Seattle - Curvy or Body Positive and/or Beginner Friendly teachers/classes?
Lisa Papez
An acquaintance of mine is looking to find a male-friendly curvy or
body positive gentle/beginner yoga class in the Seattle/Tacoma area.
If you know of anyone who might have a suitable offering, can you let me know?
Thanks so much!
Namaste,
Lisa Papez
Yoga Teacher in Training
www.bodypositiveyoga.ca
gita mehrotra
for beginner/gentle classes that are curvy-friendly (not
curvy-specific),in Seattle i recommend the Samarya Center
(www.samaryacenter.org). as a curvy person, i feel very
safe/comfortable/supported there, esp in gentle or intro classes. if
you look at their website you can see all the classes they offer. for
a beginning curvy person, i'd suggest ANY of the gentle classes
(veronica on Monday 10:30 is one of my faves but they are really ALL
good :)), intro to yoga, or intro to ashtanga (the intro classes are
series vs. drop in).
if he is a person of color, there is also a yoga class for people of
color here in Seattle 2x/month that is VERY body positive/fat-friendly
and diverse in lots of ways.
hope this helps! also, if your acquaintance would like to touch base
with me directly, i'd be happy to talk with him further/in more detail
about Samarya Center/Seattle area classes!
gita
Lisa Papez
Thank you so much for this glowing recommendation. I LOVE what I've
seen on their website, so far!! I'm really enthused that they're
non-profit and that they have such a great showing of diversity in
their photos throughout the site. Very impressive!! You don't see that
every day.
I'm originally from the Seattle area (born and raised), and never knew
about this place.... I wish I had! Maybe I'll check it out sometime
when I'm in town.
I've passed along your recommendation and email address to my
acquaintance, Derek. :)
Thanks again!
gita mehrotra
this is another class a friend told me about in Seattle, but i have
never attended:
Yoga for Round Bodies
http://www.wholelifeyoga.com/roundBodies.html
hope this helps!
gita