Archive for the Inspiration category

Article by Robert Sturman, Mind Body Green An Inspirational Yogi: Amputee Tom Valencia What an inspiring and awesome model I recently had the honor of working with in my studio in Santa Monica, California. His name is Tom Valencia, and he was kind enough to share his story with my friend, the life coach and […]

Amber Karnes started practicing yoga in 2004. Her yoga journey began after she heard people at her local gym talking about the benefits of yoga. Amber decided to take the plunge into the unkown and decided to go to a yoga studio in town. I was terrified. I suspected that fat people didn’t do yoga – […]

Body Positive Yogi, Amber Karnes In a recent interview, Amber said that she got tired of the diet culture rat race, of losing and gaining weight over and over again, of being told that she wasn’t good enough, and of believing that she wouldn’t be worthy until she was in a thin body. So she […]

article by Hannah Smoot, The News & Observer ‘Fat’ yoga teacher breaks body barriers Stanley, 27, is not out to prove that larger people are able to practice yoga, she said. Instead she wants to show that yoga is good for everyone. But she hasn’t always been an enthusiast. When her aunt dragged her to […]

article by J. Hale Yoga for Amputees Jim Tucker is a 42-year-old quadruple amputee who loved doing yoga before he was amputated. He remembers waking up after intestinal surgery in November 2010. When he came to, doctors told him his stomach was infected and that he had gone into septic shock. His limbs weren’t getting any […]

article by Susan Rinkunas, NYMag The Cut A Prominent Yogi on Fat Yoga, Instagram, and Changing Stereotypes If the thirst trap is a photo meant to “elicit compliments, high praise, or words of obsessive lust” then yoga enthusiasts have their own version, with their own set of unofficial rules. The image usually features a gravity-defying […]

article by J. Hale Yoga for Amputees Jim Tucker is a 42-year-old quadruple amputee who loved doing yoga before he was amputated. He remembers waking up after intestinal surgery in November 2010. When he came to, doctors told him his stomach was infected and that he had gone into septic shock. His limbs weren’t getting any […]

article by Kira Goldenberg, Pacific Standard Celebrating All Shapes and Sizes With the Yogis of Instagram The broad perception that yoga is an exercise routine mainly for slim, white women has long been a sore point in the yoga blogging and activism communities. But there are signs that “body-positive yoga” is gaining prominence. The New […]

article by B. Rognlin, Blistree How Yoga Helps Danielle Orner Thrive As An Amputee You may not have heard Danielle Orner‘s name, but if you read yoga blogs or follow your favorite teachers and brands on Facebook, you’ve probably seen the photo of her posing in a modified Tree Pose for a Manduka ad that […]

Article by Robert Sturman, Mind Body Green An Inspirational Yogi: Amputee Tom Valencia What an inspiring and awesome model I recently had the honor of working with in my studio in Santa Monica, California. His name is Tom Valencia, and he was kind enough to share his story with my friend, the life coach and […]

article by A.Lynch, metro.co.uk Yogi Jessamyn Stanley wants to show that yoga is for everyone, regardless of shape, size or your background. It’s not just the preserve of those ‘typical slender yoga bodies’ she argues. The 27-year-old from North Carolina describes herself on Instagram as a ‘yoga enthusiast and fat femme’. After trying Bikram yoga […]

article by L. Hughes, Mind & Body Fitness Saved My Life: From Cancer Patient to Yoga Instructor At 15, Danielle Orner – a high school track and cross-country athlete – discovered a hard bump on her leg. Assuming it was nothing more than a running-related injury, she visited sports medicine doctors, until a local doctor […]