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Jessamyn Stanley is an American yoga teacher and body positivity advocate and writer. She gained recognition through her Instagram posts showing her doing yoga as a "plus-size woman of color," who self-identifies as a "fat femme" and "queer femme." She is the author of the book Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get On the Mat, Love Your Body. Wikipedia  

✵ 27. June 1987
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“It’s so idealized, like, your life must be perfect if you can hold a balance posture on the beach. But the actual practice of yoga isn’t about that at all. The image isn’t important. The practice is.”

Source: Finding a More Inclusive Vision of Fitness in Our Feeds, Jenna Wortham, July 6, 2017, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/magazine/finding-a-more-inclusive-vision-of-fitness-in-our-feeds.html,

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