Darah Richardson

How it all Started...

Darah Richardson founded Omni Health & Wellness, after being distressed at the overall lack of support for individuals with severe physical or intellectual disability...and the dramatic way this affected their overall quality of life. The very people who would benefit the most from the improvements that a regular exercise program brings, were often led to believe that they were incapable of taking part in a fitness regimen.

Since then, her passion for special needs fitness has expanded to include other groups of people often overlooked by the general fitness community, like senior citizens, youth and people recovering from or living with serious illnesses, as well as the general population.

Her background as a social worker, and fitness professional leave her acutely aware of and sensitive to the challenges involved in training people with various types of physical and mental disabilities, whether temporary or permanent--and has led her into activism on behalf of this underrepresented population.