About us
A non-profit organization that focuses on helping kids and adults with special needs to participate in health and wellness classes to live a healthier and more independent life. Our goal is to create an all-inclusive and supportive community where we get to exercise and move while having fun!
This organisation was founded at the end of 2022 with the hope of providing free and accessible group fitness classes to kids & adults with special needs. We hope to continue to grow in participants & services provided to expanding the regularity and accessibility of fitness to all.
The Mission
Create an all-inclusive and supportive community where we get to exercise and move while having fun!
Our Vision
A world where we are all treated as equals, where kids and adults with special needs can feel included.
MEET THE TRAINERS
Aileen Wong
Aileen Wong is a distinguished fitness expert and entrepreneur, recognized as a lululemon Ambassador. Originally from Panama, Aileen is a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and passionate Group Class Instructor with a proven track record of inspiring others to adopt a healthy lifestyle. As Co-founder of MINDFIT, she has developed a platform that fosters a positive and loving relationship between mind and body. Aileen's commitment to inclusivity is evident in her work with individuals with special needs, having taught various fitness classes, including boxing, swimming, and spinning. As the Founder of Inclufit, Aileen is dedicated to creating a safe, fun, and inclusive environment where everyone can move freely and be themselves. Her mission is to empower individuals to reach their full potential, promoting a culture of positivity and acceptance in the fitness community.
FOUNDER & MASTER TRAINER
Kathleen Dino
Maddie Jones
Maddie is a certified personal trainer who specialises in pre and postnatal fitness.
She previously worked as a yoga teacher for 4 years teaching many different styles of yoga, movement and mobility whilst working as a personal trainer part-time. Maddie now dedicates her time to coaching people 1:1 to help her clients make long-lasting and healthier lifestyle choices. She uses her experience as a yoga teacher to make individualised programs for her clients, incorporating mobility, strength and breathwork.
Maddie loves helping people. She wants to help people realise that health and fitness don’t have to be all or nothing. She loves working with mums-to-be and new mums especially, helping them find their way back to their bodies through consistency, patience and compassion.
Ashleigh Martin
Ashleigh is a Fitness coach & Personal Trainer with eight years of experience sharing fitness with people of all ages and abilities and specializes in making movement and wellness choices, enjoyable, efficient, and long lasting.
Ashleigh is a Certified Mental Health First Aider, Personal Trainer, Nutrition Coach & Fighter with a passion for making a fulfilling & active lifestyle accessible and sustainable for everyone.
Kathleen uses her passion for dance and now fitness, her acquired knowledge and skills from being an athlete, and her wisdom from her own experiences to help others achieve holistic health and fitness goals. She puts balance between fun and challenge in whatever she does - whether it’s in dancing, in teaching her classes, or doing HYROX!
Certifications:
FiTOUR Group Exercise, Personal Training, Barre, and Pilates, PILOXING Barre, Booty, and Pilates Flow (Master Trainer), Piloxing SSP, Piloxing KO, Zumba, POUND Fit, Les Mills BodyPump, FluidX
She is also a former member of PH National Team for Rhythmic Gymnastics.
Han-Mi
Han-Mi is an energetic instructor that specialises in mobility training and strength group classes. She volunteers regularly for several charities that serve the Hong Kong community because she is a breast cancer survivor, a mental health advocate and neurodivergent individual herself (ADHD).
Certifications:
RYT 500 (YOGA THERAPY), NASM-CPT, ELEIKO WEIGHTLIFTING LV 1, ELEIKO MASTER EDUCATOR, CLUBBELL LV 1, KETTLEBELL LV 1, NINJA LV 1, WORLD RUGBY LV 1
Kim Petersen
Kim is a professional dancer, educator and choreographer from San Francisco, California. Over more than a decade, Kim has dedicated her life in Hong Kong to a career in youth and special needs education. She mainly teaches in schools and works closely with non-profit organisations to create inclusive and meaningful spaces for individuals to express themselves through movement.
Kim has been involved in multiple community projects with West Kowloon, Unlock Dancing Plaza, African Drumming & Dance Connection, and Musical Dreams Theatrical, and has choreographed for the Hong Kong Players, Majestic Entertainment, and the French May. She has also presented her work at the Hong Kong International Inclusive Dance Festival and YAMA Foundation’s Accessible Wellbeing Conference.
Luciana Caccaos
Luci is an inspiring professional dance teacher born and raised in Brazil. She moved from Germany to Hong Kong in 2018 and has since been teaching a variety of dance classes, including Samba, Zumba, Cardio Dance, and Jazz Funk, as well as fitness classes such as Jumping Fitness, HIIT, and Sculpt Workouts. Luciana's classes are renowned for their energy and charisma. She excels at teaching all kinds of students, from children to the most shy adults.
Five years ago she embarked on a heartfelt journey, offering dance classes to children and young adults with Down syndrome and Autism. This experience has blossomed into her greatest passion, as nothing compares to the joy and happiness she witness in their smiles. Each dance step they take together is a celebration of their spirit and resilience.
