Posts by Jenn Hicks
Nia Faculty Member, Certified Personal Trainer & Size Inclusive Fitness Specialist
Many of you may know that beginning in January 2020, I began training to become part of the Nia Training Faculty. I entered the 3NGt cohort (the 3rd generation of Nia Trainers) without knowing a pandemic was on the horizon. Specifically, I was learning about how to share the Nia curriculum at the first belt…
Read MoreCollage Workshop: A Fundraiser for Center Lifelover in Kiev, Ukraine
On Sat Apr 30, 2022 members of our Nia community participated in a fundraising workshop to support Zhizneljub (Lifelover), a Community Center located in Kiev, Ukraine. Together, and with generous donations from our community, we raised $620 for them! Since the war, Center Lifelover has been helping the cities most vulnerable people (elders and isolated…
Read MoreLiving life on purpose in my midlife!
I was fortunate to be featured by Sara Smeaton on her “Power Profiles” series. Sara is an amazing coach who helps people discover the joy and power in midlife while navigating transitions on your own terms. She’s my kind of person! The original post can be found on her website here.
Read MoreHAES and doing right
I have been a member of the HAES® (Health at Every Size) community for many years. I have appreciated finding an online community to help me in my attempts to unlearn diet culture and metabolize the harm I have experienced because of it. It has benefitted me immensely both personally and as Nia teacher…
Read MoreBreaking Body Biases: Can Exercise be Harmful? Orthorexia with FitPro Jennifer Hicks
I recently had the honour of being interviewed by Christine DiFilippis of Breaking Body Biases. Breaking Body Biases is an anti-diet and joyful movement podcast which amplifies the voices of fitness professionals, dieticians and health practitioners promoting HAES (Health At Every Size). How wonderful to talk with Christine about diet culture, privilege, choice making and…
Read More3 reasons to stop loving your body: Body acceptance
Yes, you heard me right. I said stop loving your body. And start looking at an alternative: body acceptance. Now don’t get me wrong. When I first discovered body positivity a few years back, I felt like I had come home. The fact that someone, anyone, was promoting the idea that I should not have…
Read MoreExercises to Do in Bed: The Nia Way
Recently I was in the hospital for a kidney infection (and learned a new word – pyelonephritis = kidney infection). It was not pleasant but I’m grateful for the excellent care I received. Keep Moving While I was being pumped full of fluids and antibiotics I knew I had to keep moving. How did I know…
Read MoreHealth At Every Size
I was recently interviewed by Sarah Du Couto for Women Quest Online Magazine. The article is below and the original is here.
Read MoreTake Appearance Out Of Compliments
A whole lot of learning begins with unlearning. That’s what I’ve been doing for the past year or so. Learning about body positivity/acceptance by unlearning what I’ve been taught about bodies and their worth. This is why I don’t comment on other’s bodies. I have personally experienced the pain of having my body…
Read MoreEmbrace your jiggly bits
For one week in May of 2020, I was privileged to be able to take a virtual crash course in human dissection with Gil Hedley. Today I reviewed my notes that chronicled Gil’s dissection of Margaret* as many of us watched from all over the world. I was viscerally moved as I recapitulated the…
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