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[fatliberation]

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Fringe(ish)| Fat Positive Yoga Fat positive accessible yoga for everyone!

Check out this awesome site for accessible yoga by Shannon (she/they) on fringeish.com! They offer yoga classes, instructor training courses, blog entries, and more! Shannon also uploads great yoga tutorials to tiktok.

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[lauragyoga]

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WALL WORK: 😁 I love doing posture stuff at the WALL & ive been working on a lot of movements with the arms behind the body. This is a great way to wake up the upper back muscles & counter balance all the time we spend with arms in front of the body. 💪I am always amazed at how difficult it is to create force with the arms behind the body 👈😲 . 💥press the back of the skull into the wall 💥elbow straighten and PRESS the pinky back into the wall💥 keep that pressure and step the body forward away from the wall 💥 add a tiny snow angel movement 👼 . . . . . . . Tag @Yoga_At_The_Wall in all of your yoga explorations at the WALL to be reposted! Lets show the yoga community how versitile the wall is as a prop & why we should USE MORE WALL!! . . . . . . . # Lauragyoga #lauragoellneryoga #posture #shoulderextension #wallangels . . . . . . . #wallyoga #yogawall #yogaonthewall #yogaatthewall #yogatherapyatthewall #wall #props #yogaprops #accessibleyoga #usemorewall #thewallisyourfriend #yogabook #ebook #yogapracticemanual #wallstretch #yogawall (at Hummingbird Yoga NJ) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxqbLZahJOp/?igshid=4n3iaucii1tf

[janicklemieux]

Yes yes yes @themilitantbaker #iam #yoga #mindful #grateful #unapologeticallyme #mybodymyhome #gratefulformybody #allbodiesareyogabodies #accessibleyoga #yogaeverydamnday #bodypositiveyoga #fatyoga #bodypositive #yogaforall #yogaforeverybody #yogaforbiggerbodies #plussizeyoga #selfcare #bodyneutrality #janicklemieux #bordenyoga #openheartsoulutions #soulnakedjanick (at Henry Bernick Entrepreneurship Centre)

[yogacotswold]

Gentle Yoga for Larger Bodies: Props, Modifications & Wins | Yoga Cotswold

Gentle yoga for larger bodies uses props; therefore comfort grows, and confidence rises; moreover, also smart modifications create wins.

[whatonyogaearth]

Yoga is For Everyone (But is it really?)

Om Mani Padme Hum. The jewel is in the lotus. We already hold everything we seek.

We've all seen the slogan: “Yoga is for everyone.”

It’s a beautiful idea - one that suggests that yoga transcends ability, age, race, shape, and background. But is this statement really true in practice? Or has the heart of yoga been lost in translation - commodified, streamlined, and contorted into a narrow vision that doesn't reflect its deeper roots?

In this piece, we explore what it really means to say that yoga is for everyone - and ask what needs to shift for that vision to become reality.

🌊 A Deeper Definition: Yoga Beyond the Mat

Let’s start from the roots - not with posture, but with presence.

One powerful view from Tantra sees yoga not as a destination, but a remembering. Yoga is the innate, unbreakable connection between self-awareness (the wave) and universal awareness (the ocean). These are not two separate things - they are the same water, the same pulse, the same flow.

As children, this oneness is our native state. But over time, the world teaches us to split - into self and other, mind and body, sacred and secular. The wave forgets it's part of the ocean.

Yoga, then, is not something we do - it's a way of being, of re-entering that stream of awareness, where everything we do becomes practice: not to master a pose, but to remember the pattern.

Even washing the dishes can become yoga. When we bring full awareness to the water, to the breath, to the feel of soap on skin, the moment opens. The body becomes a cathedral. The universe breathes through us.

🦌 The Musk Deer & the Lotus

There’s a beautiful Indian parable that speaks to this:

The musk deer searches its whole life for the source of a divine fragrance, wandering through forests, valleys, and storms. It isn’t until the end of its life that it discovers - the scent was always coming from within its own navel.

Yoga reminds us of this same truth. We already are what we are seeking.

And the same is echoed in the Tibetan mantra:

Om Mani Padme Hum - The jewel is in the lotus. The sacred lives within the mess of the world, the body, and ourselves.

🪷So Why Doesn’t Yoga Feel Like It’s for Everyone?

Despite yoga’s deep message of inclusion and wholeness, mainstream yoga spaces often tell a different story.

Open a search engine and type:

🔍“Yoga class” 🔍“Yoga is for everyone”

The results are revealing. Despite the slogan, the imagery remains startlingly narrow - predominantly slim, flexible, able-bodied white women in studio-perfect poses, as in the following images . Where are the elders? The neurodivergent? The folks with limited mobility? The full-bodied? The people from working-class or marginalised cultural backgrounds?

It’s not that these communities aren’t practicing yoga. It’s that the current presentation of yoga doesn’t see them - and often doesn’t create space for them.

🧘🏽‍♀️Postural Yoga: A Limited Gateway

Most modern yoga classes focus on postures. And while postural practice can be deeply beneficial, it's also only one sliver of what yoga truly is.

And general mixed-ability classes - even well-intentioned ones - often don’t meet the nuanced needs of:

People living with neurological conditions

Those using wheelchairs or missing limbs

People with joint pain, chronic illness, or trauma

Larger-bodied or less flexible practitioners

Anyone who feels unsafe, unseen, or unwelcome in performance-based spaces

The truth is: a general yoga class isn’t always for everyone. And that’s okay - but let’s be honest about it.

💡The Full Picture of Practice

Yoga can be for everyone - but only when we define it as more than posture.

True yoga includes:

Gentle breathwork (pranayama)

Visualisation

Sound and mantra

Simple hand gestures (mudra)

Meditation

Awareness-based movement

Philosophy, myth, and poetry

Daily practices that root us in the sacred ordinary

These are powerful, subtle tools that don’t rely on youth, strength, or flexibility. They don’t require a mat, a studio, or a particular body type. They require presence.

And with the right teacher - one who’s trauma-informed, well-trained, and inclusive - these tools become medicine.

🌳Reclaiming the Roots — And Returning to the Body

When we remember that yoga is about presence and wholeness, it becomes impossible to separate it from the body, the land, or social justice.

We are not separate from the Earth. We are made of the same minerals as the stars, as Carl Sagan once reminded us. Our blood, rich in iron, mirrors chlorophyll’s green - we are kin with the plants.

Every time we breathe in a forest, the trees share their chemical gifts - a fragrant cocktail of phytoncides that calms our nervous system, stimulates the vagus nerve, and restores our sense of belonging.

Yoga, at its best, reconnects us to that ecosystem - to ourselves, to each other, and to the wider web of life.

✨So, Is Yoga for Everyone?

It depends.

It depends on the teacher, the approach, and the space. It depends on whether we’re talking about postures or presence. And it depends on whether we’re ready to reimagine yoga - not as a product to be bought, but as a practice to be lived.

But yes, with care, commitment, and a broader understanding:

Yoga can be for everyone.

Because if we can breathe, we can practice. If we can feel, we can remember. If we can sense the pulse of life within and around us - even for a moment - then we are already in practice.

🌱Call to Action

At Yoga Nature, we’re committed to offering inclusive, seasonal, earth-rooted yoga for real people.

🌀Explore our classes – gentle, functional movement, breath, meditation, and more.

⭕Join a women's circle, 1:1, or small group – spaces designed for support, not performance

❤️Connect with us to find out which class or offering might be right for you

Let’s reclaim yoga as a path of remembering - not striving. Because you are already home.

www.yoganaturesheffield.org.uk

[yogahealth2]

Chair Yoga for Beginners: Discover the Gentle Path to Wellness

Chair Yoga for Beginners

Chair Yoga for Beginners: Discover the Gentle Path to Wellness

[gardenofyoga]

Nurture yourself with my free bed yoga video! 🌱 Head to my bio for the link 😊 🌿 Bed yoga is a great option if you are navigating energy impairment or chronic illness or if you are feeling really comfy in bed and want to enjoy some gentle mindful movement. It all works on the floor too if you’d rather get up, the idea is to move in the way that feels right for you. 🌸 This sequence is designed so you can take rests along the way, or even break it into smaller sections depending on your capacity. 🍃 Nothing needs a specific warm up, and the only props we use are an (optional) strap and a pillow. 🌻 As you move through this sequence you will gently mobilize your hips, shoulders and spine. The gentle twists, flexion and extension movements that we do can also nurture the digestive system. 🌺 Hope you’re all having a cosy long weekend! . . . . #gardenofyoga #accessibleyoga #gentleyoga #freeyoga #onlineyoga #darebinbusiness #bodypositiveyoga #chronicillness #energyimpairment #chronicfatigue #bedyoga #yoganorthcote #melbournelovesyoga #selfcare (at Garden of Yoga) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqwcJcSPCBr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[gardenofyoga]

Join me for fundraising event for Friends for Good! 🌺New date: Saturday March 18, 2-3pm 🌱 Friends for Good are a not for profit focusing on raising awareness of loneliness as a community issue and providing services to foster a greater sense of connection and wellbeing - like their FriendLine Chat service. 🌿 Head to my bio for the bookings link! • Friends for Good: Would you like to learn a new yoga technique with like-minded people and raise funds for a great cause? On Saturday 18 March 2pm- 3pm, join Jo from @GardenofYoga for chair yoga and mindfulness. The session will include a chair-based movement sequence that uses relaxation and strengthening movements and a mindfulness practice and guided relaxation. No previous experience required. [image description: two small figures are practicing yoga with the aid of a chair, between them is a large head growing a garden of flowers like happy thoughts. There is a pale blue background and text describing the event] . . . #gardenofyoga #chairyoga #accessibleyoga #gentleyoga #mindfulness #community (at Naarm) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpJuiL3vEh5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=