self acceptance Archives - Body Positive Yoga

Yoga turned my body into a place I could call home

by Amber Karnes | Aug 31, 2017 | Body Image | 0 |

Body Positive Yoga founder Amber Karnes shares how yoga helped her connect to her body.

You don’t have to love your body.

by Amber Karnes | Jul 19, 2017 | Body Image | 5 |

Learning to appreciate your physical appearance and learning to love your body is one path toward self-acceptance, but fixating on just the outer stuff is another trip down the same road of placing value and worth on appearance.

Yoga and the unexpected road to "perfect"

by Amber Karnes | Oct 2, 2012 | Body Image | 9 |

Gotta admit it, when I first started yoga, I wanted to be perfect. To be perfect, I needed to be thin, happy, flexible, and have a dogmatic aversion to gluten and fast food. And in my usual perfectionist, overachieving fashion, I opted to apply for the four month volunteer program at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, instead of taking a beginner class. I was ready for the fast track and I was desperate.

Cultivating self-love and writing to heal with Mara Glatzel

by Amber Karnes | Aug 11, 2012 | Interviews | 2 |

Today I’m super excited to introduce you to one of my favorite people: Mara Glatzel. Mara is...

Permission to Curve

by Amber Karnes | Jul 9, 2012 | Body Image | 10 |

Author’s note: this post is a guest contribution by Anna Guest-Jelley of Curvy Yoga. I have...

Stop postponing your life until you lose the weight

by Amber Karnes | Mar 7, 2012 | Body Image | 106 |

Please stop waiting for some magic moment (that may never happen) to come around. Some magic moment where you are tall, thin, have smooth skin, no cellulite, have a voice that doesn’t sound annoying when you hear yourself recorded. Just show up. Just go do what you love. Stop worrying about whether or not you look cool or nerdy or fat or stupid. You look fine. Your body is fine. You are the only one judging yourself as harshly as you are.