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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....
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...
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...
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...
Big Yoga Blog
If you follow me, you may have figured out that I'm not using this blog so much anymore. I decided to put everything in one place, so from now on, you can find my blog posts on BigYoga.Net. But for a quick update, I am spending the winter in Yogaville, where I just...
Getting Big Yoga Out There!
Last week was a busy one, with a radio interview,with Charlie and Eva at Corporate Talk A TV interview with Valerie Lego from ABC affiliate, WZZM's show "Healthy You" and a new blog post on the Junonia website, a clothing company that offers pus-size yoga clothes...
What’s Up in Yogaville?
It's a big weekend in Yogaville this year--the centenary birthday celebration of our teacher, Sri Swami Satchidananda, and Guru Poornima celebration. Check out this great video by Sam Eberle to give you a taste of what Yogaville is all about. I can't be there this...
Some Big Yoga Tips For Integral Yoga Teachers
I am the first to admit I am a slacker Yogi. I knew early on that the best way for me to get on the mat regularly was to take teacher training, and get out and teach others. I went to Pomfret, Connecticut way back in 1978 and spent the month at the Ashram—yes,...
Listen Listen Listen
I love this new online magazine, The Yogic Way. In their review of my book, BIG YOGA®--published by Square One Publishers-- they point out the importance of listening to your own body and "start where you're comfortable". This is so important these days, when so many...
Clothes for the Curvacious
Just because we have curves doesn't mean we can't do yoga. And don't we want to look fine while doing our practice? Here are some of the clothes from the Elsa Dee line that you might like to see yourself in. The line has 9 different styles in 4 different colors, in...
Utkatasana
I've been teaching the chair pose, utkatasana, to my students, and wanted to put an image out into the web-o-sphere of what it looks like when a bigger body performs this asana. It's a great way to keep your thighs toned, so I use it as a way of coming out of the...
Plus-Size Yoga Clothes!
Recently, I was invited to represent a classy line of yoga clothes for us curvy gals. Manufactured in Hong Kong out of 95% cotton and 5% spandex, the clothes are comfy and perfect for yoga, but also for travel, and just lounging around the house. There are 9...
IBPA Awards
Last night, the Independent Book Publisher Association handed out their annual awards at a ceremony in New York city. Named in honor of America's most cherished publisher/printer, the Benjamin Franklin Awardsâ„¢ recognizes excellence in independent publishing....