Body image – OmStars

January 4, 2021
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

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

“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

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 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

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

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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March 13, 2019
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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February 27, 2019
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

“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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Category: Culture