This episode touches on Cara’s life experiences with having an eating disorder. Complex emotions of being adopted, growing up with a single mother. And eventually coming into her own with an incredibly supportive friend group. She is an advocate of therapy, and has really done the work on loving herself. She was such a joy and light to interview! I cant wait for you to hear! Find her on Facebook “raevynn yoga-Cara-lee Suttie” where she is teaching regular weekly yoga classes.

“Mary is new to yoga and I still learning and experiencing the yoga from a beginner’s perspective. Although Mary is new to yoga she is not new to being fat, and has been a part of the body positivity movement for a few years. She also is a plus size model in her free time, and is motivated to bring plus size women into all areas of the fashion industry including high fashion. As Mary is still learning yoga herself she has not taught and does not have any upcoming classes, but she does have a few runway shows coming up in a couple of months. The shows have been delayed, but if you check out her Instagram at Mary_Cat_Demond she will our out updates as soon as she knows the new dates! Mary loves the peace of mind that yoga gives her and how it has helped her become more in tune with her body.”

Our Guest today is Shannon Kaneshige, or you can find her as @fringeish on Instagram. Shannon is a sociologist, and a fat positive yoga instructor. She lives in Toronto, and is learning how to parent a cancer survivor. Shannon is such a wonderful addition to the podcast, as she offers so much advice and wisdom on being a fat yogi. Welcome to the podcast, Shannon! www.Bodypositivefitness.ca (@bodypositivefitness_ )

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Our guest today is known as @chunbychinups on Instagram. She is a second year medical student who has aspirations of working as an ER MD. She has done many forms of exercise from dancing to weight lifting. She found Yoga with Adrienne on YouTube, and fell in love. She even stole her mother’s yoga mat, so she could continue her practice. She has struggled with body issues from a young age, and still is working on loving her body exactly as it is. Her story parallels how so many fat yogi’s see themselves. Welcome to the show, Amanda Nieves

On today’s episode we have a super duper special guest to me. He is my cousin, we grew up together. We basically spent every waking moment out of school together. He is the reason why I’m so hilarious. He has always been a big guy. He is one of the most confident people i have ever met in my life. I love his energy, and his stories. Plus we have an awesome debate on the word FAT. Welcome to the show, PJ!!

My guest today is Sarah, a 40 year old yogini from Central Kentucky. She has been practicing yoga for almost twenty years. She currently works in an inpatient psychiatric hospital with adolescent females. She plans to start her yoga teacher training in October, with the hope of also obtaining her yoga therapy certificate. Sarah is openly LGBT, a proud progressive, an unapologetic feminist, a body positive vegan, a lover of books, and a believer in a better world. The yoga studio that Sarah attends occasionally is on Instagram as @BarefootWorksYoga. Sarah also uses the website glo.com for the majority of her practice. Be sure to follow her on Instagram @Sarah_The_Fat_Vegan

I’m so excited to announce this week’s guest, Maggie Salem. Maggie is an amazing yogi, who is currently in the middle of a 200 hr yoga teacher training program. I love how Maggie uses props in her yoga practice. So much so, that she labeled her yoga Instagram account @propqueenyoga! Maggie has such a positive outlook on her fat yogi body, and i cant wait for you to listen to her talk about it on this week’s episode of the podcast. You can find Maggie practicing at The yoga East Healing Arts studio, their Instagram for the studio is @yogaeasthealingarts

The website is http://yogaeasthealingarts.com/

I give my story on how i became to be a fat yogi, and my thoughts on being fat.

I’m evolving this show to create a community for fat yogis! If you’re a fat yogi who wants to be on this podcast, please send me a message through ig

How i started my new business, met my business parter, and came up with the name.