Thank you @sarahhendersonyoga for sharing your light and truth! It's so beautiful to embrace our bodies exactly as they are! #everybodybends #Repost @sarahhendersonyoga (@get_repost) ・・・ Hey, have I told you about @accessibleyoga? (Yes, I have 'cause I love the work they do! 😍) They're hosting a #sunsalutation yoga challenge and I'm in! Today's poses are mountain and upward salute. I'm showing upward salute, which is a backbending pose. I'm taking it super easy here because I've got a congenital irregularity in my L5 vertebrae that makes deep backbends impossible for me...and when I try to force my body into them, I get hurt! It's taken me a while to realize that the yoga is for my body, not the other way around. I don't need to try to punish my body for being how it is or *fight my bones*, for the love! I love teaching others to embrace their bodies, too-as they are, without judgment, but open to new possibilities. Grateful for mentors and teachers who are showing me the way, like @mindbodysolutions, @diannebondyyoga, @bodypositiveyoga_, @jivana108 and @yoga_international. How do mountain pose and upward salute work best for YOU? 💛🙏 Official challenge sponsors: @bodylove4all @radicalbodylove @bodypositiveyoga_ @theyogabodyproject @accessibleyoga @thus_we_cat_conclude Official hashtags: #bl4ayoga #radicalbodyloveyoga #accessibleyoga #bodypositiveyoga #theyogabodyproject #bodypositivesummer #SunSalutations #mountainpose #tadasana #upwardsalute #urdvahastasana #yogateacher #adaptiveyogateacher #sarahendersonyoga