Eating Disorders

Nov 15, 20201 min read

Meet @bjorkks sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚

"I discovered yoga when I was 14 years old. I come from a small town in Iceland, a yoga teacher had just moved into town and was offering...

Nov 15, 20202 min read

Meet @caseyurban sharing her #yogastory with us. These are her words 💚

(TW: Bulimia + suicidal ideation) "My bottom with bulimia had me bingeing and purging for over 10 hours a day" . "At one point I told my...

Sep 23, 20201 min read

Meet @ashlee.mcdougall sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚

"I was born with cystic fibrosis, a genetic & potentially fatal lung disease, and I wasn't expected to live past 18" . "My childhood was...

Sep 12, 20202 min read

Meet @maryhelenyoga sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚

"Unlike, drugs or alcohol, food isn't an addiction you can 'put down" Since high school....change that, since childhood, I dealt with...

Aug 27, 20201 min read

Meet @_sheridanruth_ sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚

"My hair started falling out when I was really young. I have alopecia, an autoimmune disease" "The disease was out of my control, so I...

Jun 19, 20202 min read

Meet Charlie @indiv_yoga sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words💚

"My anxiety was so bad as a child, that when I was 14 my doctor suggested that I try yoga classes" . . "We’d tried other natural...

Jun 12, 20202 min read

Meet Layla @ground_up_yoga sharing her #yogasavedmylife story. These are her words 💚

"Yoga first entered my life when I was a 15 year old scared, sad, angry, lost girl" . "I stumbled upon a power yoga VHS tape in a natural...

Jun 3, 20202 min read

Meet @izzi.rose_yoga sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚

"In 2014, I was diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa. After one of the hardest battles of my life, I recovered… Only to develop Depression a...

Apr 28, 20202 min read

Meet @joey__yoga sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us story with us. These are her words 💚

"Yoga got me though divorce, infertility & brought a joy & playfulness to the darkest times. When I was forced to turn my back on...

Apr 28, 20202 min read

Meet @summerginther sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚

"Yoga showed me that I am not my body. I am something so much more" . Meet @summerginther sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us....

Mar 12, 20202 min read

Meet @sweetly.selina sharing her #yogasavedmylife with us💚

"This is probably one of the hardest things for me to share & I was really hesitant, but I think that's why I need to share it. It's hard...

Mar 2, 20202 min read

Meet @chriskperez sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚

"Eating disorders. Depression. Anxiety. Drug addiction. Domestic violence. Co-dependency. Abandonment. Self worth. The list goes on & on"...

Feb 29, 20202 min read

Meet Kitty @teenytinyyogini sharing her story with us. These are her words 💚

"I have photosensitive epilepsy, fibromyalgia, endometriosis, bipolar disorder, OCD, a history of eating disorders, and other assorted...

Feb 29, 20202 min read

Meet @kathrin.pfeifer sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚

"I'd like to tell you today about my eating disorder. So it might be helpful for someone in the present who might find themself in this...

Feb 29, 20201 min read

My name is @miss.jennifer.martin & this is my #yogasavedmylife story 💚

Growing up as a swimmer, competition was instilled at an early age... . The more I grew the faster I swam, which raised the caliber of...

Feb 14, 20202 min read

My name is @noelbakeryoga & this is my #yogasavedmylife story 🙏

Aged 5 I began to have intrusive & disturbing thoughts that made me feel so shameful & alone. . I had no idea I was beginning to develop...

Feb 11, 20202 min read

Meet @ida_yogi sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us 💚

"Yoga entered my life over 12 years ago when I was physically & mentally broken, close to death from anorexia. My therapist suggested...

Feb 8, 20202 min read

"Yoga saved me from the “perfect” life"

Meet @allie_alina sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚 . . "At the age of 20 I had already owned a thriving...

Feb 3, 20202 min read

"I started yoga on the recommendation of an eating disorder counsellor back in 2014"

Meet @georgina_mariee sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚 . . "I arrived at my first class skeptical, I...

Feb 3, 20202 min read

Meet @helensgrounded sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚

"I was told to do yoga by a therapist on my treatment team in 2012. (Yes I needed a whole team 😂) I was battling a severe eating...

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