レイチェル・ブレイセンのインスタグラム(yoga_girl) - 7月7日 04時08分

I call this the Squeezed-my-boobs-into-this-top/No-thigh-gap/Hairy-legs/Stretch-marks/Zero-makeup/Loose-skin-from-pregnancy-Flow. AKA the “seen rarely on Instagram”-flow? Granted, this could also be the Strong-as-hell/Grounded/Breathing-deeply/Just-out-here-being-human-Flow... It depends on where your attention goes. To you, my body might look perfect. To me, accepting myself is a practice I have to continuously step into again and again.

I feel strong today. Also, fed up as hell with my explore feed being filled by size 0 white girls with their feet on their heads selling yoga pants made in sweatshops. (how do I get people I don’t follow and have never once clicked “like” on out of my feed?)? Now, I realize I am also a part of the norm. I’m white, I’m blonde, I’m a woman, I’m flexible... But I’m also trying to change the industry I’m a part of. I’m a yogi, but also just a mother trying to find her way. Sometimes insecure. Frustrated. Looking for connection, vulnerability, truth. Wanting to make a change in the world wherever I can.
And here is the thing. #yogaeverydamnday isn’t the fancy, the glamorous, the picture-perfect, the adventurous, or only the skinny, the flexible, the white, the female, the young. Yoga is for EVERYONE. And it’s a shame we don’t get to see more of the everyone, the every day, the regular, messy, normal, challenging, less-than-perfect and not-for-likes posts. I shouldn’t have to say this but yoga is not about the superficial stuff this weird-ass app highlights for you every day.
It’s learning to love your body the way it is RIGHT NOW. It’s bringing our attention away from comparison, from the not-enough, the if-only. It’s trying to find a moment of quiet while your baby takes a nap. It’s tentatively merging breath with movement to find relief from pain. It’s looking for community. And yes, often times it’s struggling... But sticking with it anyway.

If you can breathe, you can practice yoga. You belong here. As you are.

So... Just keep practicing. Get on the mat! And start appreciating the hell out of your body because doing anything else is both a goddamn shame and breaking our collective hearts all at once

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