Martyna Osmialowska

I grew up speaking through movement, before I had the words, I had my body. Dance was my first language, it gave me discipline, devotion, joy, but it also gave me a shadow I didn’t see back then, the constant pressure of how my body should look.

As a teenager, I thought “good” meant thin. Before every holiday, I’d push myself harder, counting days and staring at the mirror. At fifteen, I had a healthy, strong body, but I couldn’t see it. I’d edit my own photos to look smaller. I was there, but I wasn’t enough.

Then my spine broke the spell.
An injury that made me think I’d never move the same way again. It was a shock. Movement wasn’t about shaping my body anymore, it was about not losing it. I remember the first time I could move without pain again, it felt like the biggest gift life had given me.

Coming back was slow, and I came back different.
I stopped chasing an image, I started protecting my body, I learned to work with it instead of against it, to keep the strength I could have lost.

That shift changed more than my training, it changed my life.
Now when I teach, my goal isn’t for you to “get a perfect body.” My goal is for you to carry your groceries without pain, to take the stairs without feeling heavy, to protect your spine, to save your energy for the things you love.

I’ve learned that how I look is not the most important thing, health is, strength is, connection — to yourself and to others — is, and those are worth showing up for, again and again.

HARA is where I can share that with others, a place to move, to get stronger, and to feel good in the body you live in every day.