Every Body | Reclaiming Body Talk

EB007 Fat Femme Yogi with Jessamyn Stanley  Jessamyn Stanley is a yoga teacher, activist, and author of a newly released book: Every Body Yoga. She was launched into the limelight with Instagram, almost by accident. Her initial intention with her Instagram account was to have a way to document her yoga practice and use it as a way to check her at-home progress over time.  Jessamyn joins me on the show today to share her in-depth knowledge and insight on what yoga truly is – a practice about truth and authenticity. She shares her own challenges and conflicts with her own body image throughout her childhood and early adulthood. She shares how she overcame these challenges and improved her self-image and confidence and why she feels so strongly about identifying herself as a “fat femme” and what that term means to her.    “Yoga, while it obviously encourages body positivity – yoga is also a lot bigger than body positivity.” – Jessamyn Stanley    This Week on the Every Body Podcast:  The conflict