It’s time to re-wild your body

When Damien Norris became a parent later in life, he decided to get back into physical shape. It started him on a journey that transformed his fitness and reconnected him to nature. 

Damien founded The Wilding Project, a comprehensive, spontaneous whole-body training approach, rooted in the real world.  

The Wilding Project takes a fresh perspective on fitness, developing both physical movement skills and mental resilience.  

Damien encourages us to move with a purpose for lifelong wellness: ‘be strong to be useful’.  

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx 

About the speaker 

Damien has led an unconventional life. At 16 he left school to pursue a career in gymnastics, but in his early 20s that dream was cut short through injury. 

With no secondary qualifications, Damien coached for a while, travelled, and later returned to school as a mature-age student. That choice would dramatically change the course of his life.  

Since completing a range of degrees, he has worked as a human rights campaigner and aid worker in East Timor, a philosopher, university lecturer, civil and criminal lawyer, and public guardian.  

In 2016 Damien unexpectedly—and reluctantly—found himself involved with gymnastics again. With a whole new perspective on life, wellness and movement, he founded his own movement company called The Wilding Project.