All Bodies Welcome Yoga & Art

Join All Bodies Welcome Yoga for Yoga for Larger Bodies! This event will include a 45 minute gentle yoga class followed by an optional 45 minute tour of the exhibition, SOMA GROSSA.

This gentle, 45 minute class will include plenty of options to accommodate larger bodies, and different kinds of mobility. Together we will practice accessible movement and mindfulness, and leave feeling refreshed and relaxed. Beginners welcome! Please plan to bring a yoga mat or towel, and wear something you feel comfortable moving in. Chairs will be available as well for optional seated yoga. No one will be turned away for lack of funds - please use the contact button to reserve a no-pay spot.

All Bodies Welcome Yoga is a hybrid virtual and pop up studio that teaches folks to unlock their own body's wisdom through movement and mindfulness. Every class offers safe, accessible postures, personalization with props, and guided breath work and meditation. Instructor Emily Anderson centers those who live with chronic illnesses, pain, or fatigue, people with limited mobility, fat people, and anyone who wants to practice yoga outside of diet culture. Emily holds a 200 hour yoga teacher training certification, as well as certifications in Accessible Yoga and Chair Yoga. Learn more about ABWY: www.allbodieswelcomeyoga.com

SOMA GROSSA, curated by Anna Mirzayan, seeks to confront anti-fat bias in media, where fat bodies are simultaneously presented as objects of revulsion and spectacles to be consumed. Soma Grossa offers an alternative, by creating the space for fat artists to represent themselves and their own experiences. Through these representations, the exhibition shows connections between fatness and other intersecting experiences and identities, like queerness, kink, and ideas about morbidity and mortality. 

This event is presented in collaboration with Pittsburgh Fatties Social Club, a community led group with three goals: provide social meet ups for fat folks in Pittsburgh, establish references for fat friendly medical and service providers, and create/amplify mutual aid opportunities in our community. Learn more about PGH Fatties on instagram: @pittsburghfattiessocialclub

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