Jessamyn Stanley's Uncensored Take On 'Fat Yoga' ndi Body Positive Movement

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Takhala okonda kwambiri ophunzitsa yoga komanso wolimbikitsa thupi pos Jessamyn Stanley kuyambira pomwe adajambula mitu yankhani koyambirira kwa chaka chatha. Kuyambira pamenepo, watenga dziko la Instagram ndi yoga ndi mphepo yamkuntho-ndipo tsopano ali ndi otsatira okhulupilira 168,000 ndikuwerengera. Ndipo monga taphunzira posachedwa ndi iye (pakati pa nthawi yake yoyenda padziko lonse lapansi akuphunzitsa yoga!), ndizambiri kuposa mawonekedwe abwino pa Instagram. (Ngakhale inde, zoyimika m'manja ndizosangalatsa kwambiri.) Kupitilira zomwe amakonda komanso omutsatira, momwe amaganizira yoga, komanso kutenga mitu yonga thupi, 'yoga wamafuta,' komanso malingaliro olakwika ozungulira 'thupi la yoga' ndi moyo wawo kwathunthu zotsitsimula komanso zotsegulira malingaliro. Dziwani za 'wokonda mafuta' wodziyesa yekha ndi 'wokonda yoga,' ndipo konzekerani kumukonda kwambiri. (Onetsetsani kuti muwone a Jessamyn ndi ma badass ena opatsa mphamvu azimayi pagulu lathu la #LoveMyShape.)

Mawonekedwe: Mawu oti 'mafuta' ndi omwe mumagwiritsa ntchito kudzizindikiritsa nokha pamapulatifomu anu onse pa intaneti. Kodi ubale wanu ndi mawu amenewo ndi uti?

Jessamyn Stanley [JS]: Ndimagwiritsa ntchito mawu oti mafuta chifukwa moona, pali njira zambiri zosagwirizana ndi mawu omwewo. Ndi chinthu chomwe chasandulika kukhala chofanana ndi chopusa, chopanda thanzi, kapena ngati kutcha wina nyama yonyansa. Ndipo chifukwa cha ichi palibe amene akufuna kumva. Ngati mumatcha munthu wonenepa, zimakhala ngati chipongwe chomaliza. Ndipo kwa ine ndizodabwitsa chifukwa ndi chiganizo chokha. Amatanthauza 'chachikulu'. Ndikayang'ana mawu oti mafuta mumtanthauzira mawu zikanakhala zomveka kuwona chithunzi changa pafupi ndi icho. Ndiye, cholakwika ndi chiyani kugwiritsa ntchito mawu amenewo?

Komabe, ndimasamala kwambiri kuti ndisatchule anthu ena kuti ndi onenepa chifukwa anthu ambiri angakonde kutchedwa 'curvy' kapena 'voluptuous' kapena 'plus-size' kapena chilichonse. Ndiwo ufulu wawo, koma pamapeto pake, mawu amakhala ndi mphamvu zoyipa mukawapatsa mphamvu.

Mawonekedwe: Monga munthu amene amalandira zilembo, mukuganiza bwanji za gulu la 'mafuta yoga' ndimachitidwe ake? Kodi ichi ndichinthu chabwino kuti thupi liziyenda bwino?

JS: Ndimati 'yoga wamafuta' ndipo kwa ine zili ngati, kukhala wonenepa komanso kuchita yoga. Kwa anthu ena 'mafuta mafuta' amatanthauza kokha anthu onenepa amatha kupanga yoga. Sindine wodzilekanitsa, koma anthu ena amaganiza kuti ndikofunikira kuti tikhale ndi zinthu zathu. Vuto langa lotcha yoga mafuta ndikuti limasanduka lingaliro loti pali mitundu ina ya yoga yomwe anthu onenepa amatha kuchita. Ndipo ngati simukuchita yoga yonenepa kuti simukuloledwa kuchita yoga.

M'magulu abwino a yoga komanso pagulu la yoga, pali anthu ambiri omwe amaganiza kuti ngati muli ndi thupi lokulirapo pali mitundu ina yazomwe mungachite. Ndidabwera m'makalasi momwe thupi lililonse lidalimo, osati anthu onenepa okha. Ndipo ndidakwanitsa m'makalasi amenewo ndipo ndimawona anthu ena onenepa akupambana m'makalasi amenewo nthawi zonse padziko lapansi. Sipayenera kukhala kalasi ya yoga yomwe munthu wonenepa amalowa komwe amamva ngati sali ake. Muyenera kuchita chilichonse kuyambira forrest yoga kupita ku mlengalenga yoga mpaka jivamukti mpaka vinyasa, zilizonse. Muyenera kukhala ozizira mokwanira ndi inu nokha osamva chabwino, palibe inu mukudziwa, anthu onenepa khumi muno kotero sindingathe kuchita kapena, aphunzitsi sali onenepa ndiye sindingathe. Malingaliro amtunduwu amachitika mukalemba. Mumadziletsa komanso mumachepetsa anthu ena.

Mawonekedwe: Mwalankhulapo za momwe kukhala munthu wokulirapo kulidi chida chofunikira mu yoga. Kodi mungafotokoze?

JS: Chinthu chachikulu ndi chakuti anthu sazindikira kuti matupi athu-zonse zazing'onozi-zimagwirizana wina ndi mzake ndipo muyenera kudziona kuti ndinu ogwirizana. Ndisanayambe kujambula, ndinkadana ndi ziwalo zosiyanasiyana za thupi langa, makamaka mimba yanga chifukwa nthawi zonse imakhala yaikulu kwambiri. Mikono yanga ikuzungulira, ntchafu zanga ndi zazikulu kwambiri. Kotero mukuganiza kuti, 'Moyo wanga ukanakhala wabwino kwambiri ngati mimba yanga inali yaying'ono' kapena 'Ndikanatha kuchita izi bwino kwambiri ndikanakhala ndi ntchafu zing'onozing'ono'. Mumaganiza choncho kwa nthawi yayitali ndiye mumazindikira, makamaka mukayamba kudzijambula nokha, kuti Dikirani, mimba yanga ikhoza kukhala yayikulu, koma ndi gawo lalikulu la zomwe zikuchitika pano. Ilipo kwambiri. Ndipo ndiyenera kulemekeza izi. Sindingakhale pano ndikukhala monga, 'Ndikulakalaka thupi langa likadakhala losiyana.' Chirichonse chikhoza kukhala chosiyana, chingakhale chosiyana. Mukavomereza kuti mutha kulandira mphamvu zomwe ziwalo za thupi lanu zikukupatsani.

Ndili ndi ntchafu zowirira kwenikweni, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti ndili ndi khushoni yambiri mozungulira minofu yanga ndikakhala kuti ndatha kale. Chifukwa chake ndikaganiza kuti 'Oo mulungu wanga ikuwotcha ikuwotcha,' ndiye ndikuganiza, 'Chabwino, ndikulingalira kuti ikuwotcha mafuta omwe akhala pamwamba pa minofu ndipo mulibwino. Muli ndi zotchingira pamenepo, zili bwino! ' Ndi zinthu monga choncho. Ngati muli ndi thupi lalikulu, mawonekedwe ambiri akhoza kukhala gehena. Mwachitsanzo, ngati muli ndi mimba yambiri komanso mabere ambiri, ndipo mumalowa m'malo mwa ana, pakhoza kukhala zovuta zambiri pansi, ndipo zimangokhala ngati kulota kukhala pamenepo. Koma ngati muyika chothandizira pansi panu, mumangodzipangira malo ochulukirapo. Ndizokhudza kukhala bwino ndikuti osanena, 'Mulungu, ndikadakhala kuti sindinali choncho wonenepa, Nditha kusangalala ndi izi. ' Icho sichinthu kwenikweni. Pali anthu ang'onoang'ono omwe sakusangalalanso. Pezani njira yosangalalira lero.

Maonekedwe: Mwanenapo za momwe "thupi lamtundu wa yoga" limawonongera. Kodi zomwe mumachita zimagwira ntchito bwanji kuti mutembenuzire malingaliro achikhalidwe pamutu pawo?

JS: Ndizoposa thupi chabe, ndi moyo wonse womwe umayenderana nawo-ndi lingaliro ili la kugula kwa Lululemon, kupita ku studio nthawi zonse, kupita kumapiri, kukhala ndi Yoga Zolemba mkazi wolembetsa. Zimapanga lingaliro ili la moyo wanu akhoza khalani otsutsana ndi zomwe zili. Ndizokhumba chabe. Pali anthu ambiri ngati amenewo pa Instagram pompano. Akupanga lingaliro lomwe kulibe. Zili ngati, Moyo wanga ndi wokongola kwambiri ndipo wanu ukhoza kukhalanso ngati mutachita x, y, z, zinthu. Ndili m'malo ano, ndikufuna kukhala moyo wanga ndikukhala bwino tsiku ndi tsiku, ndipo izi zikutanthauza kuvomereza kuti sizinthu zonse m'moyo wanga zili zangwiro, kapena zokongola. Pali zinthu zina zovuta kwambiri pamoyo wanga. Ndine munthu wachinsinsi, koma monga momwe ndingathere kuwonetsa zinthuzo kwa anthu ena, ndimafuna kutero. Chifukwa muyenera kuwona kuti moyo wa yoga ndi aliyense moyo. (Apa, zambiri za chifukwa chake 'yoga body' stereotype ndi BS.)

Maonekedwe: Kodi mumachitabe zamanyazi nthawi zonse?

JS: Mwamtheradi. 100 peresenti. Nthawi zonse. Zimandichitikira ngakhale m'makalasi anga kunyumba. Ndikakhala kunyumba, ndimaphunzitsa kalasi ya Lachiwiri masana, ndipo pali ophunzira ambiri obwerezabwereza omwe amabwerera, ndiyeno anthu omwe amabwera chifukwa amandidziwa kuchokera pa intaneti. Koma palinso anthu ena omwe amabwera kudzachita yoga ndipo sakudziwa chilichonse chokhudza ine. Ndipo ndimawawona pankhope zawo akamalowa ndikundiona. Ali ngati, whaaaaat? Ndiyeno amakhala ngati, 'Kodi ndinu mphunzitsi?' Ndipo ndikawauza kuti eya, mumawona mawonekedwe awa pankhope zawo. Ndipo mukudziwa kuti akuganiza, kodi mtsikana wonenepa uyu andiphunzitsa bwanji? Ndinkaganiza kuti ndikupita ku yoga, ndimaganiza kuti ndikhala wathanzi, koma ali muno. Mutha kuziwona. Ndipo nthawi zonse amakhala munthu yemweyo yemwe kumapeto kwa kalasi amagwetsa thukuta, ndikupumira. Koma sungakwiyitsidwe, muyenera kungodziwa kuti ndikukhala moyo wanu womwe umakhudza anthu. Conco, sizimandidetsa nkhawa kuti anthu akadali ndi tsankho.

Ndazindikira izi ndi Valerie Sagin- biggalyoga pa Instagram-yemwenso ndi mphunzitsi wamkulu wa yoga komanso mnzake wapamtima. Amakumana ndi manyazi ambiri kuchokera kwa ophunzira, aphunzitsi ena, komanso ochokera kwa studio. Valerie ndi ine, timapeza chifukwa tili pa intaneti, kotero pamapeto pake anthu amatha kuyang'ana ndikunena, 'O, ndamuwona akuchita zopanda kanthu.' Zili ngati muli ndi mawu achinsinsi achinsinsi. Koma sizili choncho kwa aliyense. Ndamva ana asukulu ambiri akundiuza nkhani zakuchititsidwa manyazi mkalasi. Kapenanso komwe aphunzitsi amabwera ndikunena kuti, 'Zikhala zovuta kwambiri ngati mwakhala wonenepa' komanso 'Ngati mulibe thanzi, izi zikhala zovuta.' Zimasinthidwa kwathunthu mdziko la yoga. Anthu amene amachita zimenezi samakayikira chifukwa amaganiza kuti ndi nkhani ya thanzi, ndipo amaganiza kuti akukuchitirani zabwino.

Koma kumapeto kwa tsiku, ziribe kanthu ngati muli ndi atatu mwa anayi a miyendo yanu; zilibe kanthu kuti ndinu wonenepa, wamfupi, wamtali, wamwamuna, wamkazi, kapena kwinakwake pakati. Palibe chilichonse chofunikira. Zomwe zimafunikira ndikuti ndife anthu ndipo timayesera kupuma limodzi.

Mawonekedwe: M'mauthenga aposachedwa a Instagram, mumadzinena kuti ndinu "munthu wonenepa munthawi yazikonzanso thupi." Kodi 'kubwezeretsa' thupi lako kumatanthauza chiyani?

JS: Zomwe zili zonse - ntchito yomwe muli nayo, zovala zomwe mumavala, munthu amene mumakhala naye pachibwenzi-zimakhudzana ndi momwe mumaonekera kwa anthu ena. Chifukwa chake sindinganene kuti, 'Sindikusamalanso za izi. Zilibe kanthu kwa ine mmene thupi langa limaonekera kwa anthu ena. Si kanthu.' Izi zimafuna kuti mulembenso bukulo kuyambira pachiyambi. Chifukwa chake kwa ine-mawu omwe mumanenawo ndi pomwe ndimakhala ku Dubai ndikudya pafupi ndi dziwe-zikutanthauza kuti timadya pagulu pamaso pa anthu ena. Ndi zomwe amayi ambiri samakhala omasuka kuchita. Ndi za kuvala bikini pamaso pa anthu. Ndi nkhani ya kusaganiziranso zovala zimene ndimavala komanso mmene zingakhudzire anthu ena. Ndi njira yayitali kwambiri ndipo pali ma curve, ndipo pali masiku oyipa komanso masiku abwino, ndipo ndiwowopsa, koma yoga imathandiza ndi izi. Zimakuthandizani kuzindikira kuti zonse zikhala bwino kumapeto kwa tsiku.

Mawonekedwe: Ngakhale mwachiwonekere pali ntchito yambiri yoti ichitike, kodi mungalankhule za momwe thupi likuyendera bwino? Kodi malingaliro olakwika asintha ngakhale pang'ono?

JS: Ndikuganiza kuti zasintha, koma chidwi cha thupi ndichosokoneza kwambiri. (Onani: Kodi Thupi Labwino Limayankhula?) Ndikuwonabe anthu ambiri omwe amaganiza kuti ali ndi thanzi lamthupi, koma alibe. Ndipo ndikulankhula za anthu omwe ndimawakonda ndi kuwalemekeza ngati aphunzitsi. Amati, `` Aliyense ayenera kukhala omasuka ndi iwo eni, '' koma pamapeto pake amangonena zomwezo mobwerezabwereza. Mwa ichi, tidakali ndiulendo wautali. Koma kuti izi zikulankhulidwa ndi malo ogulitsa Maonekedwe ndi chachikulu. Ndi chinthu china kufuula mu intaneti ya ',' Aliyense azidzikonda! ', Ndichinthu china kuti malo ogulitsira omwe amafikira anthu ambiri azinena kuti,' Izi ndi zomwe tiyenera kuda nkhawa. ' Kwa ine, chimenecho ndi chizindikiro cha kusintha. Inde, zinthu zitha kukhala zabwinoko, ndipo ndikuganiza chaka kuchokera pano, tidzayang'ananso ndikuzindikira, wow, inali nthawi yosiyana nthawi imeneyo. Pakhala pali masitepe ang'onoang'ono ochuluka, koma zikuyenda mpaka pano ndipo tikufikira anthu ambiri padziko lonse lapansi.

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