Jessamyn is the author of the book Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get On the Mat, Love Your Body
when I started practicing yoga at home because I couldn't afford to go to studios. I didn't have a teacher there telling me,, so I still was looking for a measure of accountability, plus I also wanted to be in community with others.
and that work we saw first in the body positivity space and then body acceptance, body neutrality, and now body liberation. I've been fat and Black my entire life, it is my full truth. Black women have always been mistreated and disrespected so as a Black woman that is something that I already know.
Walking into every room, it is likely that many people in the room do not want me to be there, that they do not want my success. To persevere as a Black woman is something that is much bigger and is something that is in every single part of my life. The long term effects of systemic racism are so deeply embedded in our society, I'm still waiting for real change. What that looks like is each of us, on an individual level, accepting our internalized racism and moving forward from that place. It's not slapping a band aid on it, not saying,It's less about the showing and more about the doing.
Seeing fat Black people more often in the media, that is a huge shift, but I don't know that that shift is really pointing to what needs to happen on a larger level and in each household around the globe. But every step is a step in the right direction and I'm always optimistic and I think that optimism is going to be crucial as we go into these next stages.
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