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As a ‘non-diet’ dietitian and SmartFLOW certified yoga teacher, I have spent my career guiding individuals to heal their relationship with food and movement by providing an alternative to the pervasive messages of diet and fitness culture. I have advanced training in eating disorder nutrition therapy for adult and adolescent populations as well as experience guiding trauma-sensitive meditation, mindfulness, and yoga classes for those in the midst of recovery. I became a Health at Every Size aligned provider at the start of my career when I worked in a residential treatment facility for adolescent girls with eating disorders. Even at such a young age, many of these girls had already internalized the message that weight = health, and it was often one of the platforms their ED would use to hold them captive. I was able to witness how the weight centric approach to health (and the sidekick, diet culture) did not create a safe environment for these girls to recover into. You cannot unsee this impact, so I immersed myself in HAES(R) education and carried this core value into my personal and professional life. As the owner and founder of Rooted Recovery, I continue to hold HAES aligned, compassionate care as the cornerstone for the work I do both in client sessions and in the community through providing classes/workshops on eating disorder prevention, diet culture, and HAES at colleges, doctor's offices, and yoga studios.