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People don’t often talk about what grief feels like. I suppose people don’t often talk about what many things feel like, much less something as big and confusing as grief.

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Anna Guest-Jelley The Magazine of Yoga, Real Life is Real Yoga™

Curvy Yoga Poem: Loving A Body

Celebrating strengths instead of obsessing

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Each Time

Each Time



Every day that I come to the mat, I face my fears. I’m confronted with the present. The present is something I usually prefer to ignore.

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When the Real Me Meets the Photo Me

When the Real Me Meets the Photo Me

Mirrors were worthless – they told me nothing. Instead, I trusted this job to my sister. My sister, my oracle.

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Awkward Family Conversations

Awkward Family Conversations

How to talk about body image with people you know

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She Got Herself Up and Walked Out

She Got Herself Up and Walked Out

97% of young women confess “I hate my body.” Why, then, do I need to hear “it’s almost swimsuit season!” before I begin a yoga practice?

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Me, Myself and Us-Ness

Me, Myself and Us-Ness

Looking back, I see how stagnant my practice was until that point–even if I was making improvements in poses, everything basically stayed the same.



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The Literacy of Curves

The Literacy of Curves

We need to engage the dialogue – spoken and unspoken – about the particular topography of our bodies.

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Madonna, Meditation and Me

Madonna, Meditation and Me

I’d skip around like a kid high on pixie sticks. My clothes fit better. Small children waved to me on the street. Double rainbows appeared everywhere I went.

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Holiday Edition: Anna

Holiday Edition: Anna

I hesitated to answer my phone, though it was my parents’ ring. Something made me answer it anyway. What unfolded next was kind of a blur, but I got the gist of it: my dad had cancer.

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Cancer Sucks, Part Two

Cancer Sucks, Part Two

“That’s it,” I told my husband. “Operation New Life Plan commences now.”

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Why I Stopped Waiting for a Miracle

Why I Stopped Waiting for a Miracle

This isn’t to say it hasn’t helped me tremendously in other ways, but I’d been secretly hoping yoga would be a magic pill – another diet in disguise.

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