My asana practice isn’t textbook—and it shouldn’t be. Ashtanga yoga, after all, was originally developed for limber teenage boys, not a 200+ pound mom with a potbelly. But that doesn’t mean that I can’t crush a small person with the force of my quads alone. I am a fat, strong, self-empowered person who loves to be in her body. When I take up more space in a fitness culture that constantly tells me to be smaller, my yoga practice makes me that much more bold.
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