I’m SO excited that Practice: Embodying Your Curvy & Beloved Body is about to begin (class starts Monday)!
Tomorrow I’m going to share a bit about my journey back to my curvy & beloved body with you but today I wanted to share something super fun with you…the story of a photo adventure my Mom & I went on in preparation for Practice!
Back in July as Anna and I were planning Practice, I just happened to be visiting my family back in Ontario and wanted to do some photos for the class on the beach near where my folks live.
Plus, my Mom is actually a yoga instructor! At Age 58 she got inspired to take her Yoga Teacher training. During her training we had weekly skype yoga sessions so she could practice her teaching skills on an eager participant! It happened to be at the same time as I had my first (and hopefully only) running injury and it was truly so helpful for me in the recovery process and pain management. Now is an awesome yoga teacher at a studio in Port Elgin Ontario!
I’m so proud of you Mom!
So it was a perfect way to spend some quality Mom & Daughter time while also using my Mom’s yoga knowledge to take some self-portraits to use for the class.
We biked down to the beach with panniers packed with yoga mats and props! There is this beautiful rocky beach where we pulled up and unpacked our gear. I set up a bit of a self-portrait station (putting the yoga mats in place to focus on and actually using blocks as a make-shift tripod)!
Then we started the fun!
It was so helpful to have my Mom guide me through some of the poses (just like Anna’s awesome lessons in the class will do for us) as I got into place and as we neared the end, I handed the camera over to her and she took a number of shots of me (dancing around and the close up ones)! Thanks Mom!
I truly can’t wait to share this new class with you. As Anna & I have been creating the content for the class, we’ve been loving the ways that self-portraiture and yoga truly overlap as tools for seeing ourselves with kindness and feeling at home in our bodies. Only a few more days until we get to share it with you!
I hope you’ll join Anna & I for Practice: Embodying Your Curvy & Beloved Body…and class starts Monday so be sure to sign up soon!
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