The Yoga and Body Image Coalition is committed to building conscious community and highlighting the work that inspiring yogis are doing in their local communities and beyond. We’re pleased to share with you a three part piece written by Yoga and Body Image Coalition’s active partner, Beth Berila. Part 2 of 3 To say that a single story is dangerous is not to invalidate the value of those stories that we do… read more →
The Yoga and Body Image Coalition is committed to building conscious community and highlighting the work that inspiring yogis are doing in their local communities and beyond. We’re pleased to share with you a three part piece written by Yoga and Body Image Coalition’s active partner, Beth Berila. Part 1 of 3 We have heard the cliché, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” My title refers to the powerful Ted… read more →
I have been a model, a skinny chick, a competitive body builder, and 45 pounds overweight. I’m ashamed to admit it, but I used to think people were overweight because they were lazy, ate like crap or had no self-respect. I used judge and criticize people I deemed as fat…until I unexpectedly put on 45 lbs. in three months with no plausible explanation. For most of my childhood I was underweight. It… read more →
This post was originally shared at Raquel Alexandra and has been cross-posted with permission. I’m coming down from that post-workshop/conference high after the A Weekend with the Yoga and Body Image Coalition. It was a breath of fresh air and a huge weight was lifted off of me: I finally got to be a part of a discussion including race, the Yoga Industrial Complex and spiritual activism. I’m buzzing with the… read more →
We began our final Yoga and Body Image book discussion with a moment in recognition of the recent South Carolina shooting. On a personal level, I was happy about this; to be able to acknowledge something so significant in a yoga space felt necessary and important. It also felt relative to the discussion we’d been having for months and the conversation we’d go on to have that day. In the… read more →