“Yoga is about centering yourself, turning inward,” says Charlotte Sather, a Bellingham-based yoga instructor who has been practicing yoga since she was 16. “When you're surrounded by people half your size or smaller, it's pretty hard to focus inward.” Sather decided the rounder among us needed a yoga class.
And thus was born a yoga class for plus-sized persons. Michelle Theriault focused on this class in The Bellingham Herald. Apparently, such classes are now available in Seattle, San Diego and Bellingham. The classes are especially structured for those who aspire to experience the health benefits of yoga yet feel intimated by the presence of other students boasting of well-toned bodies. Sather’s classes focus on yoga poses that are aimed at weight control. She also modifies some poses to make yoga easier for heavier-set people.
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