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  • January 4, 2021

    How I Called a Truce with My Body

    How I Called a Truce with My Body

    I learned to deeply listen to my body and honor and meet its needs. I experienced joy as I moved mindfully. I began to accept what was present in the ...

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    Category: Culture
  • March 24, 2020

    Five Steps to End Unrealistic Beauty Standards Once and For All

    Five Steps to End Unrealistic Beauty Standards Once and For All

    When we were growing up—in the 80’s—there was only one real beauty standard (white, thin, blonde), and only a few media channels through which we were educated (magazines, newspapers, television, ...

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  • November 20, 2019

    Demystifying Eating Disorders

    Demystifying Eating Disorders

    “Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses; they are not a lifestyle choice, or a diet gone ‘too far’.” -National Eating Disorders Collaboration When I was diagnosed with an eating disorder ...

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    Category: Wellness
  • August 28, 2019

    How to Practice Compassion for Someone with an Eating Disorder

    How to Practice Compassion for Someone with an Eating Disorder

    Facing an eating disorder is hard. Really hard. That goes for if you are a person who has an eating disorder yourself, or if you have someone in your life ...

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    Category: Culture
  • July 31, 2019

    What does it mean to be at peace with your body

    What does it mean to be at peace with your body

    What does body positivity really mean? I’m struggling with the term, “body positivity” these days. It seems as though the term has been watered down from its original roots in ...

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  • July 10, 2019

    The Fear of Fatness was Originally a Fear of Racial Integration

    The Fear of Fatness was Originally a Fear of Racial Integration

    When I was a teenager, my grandmother would always ask me, “Why are these white women dying to be thin?” I guess she thought that since I’d grown up in ...

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  • June 26, 2019

    Body Acceptance: Tools for Cultural Upheaval

    Body Acceptance: Tools for Cultural Upheaval

    Gordi. Flaca. Chula. Fea. Vieja. Linda. Fatty. Skinny. Sexy. Ugly. Old lady. Cute. Whether positive or negative association, I grew up hearing terms that were quick to remind us that ...

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    Category: Culture
  • March 13, 2019

    Why it’s Not Just Up to You to Heal Your Own Body Image

    Why it’s Not Just Up to You to Heal Your Own Body Image

    It’s easy for me to rhapsodize about the way yoga has held me in my relationship with my body. Like so many of us from so many backgrounds, my early ...

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    Category: Culture
  • February 27, 2019

    How To Speak Lovingly About Larger Bodies

    How To Speak Lovingly About Larger Bodies

    “How can I lovingly refer to larger-bodied people in my yoga classes?” This question was posed by a thin, white, woman-identified yoga teacher in a weekend immersion focused primarily on ...

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    Category: Culture
  • February 13, 2019

    Rewriting Our Body Narratives with Compassion

    Rewriting Our Body Narratives with Compassion

    “Body image is not a fact.”  I first heard this statement while in treatment for an eating disorder. I remember sitting in group therapy feeling outright annoyed upon hearing this ...

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