Yoga Bodies Real People, Real Stories, & the Power of Transformation

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Real People, Real Stories & the Power of Transformation ...

Real People, Real Stories & the Power of Transformation Yo g a B o d ie s LAUREN LIPTON PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAIMIE BAIRD CHRONICL ...

Text copyright © 2017 by Lauren Lipton. Photographs copyright © 2017 by Jaimie Baird. All rights reserved. No part of this book ...

TO JAMES Namaste ...

This book is for every yogi. It is for lifelong yogis, for yogis newer to the practice, and for yogis who have never stepped foo ...

as does anyone who has absorbed the lessons of yoga, that every body is a yoga body. Already. We’re born that way. By the same n ...

Twee My name is actually spelled “Thuy.” I changed it to a phonetic spelling after college so it would be easier for people to u ...

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SPHINX POSE During labor with Pedro, I was able to use my yoga training to drop into my body and let it guide what I was doing. ...

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ACCOMPLISHED POSE Since I began practicing asana and meditation at age sixteen, I must admit, I have missed only eight days. For ...

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FROG POSE When I first started practicing yoga, I used to be uncomfortable with the Om. Our teacher would have us chant it befor ...

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CAMEL POSE VARIATION After I had been involved in yoga for a while as a body-positive advocate, so many people told me, “You sho ...

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I fell off a cliff. I was twenty-six and traveling through northern Minnesota with a then- girlfriend to see the aurora borealis ...

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COW FACE POSE VARIATION Aging is totally uncelebrated in our society. I wish there was some way to change the attitude of Wester ...