If you've seen her pictures on your social media feed, you know that JESSAMYN STANLEY is not ashamed of her full figure. As a feminist, body-positive activist and yoga instructor, she encourages everyone--regardless of size, color, gender, and sexual orientation-- to get on a yoga mat. In this hour, Marty talks with Stanley about her new book Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get on the Mat, Love Your Body and her body-positive movement.

 

Reading List

Black Girls Guide to Weight Loss: Take an At-Home Yoga Class With Jessamyn, the Internet's Favorite Yogi

Self: Jessamyn Stanley Says She's Still Learning How to Silence Self-Hate

People: Jessamyn Stanley Found Body Acceptance Through Yoga and Can Help You Do the Same

Indyweek: Durham's Jessamyn Stanley, Author of Every Body Yoga, on Conquering Self-Hate to Become a National Yoga-for-All Advocate