Eating Disorders 2/5

Dec 29, 20192 min read

"It felt like Chronic Migraine stole my yoga - I couldn’t do asana, it was all too much"

Meet Emily @movementwithmigraine these are her words 💚 . . "I took my first vinyasa class when I was 19 in my 1st year of uni. At that...

Dec 18, 20192 min read

"Yoga came into my life when it was nearly over"

Meet @inga_kellermann sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words ❤ . . "I was in Hospital after a suffering a...

Dec 18, 20192 min read

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

"Here I am about to open up about one of the darkest phases of my life & how it took a lot of effort and yoga to help me paddle through...

Dec 6, 20192 min read

Meet Andrea @afterdawnyoga sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words ❤

"From the age of 12 I HATED myself. I hated every inch of my body. The more I hated it, the more I tried NOT to eat, the more I ate" ....

Dec 6, 20192 min read

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

"I used to look at these beautiful women on social media with fit bodies and flat stomachs, with attractive lips & stunning eyes & get so...

Nov 10, 20192 min read

Meet @sam_adhi_yoga sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us 💚

"Over a decade ago, I was very sick - physically, mentally, spiritually. Deeply entrenched in the struggle of anorexia, I (at the time)...

Nov 10, 20192 min read

Meet yoga teacher & practitioner @luisalovesyoga sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. 💚

"I have Asperger Syndrome & though I may look happy & healthy in this photo - & I am, mostly - the truth behind the image is that I have...

Nov 2, 20191 min read

"I remember the day I thought "I can't do this anymore" and I ran off to London"

Meet @camilleupsidedown sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚 . . "It was in 2015 and it was the very first...

Nov 2, 20192 min read

Many of you know our dear friend & Fierce Calm ambassador Ess @esthermarie.yoga These are her words

"Nine years ago today I was collected by taxi at 6:30am, wearing age 10 leggings & vest & my boyfriend (now husband's) hoody that swamped...

Oct 17, 20192 min read

Meet Care @careyogi Sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚

"I lost my way over 5 years ago & couldn’t figure out how to get back & out of the darkness" "On paper I was rocking it but in my...

Oct 17, 20192 min read

Meet Erin Geraghty @thrive_roller_yogi @thrivingafteraddiction sharing her #yogasavedmylife story

"Every time I do it, I promise myself it’s the last time. I flush the toilet and move on. This time it was a particularly violent purge....

Oct 10, 20192 min read

"One night I finally gave up. I wanted my life to be over"

Meet Britta @wayward_yogini sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚 . . "My whole life I have struggled with...

Sep 12, 20192 min read

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

"I found yoga during recovery from an eating disorder & exercise addiction that has plagued me for most of my life" . . "For the first...

Sep 12, 20192 min read

Meet @yogata_stay_mindful sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 🙏

"Less than a year ago, I was at the lowest of any low I had ever been in. Working towards my Master’s while stuck in a spiral of denial...

Sep 3, 20192 min read

"I defined myself as BPD, bulimic and overweight. Not any more"

Meet Jessica @mybeautifull_dreams sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words ❤ . . "My name is jessica & yoga saved...

Aug 2, 20192 min read

Meet @melissaghattasyoga sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us 💚

"I’m from Australia, a culture where boozing is the “norm”, even encouraged, & I found myself like most teenagers drowning myself in...

Jul 27, 20192 min read

Meet @nicolejonesyoga sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us 💚

"In my youth, excessive exercising & restricted calorie intake developed into bulimia nervosa, a disorder that carries so much shame that...

Jul 25, 20192 min read

"I’ve struggled with my mental health for over half my life"

Meet @yogibexy sharing her story with us. These are her words 🙏 . . "Bulimia was a constant companion for a decade, but after overcoming...

Jul 25, 20192 min read

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

"Isn’t it strange that we memorise bad moments so much better than good ones? I remember it as if it was yesterday: I was playing outside...

Jul 11, 20192 min read

Meet author @jennifer_kreatsoulas founder of @yogaforeatingdisorders

"I was diagnosed with anorexia at 18. Years of therapy & intense self-reflection have taught me that the eating disorder is like a silent...

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