Top Ten Favorite Yoga Books Books, books, and more books! In the New Year I like to cull some of my library, but it's really hard! I have so many books on Yoga, and I may not look at a book for several years, but when I need to look something up for reference, or...
Jyanthi
The Guru is not just one man in a robe, a beard, and sandals. The Guru is a lineage that spills all pervading Grace down the centuries through embodied channels, where it can flow in a more concentrated form, and pour into your heart. That stream of Grace ignites the...
What is Big Yoga?
Using a Chair for Yoga Meera Kerr: It is the Integral Yoga Hatha I class adapted to the needs of larger people. As I got older I noticed my body was changing. I saw a need for an adaptation to serve those who want to do Yoga but can't do what thinner people are doing....
Take a Deep Breath!
Meera's new book 2020 is going to go down in history as the worst year ever! The Corona 19 virus is devastating countries all around the globe, but especially here in the good old US of A. Have we done the best we could do to NOT spread the virus? I don't think so,...
It’s a Sound Practice
Tibetan Singing Bowls During the Covid Era, I find myself with a lot of time on my hands for random activities. Not that I get anything accomplished. All of 2020 has seemed fluid, as if we're floating in a sea of confusion. But I have a new book to promote--Take a...
Big Yoga: An Interview with Meera Patricia Kerr
Meera My interview with Meera Patricia Kerr is the first of a series of interviews with influential teachers who are committed to bringing the benefits of yoga to larger students. I personally studied with Meera Patricia Kerr in 2004, at the beautiful Satchidananda...
Big Yoga: The Plus-Size Practice
Meera Kerr, an Integral Yoga teacher for 30 years, is the creator of Big Yoga. She believes that you don't have to be thin to enjoy the benefits of Yoga - her new book, Big Yoga: A Simple Guide for Bigger Bodies, and a second DVD, attest to that. She's spent the last...
You’re Never Too Old for Yoga
Think you're too old for starting up with Yoga? No way! I'm really grateful that I started learning yoga in the 60's when I was still in my twenties, but that doesn't mean folks my age--mid 70's-- can't start now! There are so many adaptations we can...
What do you want?
There’s more to Yoga than looking good in a onsie.
Happy Practitioners Call It “Big Ass Yoga!”
A FLUFFY OMELET OF LUSTMeera Patricia Kerr has been big since childhood. Even during a short run of relatively skinny - but still amply curvy - days around her college years, an admirer called her his "flufry omelet of lust." Kerr has always been comfortable with her...
Fully Fit Plus-size Options Cater to Comfort
It's hard not to be self-conscious when exercising, especially in a room full of lithe, young bodies, but it's even harder for women who fall into the plus-size range. It iisn't just about comfort, though, it's also about physical capabilities. One teacher, Patricia...
Live Once Juicy: Big Yoga Book Review
Im very, very new to yoga. I also live in a remote, rural area with exactly zero available yoga classes or teachers. As a result, Ive had to find some resources that I could use to learn on my own. Its made me so happy to find that there are several good ones that are...
Yoga Chicago – Book Review
Now more than ever, people are recognizing that yoga practice is not just for young and thin bodies. With an emphasis on health and relaxation, Meera has developed a unique yoga program for larger individuals. She begins with an explanation of what yoga is, the...
Publishers Weekly Red Star Review
In the Lifestyle Section of Publishers Weekly Though the power of Yoga to help reverse heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels-problems endemic to the overweight is well-established, the popular image of the rall-thin Yoga guru...
Library Journal May 2010
Sometime during the popularization of yoga in the West, a mythic yogic body stereotype emerged. As yoga became more commercialized, it appeared to be only forthe slim, hyperlithe figures that permeated the media and studio instruction. "Big Yoga" pioneer Kerr joined...
New Age Retailer
Meera Patricia Kerr, who began her personal journey into yoga as a college student in the groovy 60s, shows readers how to start and enjoy a yoga practice regardless of their size. With a sense of humor, she illustrates through photo essays of asanas that it is...
Bella Online DVD Review
"For those who don't look like the traditional Yoga models." A few years ago I reviewed another yoga CD (Big Yoga - Hatha 1) by Meera Patricia Kerr and while the technique and instruction were good it wasn't really a beginner's exercise video. Big Yoga - Flexibility...
Yoga Chicago DVD Review
If you or others you know have wanted to do yoga but are afraid to take a regular class because of your weight, age or lack of flexibility, heres an alternative way to try it out. In this DVD, Meera Pataricia Kerr, a full-bodied, middle-aged woman, takes the viewer...
Booklist – DVD Review
This yoga workout is "designed and adapted for the larger body." Full-figured instructor Meera Patricia Kerr stresses that yoga can improve insulin performance in diabetics, reverse heart disease and raise self esteem. She begins with chanting and eye exercises before...
Big Yoga: Beginners Hatha I
There's a negative head loop that many people who are overweight endlessly repeat: "I'm overweight so I can't exercise ...I don't exercise so I'm overweight." Watching hard bodies working out at the gym (or on DVD) doesn't necessarily help to stop the nasty mind...