Jul 25, 2024
Show notes: https://www.tamihackbarth.com/blog/episode-235
This week in the 2024 Summer Podcast Series we are headed way into the archives back to episode 15 of the 100% Guilt-Free Self-Care podcast: Body Acceptance, Body Neutrality and Yoga for Those That Think It Isn’t For Them with Anna Guest-Jelley.
While I was first introduced to the idea of function over form in my late 20s, I still suffered from internal battles about beauty standards and our cultural obsession with thinness. It was the 90s and early 2000s when heroin chic was a thing.
It wasn’t until I got into my serious yoga practice in my late 30s that I began noticing again the functionality of my body. Some days I could do endless Sun salutations and other days I could barely get off the floor.
Thankfully the studio where I was practicing was one that asked us to practice self-compassion and acceptance while we were on the mat.
Anna was one of the people who I connected with online. She had been using yoga as a tool to relieve her frequent migraines.
She has always lived in a bigger body and finding a safe place to practice was a challenge. So she created her own.
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