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I wrote it for every person who is self-conscious about their body. I wrote it for every person who has called themselves ugly and every person who can’t accept their beauty.

I wrote this book for every fat person, every old person, and every exceptionally short person. Because all yoga bodies deserve to be represented in print, not just those that are slender, female, and white. Today, I have the incredible privilege to travel the world teaching the practice I love so much.Īs much as social media has given me, it shouldn’t be the only source of inspiration for people who don’t fit the typical yoga mold. I studied anatomy, the history of yoga, and the evolution of various yoga lineages. I became ravenous for information beyond the physical poses I’d encountered in studio classes. I quickly found my place in this virtual community and with it, a sense of inclusion and encouragement that I’d never felt in any live yoga class. At the time, Instagram was a fairly new kind of social media, but there was already a small community of yoga teachers and practitioners who were using the app to share their home practices. I began photographing and documenting my yoga asana practice and posting the shots on Instagram. So I turned my focus to developing a home practice. I was also strapped for cash and could barely afford the occasional drop-in class. I enjoyed going to classes, but like many other yoga students who look “different,” I always left the studio feeling a vague sense of discrimination at the hands of my teachers and fellow students. In the summer of 2012, I was an unemployed grad-school dropout and relatively new to yoga. Why Did I Write This Book? The cover of "Every Body Yoga," by Jessamyn Stanley. (Christine Hewitt) Excerpt From 'Every Body Yoga' Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Stanley ( about her new book, " Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get On the Mat, Love Your Body," and about what she hopes yoga will do for others.

Years prior she'd been convinced that the exercise was not for her, but this time around was different.

Six years ago, Jessamyn Stanley decided to give yoga another try. (Christine-Hewitt) This article is more than 5 years old. Jessamyn Stanley, author of "Every Body Yoga."