The Anti-Oppressive Wellness Workshop (AOWW) explores how movement facilitators can integrate Anti-Racist & Anti-Oppressive practices into their wellness offerings. This interactive workshop covers foundational concepts of anti-oppressive practice including accessibility, power and intersectionality. Wellness facilitators will be challenged to consider ways they can foster a culture of belongingness in wellness spaces through the use of inclusive language, environmental modifications and a critical self-study of their personal values, biases & identities.

The session will include:

• Fundamental terms related to anti-oppressive practice
  

• The 4 dimensions of accessibility
  

• Intersectional program design exercise:
  Work in pairs to create an accessible yoga/pilates class or workshop. The offering must be financially, culturally, physically and gender & 2SLGBTQ+ accessible.

Participants will have 10 mins to present the information to their peers in any way that they'd like - PowerPoint/Google/Canva presentation or just verbally share. After their presentations they will have a brief Q&A with their peers.