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Journey to Wellbeing : How Yoga & Meditation helped me find the way

March 25, 2020 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

Ta Moko

by Matt Calman, The Longest Day I regard it as a minor miracle I became a yogi. For as long as I can remember, in the four-decade-long pre-yoga phase of my life I was horribly inflexible, and unable to get within a foot of touching my toes. My main pastimes in my 20s included playing rugby and drinking beer with my teammates. In my mind, activities such as yoga and ballet dwelt at the opposite end of the spectrum from my modus operandi. If anyone had suggested to the younger me that I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: How Yoga Helped Me Tagged With: anxiety, depression, meditation, wellness, yoga

Am I Endorsing Obesity by Telling Bigger- Bodied Yogis to Love Themselves?

August 20, 2015 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

By guest author Nityda Bhakti "I am so interested in trying yoga- I just need to wait until I lose this last fifteen pounds." "Yoga? Me?! Do you see my size? I could never lift myself off the ground like that!" I’ve heard comments like these for the past decade that I’ve been teaching. I’ve made it my mission to make friends, family, acquaintances, even strangers for that matter, see that you don’t have to be a certain weight, body-type, gender, age or race to begin a yoga practice. I’ve … [Read more...]

Filed Under: What's Real Yoga & a Real Yogi?, Yoga & Body Image Tagged With: ahimsa, attachment, bigger-bodied yogis, body image, body positivity, eating disorders, fat-shaming, healing, health and yoga, non-violence, obesity and yoga, recovery, self-acceptance, self-compassion, self-hatred, self-love, wellness, yoga, yoga therapy

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