BiG Thick
Energy
I'm a fat positive dance & fitness instructor and Body Empowerment Consultant based in the San Francisco Bay Area. I teach weekly low-impact, follow-along dance and fitness classes at Hipline in Oakland, CA, and I train instructors and studio crew how to steward a more empowering movement space for bodies of all shapes & sizes. I also teach a monthly pop-up class for fat and plus-size dancers called Big Thick Energy, and I love to host local fat-positive community events.Hi, I’m Kat
I believe fat liberation is for everyone; people of all shapes and sizes deserve dignity and respect; and everyone deserves a space to move joyfully.
If you have a movement space that could benefit from Body Empowerment Consulting, I'd love to work with you!
If you are an individual hoping to heal in your relationship to your body and movement, I'd love to work with you!
If you want to take a dance class with me or hire me to teach a group workshop or private lesson, let's dance! WHO I SeRVE
Bodies of all shapes & sizes deserve to move with
Joy
Body EMpowerment COnsultation FOr Movement SPaces
If you run a dance studio or fitness space, I'd love to meet you where you are, and discuss how Body Empowerment Consulting can welcome in clients you didn't even know you were missing, and transform your client experience in a way that keeps people coming back. 
Body Empowerment Support For Individuals
Are you an individual looking for support in healing your relationship with your your body and movement? Let's chat! 
Fat joy on the dance floor
Fat joy on the dance floor
Big Thick Energy Pop- Up
This monthly class is a celebration of fat, thick, round, curvy, plus size bodies in all their glory. This is an intentional space for fat-identified and plus size folks to take up space unapologetically on the dance floor and connect with each other through fat joy and community. The class is 60 minutes of low-impact, follow-along routines in various styles. No experience is needed. Chairs are available for a seated option.
WHEN?
Every 3rd Friday of the month - 6:30-7:30PM
WHERE?
Hipline Dance & Fitness Studio, Oakland, CA
In-person and virtual livestream
“The peace that comes from even an hour in the space of these classes reverberates profoundly through the rest of my life.”
- Genie (class client)
“I felt so comfortable. The pace and low impact moves were perfect for me.”
-Kate (class client)
“BTE has been such an incredible space for fat joy and community. I’m so thankful there’s a livestream so I can join from New Jersey!”
-Brianna (class client)