WH:
LT:
positive feedback. If I can
show my body and let it
be a symbol of streng th
and vulnerability to other
women, I’m ready to take
my clothes off.
WH: Were you always
this free or did you have
to work at it?
LT: I struggled with an
eating disorder when I
was a teenager, so I have
a history of being extra
“charged” around my
body. Whenever those
old feelings of judgment
come up, it’s like a stop
sign telling me to look at
what’s really going on in
my life and examine how
I can relax into the cir-
cumstances I’m facing.
WH: How does yoga help
address what’s going on
in your mind?
LT: When I practice yoga,
I’m making a shift from
focusing on the external
to the internal. I start look-
ing inward. When I’m in
my body, I’m not judging it.
Yoga gets me back in.
THREE BOLD
LAUREN TAUS...
comfortable talking about it or telling people they’re close to. One-third of par ticipants s aid they felt most comfor table with their body in their 20s. Ah, youth. It’s an
“To me, being
naked is about
displaying
fierce courage.
It’s about being
openhearted.”
Lauren Taus, yoga instructor;
clinical therapist; influencer124