Josh Hash is the creator of Strength Side. With over 800k subscribers on YouTube, Strength Side helps people gain freedom in their body and mind through movement. Strength Side’s mission is to inspire more mindful movement in order to cultivate meaning and a higher quality life. Josh enjoys a life of travel, soaking up sunshine like a lizard, and always has a book nearby.

Born and raised in New Zealand. Lives now in Norway. Currently associate professor of education and social sciences at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. Coaching and training background in a number of sports in different parts of the world. Founder of the Emptiness Project, a research and experience group using tools of awareness to explore the human mind and body.

Brittany is a coach and Kettlebell Partner Passing Instructor. After being a personal trainer for 8 years, a competitive kettlebell athlete for 6 years, and a lifelong high achiever, she experienced burnout and realized that she was unfulfilled. Brittany quit social media, took a step back from work and working out, and embarked on a new path in search of meaning. So far, it's led her to discover the importance of prioritizing relationships, finding joy in movement, and being fully present in the here and now.

Trevor’s mission is to help others understand and experience their body and life in ways Western Culture falls short.  He identified as an athlete from a young age, and feels the culture surrounding team sports lead to a poor relationship with his own body and movement, seeing it always as a means to an end.  Through various forms of sport, dance, martial arts, calisthenics, and adventuring, Trevor has come to see the human body as a vehicle for self-exploration, expression, connection, enjoyment, and an infinite source of wisdom.  Now he shares his values and passions through content creation and coaching. 

Nicolette is somatic movement practitioner, who has worked for the last decade studying the life of the body through its bio energetic process. She is student of jiu jitsu, herbalist and trainee of the Feldenkrais Method. Having this diverse and rich background has helped her harness the skill of body reading. In her somatic sessions she links the relationship and interplay of the physical body, emotions and thinking. It is through these combined modalities of an awareness explored via subtle easy movement she has been able to help others connect with their body as continuum of pulsatory and streaming currents, an excitatory ocean.

Virgil is a former Elite and Olympic athlete from The Netherlands with over 30 years in track and field. After various international bouts as a decathlete, hurdler and sprinter he kept running into the same problem over and over again. Even though he should have been extremely fit and ready for everything he wasn't. He could lift heavy weights, sprint fast, jump high and have all types of high level abilities and yet he could not slowly walk for an hour, watch a movie in the theatre or simply rest in a deep squat without pain.  How was it that he could do all the high intensity stuff but not the normal human stuff? It was because of this question he started to obsessively seek out the knowledge of several world renowned trainers, therapists and coaches to learn from them personally. In this search he first came in contact with what he now knows as the Movement Approach and it gave him so many insights that he decided to devote his life to it. Now he is attempting to truly define Movement.

Marcello is known for his studies of movement in a relationship with the environment. His interest and investigations of different artistic and scientific dimensions brought him far and wide. Notably, he helped shape the face of Parkour in Europe, got his Master of Science degree in strength and conditioning at St. Mary university in London, and was part of Ido Portal’s team for three years.    Currently his body of work continues to develop integrating in a coherent philosophy movement dexterity, dance, urban practices, the science of strength & conditioning and athletic principles. Through his teachings Marcello wishes to improve other people’s quality of life, allowing them to find their individuation and identity through deep transformative work.

Luke graduated from the Welsh Institute of Chiropractic (WIOC) in 2015 and started an innovative rehabilitation and healthcare company called Back to Roots (B2R) in 2016. Frustrated by the Chiropractic professions traditional model of care Luke teamed up with Paul McCambridge to create a company that marries up ‘evidence based practice’ and holistic healthcare in a person centred way, greatly inspired by Play. In 2017 Luke and Paul started guest lecturing at the University of South Wales, WIOC, and over the passing years have had greater impact at the University with B2R methods with Paul now being course leader and Luke lecturing weekly in the 3rd and 4th years of the course. Luke has and still mentors healthcare professionals and trainers in the B2R approach and has spoken internationally on the topic of exercise adherence and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. Luke, Paul and the B2R team have been running CPD events around the world for the past 5 years, receiving British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) and Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA)  accreditation. B2R created “Pain Clinic”, A 12 week self management programme delivered via the Results Wellness Lifestyle app which is also undergoing trials for approval to be accessible on the National Health Service (NHS) here in the UK. Luke has also completed a Sports and Exercise Science Degree and has a vast interest in exercise from Rugby, to Weightlifting, to Gymnastics, to dance, to boxing, to capoeira, to strongman just to name a few. At the time of writing Luke has led two SOLD-OUT B2R internships with Samantha Emmanuel. Here we bring leaders of the field of movement, fitness, rehab and evidence based practice into one community inclusive of Coaches, Physical Education Teachers, Dancers, Fighting Monkey teachers, Physiotherapists, Chiropractors, Occupational therapists, Exercise Physiologists, Strength Coaches and students of all fields together to experience thoughtless, fearless, relaxed movement; and to prescribe it; and how to sell it .

Agathe is a movement teacher based in Paris. After sustaining twelve fractures in a life-changing accident in 2015, she entered a five-year rehabilitation process that led her to experience and explore movement "from scratch". She went from teaching traditional ashtanga yoga pre-accident, to exploring a wide range of movement practices, with the central goal and obsession of recovering a fully healthy body. She is now back to working as an educator, and considers it her mission to share with her students what her personal journey towards healing has taught her. Through the learning process of a movement practice, she helps her students build freedom and resilience for the body and the mind. Curiosity, love of life, and open-mindedness are a constant background for her classes.

Jozef Frucek has been studying under the guidance of Master Ming Wong C.Y., also a doctor of Chinese Medicine, the internal principles of movement and their relation to health and aging. Jozef got his ArtD degree on Voice and Movement in 2002 under the supervision of Ludmila Machatsova, who is considered as one of the most influential communication trainers. Jozef Frucek and Linda Kapetanea are the founders of Fighting Monkey Practice. They are both professionally involved in art, athletics and movement research. Since 2002 Linda and Jozef have been developing the Fighting Monkey Practice through a deep study on cross motion analysis and with aim to understand the principles of the human movement, communication and the ageing process.