“DEEP WATERS
The ocean does not apologize
for the space that it takes up
it does not make excuses for the depths
that most people cannot handle
it cannot help but drown those who are
not ready to submerge beneath its fathomless waves
let this too be a lesson to us,
that we may expand as far as we need to
not apologize for the way others
are not ready to submerge into our waters
for those who might tell us to come back to shore
when we’ve always known
we were made
shaped
created
for deep waters”
RESOURCES
Accessible Yoga Association - Advocating and educating the teachings and benefits of yoga for those who have been marginalized.
Curvy Yoga - Classes, courses and collaborations lead by Anna Guest-Jelley designed for bodies of all sizes.
Buddha Body Yoga- Great videos and modifications!
ASDAH (Association for Size Diversity and Health)-Health At Every Size® principles help us be at peace in our bodies, supporting people of all sizes in finding compassionate ways to take care of themselves.
Center For Body Trust (fka Be Nourished) - Working to cultivate positive relationships with food and body image.
Kripalu Center- Western Massachusetts Center for Yoga and Health.
Body-Mind Centering - An Embodied Approach to Movement, Body, and Consciousness.
Standing, wall supported variation of Cobra Pose (Bhujangasana) which opens the chest, strengthens the back and supports spinal posture and flexibility.