Today I'm talking to body positive yoga teacher and writer, Lily Silverton about the myths surrounding what a 'yoga body' should look like and how the narrow version of yoga, stemming from the beauty myth and propagated by diet culture, fails to make room for for people who deviate from this oppressive norm. We also talk about the concept of Ahimsa and how Lily interprets this to mean making her classes a safe, body positive space for her students. Lastly we talk about how owning your own privilege doesn't mean you can't be body positive, but it does mean that you can be critical of how diet culture has co-opted this term and how it suppresses the voices of already marginalised people. It's about holding ourselves accountable & fighting for diversity & representation of ALL bodies, not just the ones that are already visible, not just the ones we find pretty. We also talk about how, like all social change, fighting for true body positivity, equality, and diversity is slow and we are only at the beginning and how conversations like these are necessary to chip away at the status quo. Lastly, Lily shares some of her favourite bopo yoga accounts to follow. This feels like a heavy conversation in a lot of way - probably because checking our privilege feels uncomfortable, but I hope we can all learn from this. I by no means am suggesting I'm close to perfect in how we talk about these issues, but I want to learn alongside you guys, and use this podcast to learn and grow together ✌️
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Show Notes:
{Lily on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter}
{All Body Yoga}
{The Myth of the Yoga Body}
{Amputee Yoga}
{Skinny Shaming & Thin Privilege}
{Lily's Interview w/ BodyPosiPanda}
{My Interview w/ BodyPosiPanda}
{Naomi Wolf - The Beauty Myth}
{Stoner Yoga}
{Yours Truely Melly on Body Positivity}
{Dana Falsetti}
{Jessamyn Stanley}
{Yoga Bodies Book}
{Big Gal Yoga}
{Morning Gloryville}
{Omazie}
{Body Positive Power}
{The London Podcast Festival Tickets}
{Thrive Festival Tickets}
{Lily is an ambassador for the Choose Life Mat Project}