Donna Noble is a Yoga Alliance and British Wheel of Yoga-certified yoga teacher and founder of Curvesome Yoga, an organisation offering body positive yoga and self-acceptance classes for all ethnicities, genders, body shapes, sizes and abilities. She was one of the original co-creators of the UK's first Black wellbeing and fitness festival. Donna is also a writer and her articles have been featured in OM Yoga Magazine, Elephant Journal, Draze, Thrive Global, HuffPost, Stylist Magazine, Happiful Magazine, The Guardian, and Metro Online. She lives in London, UK.
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Part One. Overview. 1. Introduction. 2. What is Body Positivity?. 3. The Roots of Body Positive Yoga. Part Two. Creating Inclusive Classes. 4. What is a Body Positive Yoga Class?. 5. Diversity and Body Positivity. 6. Appropriate Language. 7. Welcoming Your Students to Class. 8. Using Props. 9. Consent and Touch. 10. Yoga Sequence. Part Three. Body Positivity Off the Yoga Mat. 11. Body Positive Yoga off the Mat. 12. The Future of Body Positive Yoga. Conclusion. 13. Case Studies.
If you're looking to better understand and inform yourself with topics like the history of body positivity, and the use and understanding of language on and off the yoga mat, then this is a great guide for you; well-researched and easy to digest. -- Lindsey Porter, yogi, yoga tutor, author of Whirlpools, yoga and the balance of life