Too big for yoga?
I have lost 63 lbs so far but still have a good bit more to lose. Can I do yoga at 244 lbs? It seems like the girls I see doing yoga are tiny. Tracy says: The traditions of yoga are as varied and diverse as are the practitioners. All body types and ages are welcome to practice and will find benefit. Having said that, there is a tendency in the last 10 years of American yoga to emphasize a particular body type in the media. YogaJournal is just as guilty as the rest of the media in this regard. The covers are filled with people who look amazing and are doing amazingly difficult things! That is not all there is to yoga. In fact the postures – asanas – are only the 3rd limb of the 8 limbs of yoga. Our media attention to yoga focuses on this limb almost exclusively. Right action, breath work, meditation and contemplation are some of the other limbs. The asanas are there to help you, but are not to be an end in and of themselves. Having said that, an asana practice is still appropriate for a
