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Yoke jessamyn6/25/2023 ![]() Through that, we can heal tremendous pain in our society. “What yoga can offer us is the structure, the clarity, the patience, and the openness to acceptance. The self-described Black, fat, queer yoga instructor tackles topics ranging from her weight, white supremacy, cultural appropriation and Blackness. To heal as a society, Stanley says folks must learn to accept that every single human being is crucial, and it’s not about erasing the darkness or bad things, it’s about balance. Author Jessamyn Stanley‘s new book Yoke is a series of honest, challenging, humorous and poignant essays about her life mostly seen through the lens of her yoga practice. It’s about really engaging with the things that feel most painful.” So much of yoga is about that unveiling, the peeling back, the looking under the rug. The last 18 months have exposed the country’s systemic violence and discrimination, and Stanley has noticed that people are done with the bullshit. “The yoking that happens in everyday life, the yoking that has nothing to do with a yoga mat or postures or moving the body at all is the most profound yoga, and it’s really the yoga that’s being asked of me for sure right now.” She suggests that’s what is being asked of all of us. In Yoke, Stanley explores how yoga can help with self-love, body positivity, sexuality, and more. That separation isn’t limited to wellness. Yogi Jessamyn Stanley Says Namaste to the Self ![]()
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