Episode 135: Welcome back to Real Health Radio. Today’s guest interview is with Amber Karnes. Amber is the founder of Body Positive Yoga. She’s a ruckus maker, yoga asana teacher (E-RYT 200), social justice advocate, and a lifelong student of her body. Her commitment to accessible, adaptive yoga practice empowers thousands of diverse practitioners around the globe.

She is the creator of the Body Positive Clubhouse, an online community using the tools of yoga to build unshakable confidence and learn to live out loud. Amber is the co-creator of Yoga For All Teacher Training, Accessible Yoga Trainer, Yoga International featured teacher, serves as a board member for Project Yoga Richmond and Accessible Yoga, and is a contributor to the Yoga and Body Image Coalition.

Through her workshops, retreats, teacher trainings, and online yoga and wellness offerings, she seeks to further the message of inclusivity, consent, agency, body sovereignty, and accessibility for all (on and off the yoga mat). She lives in Richmond, Virginia, with her husband Jimmy, and blogs at bodypositiveyoga.com.

Here’s what we talk about in this podcast episode:

5:05: What Amber was like as a kid

6:15: What her relationship was like with her body as a child

10:15: How she felt about developing before her peers

11:45: Amber’s history with dieting

12:45: How she got into yoga and what it was like as a larger person

16:45: Does she still get insecure walking into a yoga studio?

23:30: How her yoga journey has progressed

28:00: The surprising reason she started teaching

31:15: Her first exposure to the body positive community

37:30: How she started to develop a supportive community and why it’s so important

43:00: Navigating the yoga world while being in a larger body

46:45: How her experience as a yoga student has informed how she teaches

51:00: The benefits of yoga outside the physical practice

51:45: The Yoga + Body Image Coalition

54:30: Amber’s opinion on the evolution of yoga culture

59:15: The draw of online yoga

1:01:05: The Body Positive Clubhouse

Yoga and Body Image Coalition

Chair Yoga Program by Amber Karnes

The Body Positive Clubhouse

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Here’s how you can connect with Amber Karnes:

Website

Podcast

Instagram

Facebook

Amber’s favourite resources

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