Yoga Rising: 30 Empowering Stories from Yoga Renegades for Every Body

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Yoga Rising is a collection of personal essays meant to support your journey toward self-acceptance and self-love. This follow-up to the ground-breaking work Yoga and Body Image features 30 contributors who share stories of major turning points and explore how body image and yoga intersect with ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, dis/ability, socioeconomic status, age, size, and society. Collectively, we can make space for yoga that is body positive and accessible to the full range of human diversity. With a special emphasis on how you can take action to build community and challenge destructive attitudes and structures, Yoga Rising is a resource for the continuing work of healing ourselves and our world as we move toward liberation for all.

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"A must-read collection of essays ideal for anyone yearning for more self-acceptance and body peace. Read this book, and I guarantee you'll hear a story that resonates with your own experiences."--Amber Karnes, founder of Body Positive Yoga

"Yoga Rising kicks open the door for evolution through a collection of honest, diverse, and daring stories...A refreshing dose of inspiration that has the power to transform lives."--Kathryn Budig, yoga teacher and author of Aim True

"This is a must-have yoga book! The collection of stories here tells the intimate truth about body-image, self-worth, practice, and creating space for each other and ourselves. The storytelling here is brave and it is honest. This is yoga at its most powerful."--Mariam Gates, bestselling author of Good Night Yoga, Good Morning Yoga

"You will be changed by this book forever. The power and depth of these honest and vulnerable stories will make you see yoga, your body, and the world in a totally new way. It opened my heart and my eyes and left me moved, challenged, and inspired."--Sarah Harry, RYT, author of Fat Yoga and founder of Body Positive Australia

"How many people steer clear of yoga class because they are afraid to look out of place, inflexible, inexperienced, or unattractive I've certainly been on that list. Melanie Klein's new book heals the divide. I pray that it will open the door for all of us to enter class with pride, joy, vulnerability, and self-love."--Brian Leaf, author of The Teacher Appears

"...[A] must-read collection of essays for yoga teachers, practitioners, and all individuals and groups of people who are unsure if they "belong" to yoga. The compelling and beautifully honest narratives in this text illustrates the magic of the mind/body/sprit connection through deeply personal accounts."--Kerrie J. Kauer, PhD, instructor of gender, sexuality, and women's studies, University of Pittsburgh

"...[A] long-overdue celebration of what it means to be human and practice Yoga in the twenty-first century. The rich storytelling ignites the fire of self-discovery and has the potential to bring about positive change in the world!"--Brenda L. Feuerstein, author of The Yoga-Sutra from a Woman's Perspective

"Yoga Rising is a powerful call to action to share our stories, celebrate our bodies, and honor the dynamic dimensions of our lived experiences."--Jennifer Kreatsoulas, PhD, RYT, founder of Chime Yoga Therapy and co-founder of The Body Kindness Project

"Yoga Rising proclaims with a fierce love and compassion that there is space for all beings to find home in their body and in their yoga practice. That is the true beauty of this book."--LA Yoga

Author Bio

MELANIE C. KLEIN (Santa Monica, CA) is a writer, speaker, and professor of sociology and women s studies. She is the founder of WAM! Los Angeles and FeministFatale.com, and she s a cofounder of the Yoga and Body Image Coalition. Klein is also a contributor for Proud2Bme, Adios Barbie, Elephant Journal, Intent.com, MindBodyGreen, and MsMagazine.com.