Disciplines such as Body Building, Powerlifting and Olympic Weightlifting all influence my work as equally as my own art, trauma healing, transitions and disability - All of which have taught me much about embodiment, physical therapy, rehab, general mobility and the importance of slowing down. I know the body to be filled with wisdom, and strength as the means to know it. Fitness, to me is not about fitting-in to any other place than our own unique body, happily. No matter what goals or desires are held, through the sacred process of change; pleasure is our purpose and it begins with the breath - the foundation of strength, life and of being alive! 

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