This workshop is a movement for self-love, self-care, and support by and from the BIPOC sisterhood. Using Kettlebells for everyBODY, this introductory session is for all experience levels to embrace community connection and re-enforce your Kettlebell Basics, while exploring some unconventional kettlebell lifts sprinkled in. Whether it is your first time picking up a bell, or you are a seasoned pro, you can find joy in your movement practice here.
This event is open to women-identifying BIPOC U of T students, staff and faculty only (all body shapes and sizes welcome). We ask that individuals who do not identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Colour reserve this space for those who do.
Register at recreation.utoronto.ca
Registration opens May 1.
Damali Fraiser (she/her/hers) is a Canadian Kettlebell Instructor, Nutrition Coach, and author passionate about exploring fitness from an intersectional lens. Founder of Lift Off Strength & Wellness Damali is a compassionate coach and student of strength who teaches hardstyle kettlebell technique, inclusive fitness and sustainable nutrition that supports you in meeting you wherever you are and confidently moving forward to where you want to be.
You can connect with Damali on her website liftoffstrength.ca, on Instagram @Damali.Fraiser, TikTok and on YouTube @liftoffstrength or through her retreats for Black Women in Kettlebells @kettlebellsinblack.
Deniece (D) Bell is a lifelong learner, committed to holding space for people to feel heard, valued, and challenged. Currently pursuing a master's in Kinesiology, with an emphasis on equity in sport, Coach D has been a part of several initiatives and research projects. As an Anti-Racism Program and Events Developer at the University of Toronto, they are focused on anti-racism in sport, rethinking fitness with a decolonizing lens, and advocating for the inclusion and nurturing of equity seeking groups (BIPOC and LGBTQ2i+ folk) in the fitness world and beyond. D has been teaching and coaching for over 20 years.
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