154 Robin Lacambra: Sharing Privilege

Robin Lacambra is the founder of GOODBODYFEEL Movement Studio and the GOODBODYFEEL Movement Method. She is an empowered embodiment educator – blending practices like Pilates, yoga and mindfulness and sharing them from anti-oppression, trauma aware and eating disorder informed frameworks. Robin is also a somatic coach, social justice advocate and eager student of diverse movement practices. Her aim as a movement educator is to help facilitate others to move mindfully and feel good in their bodies as well as recognize the intersection of physical practice and social politics.

Robin believes in finding a balance between being a for-profit small business that centers community-benefit over maximum profit for few, by experimenting with sliding scale pricing, service exchange and bursaries for marginalized communities. Robin’s passion is creating and strengthening bridges between different industries and social causes. There is always an intersection worth exploring, uplifting and sharing. She created the Sharing Privilege workshop and workbook, offered online and in-person (http://www.royola.ca/about-spo), exploring how we can sustainably share our individual privilege to create more access and abundance for more people. She also offers lectures on Movement for All Bodies: Language and Sequencing (for instructors), Empowered Embodiment: Ego as Ally, Body as Resource, Ambition as Service, and Anchored Ambition: How to grow a career while reducing harm to self, others, and the planet.

Kathryn and Robin talked about running a sustainable studio business in these times, and what it means to share privilege. They talk about the logistics of sliding scale, how to still be paying teachers, why people attend classes, and why Robin has been using a sliding scale model from day one. Robin also talks about how we can use our privilege as a resource to help and share with others, rather than feeling guilt or shame.