What if movement could simply feel good? Joy in the Jiggle is a fun, accessible, anything-goes movement experience centered on embodiment, play, and connection—without expectations about fitness, ability, appearance, or performance. Through easy-to-follow dance, rhythmic movement, and opportunities to move in ways that work for your body, we’ll explore movement as a source of pleasure, expression, and belonging. Come exactly as you are. Seated and standing options will be offered, modifications are always welcome, and there are no wrong moves—just an invitation to move, connect, and have some fun.
Designed for individuals who are healing from an eating disorder or disordered eating.
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Facilitator
Leslie Jordan Garcia, MBA, MPH, CEDRS, CPT (she/her), is a public health professional, eating disorder recovery specialist, movement educator, and advocate committed to creating more equitable and liberatory approaches to health and healing. As Treatment Access Program Manager at Project HEAL, Leslie works to dismantle systemic barriers to eating disorder care and expand access for communities historically excluded from traditional treatment and recovery spaces.
With a background spanning public health, nonprofit leadership, fitness, mindfulness, and embodied practice, Leslie brings an intersectional, weight-inclusive lens to conversations about bodies, recovery, and being well. Her work explores how anti-fatness, racism, ableism, and other systems of oppression shape who is granted access to care—and what becomes possible when we imagine health beyond control, conformity, and body hierarchy.
A longtime group fitness instructor and personal trainer, Leslie believes movement can be a source of joy, connection, autonomy, and belonging for every body. Across her work, she invites people to move away from fixing bodies and toward creating conditions in which people can thrive.