Yoga is 90% Undoing

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Not too long ago, I attended a workshop with the incredible Angela Farmer. If you don’t know about Angela, she is a gorgeous woman who has been practicing yoga most of her life, and she’s now in her 70s. To me, she is yoga embodied – truly on and off the mat. Her grounded energy [...]

January 26, 2012 10 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Why Loving Your Body Starts with Awareness

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When I signed up for my first teacher training, I was extremely reluctant. I was convinced that I was “too big” to do it. So while I was interested enough to set up a convo with the studio owner to learn more, I was fully expecting her to tell me (albeit gently) that this wasn’t [...]

January 23, 2012 14 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

What Enough Looks Like

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I had a conversation with my therapist recently that went a little something like this: Her: “Do you know what enough is?” Me: (Looking around to see who she’s talking to, even though I’m clearly the only one there) “Umm…well…I…” Her: “For example, what is enough work to you in a day?” Me: “Hmmm….well, maybe it has [...]

January 19, 2012 12 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

How I Accidentally Wound Up On a Diet — Again

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I ended up on a diet – again. And I really didn’t want to tell you. But maybe not for the reasons you’d think. (Well, probably for some of the reasons you’d think.) Reasons You Might Think You’re right if you think I might find it embarrassing to admit that, despite my body-love-espousing, I somehow [...]

January 16, 2012 48 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Finding a New Level of Trust

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A friend recently asked me if I could trust a situation to unfold. I’m imagining you probably heard my laugh from where you are now. Let’s take a moment and look at the evidence, shall we? I’m the gal who got two master’s degrees because I didn’t think I could get a job with just [...]

January 12, 2012 12 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Curvy Yoga for the Holidays: Practice 3

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When I was with my family over the holidays, I watched more TV than I usually do. While doing so, I realized that I’d somehow managed to forget (aka conveniently block from my memory) just how many diet commercials there are this time of year. It is completely unreal. (If I see Jennifer Hudson one more [...]

January 9, 2012 8 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Contribute to a Book About Curvy Yogis!

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As this blog enters a new year, I’ve been thinking about our community and what it means to invite people into conversation with each other around issues such as body positivity, yoga and the spaces of connection. Some of the most loved posts from last year were about community, including the fun we all had [...]

January 5, 2012 25 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →
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