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profiles

Spotlight: Anastasia

How has yoga surprised you?

I never expected that when I was looking for an exercise class I would find a community. People who have changed me for the better by simply being them. I never thought I would meet a teacher who would not only invest time in me but would also invest time in my child. I really look forward to the days that I can bring her with me to the studio and let her experience all of what yoga truly is.

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Amidst the pandemic she was taunted for being curvy, she responded with kindness

Constance Haywood is a Just B Yoga student, a grad student and a student of life! She’s trying to keep her head and heart in the right place as she navigates the coronavirus pandemic. She’s still working and juggling social distancing and self-care. A lot is said about how the COVID19 pandemic is bringing out

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Student Profile: Amy Henderson

Name: Amy Henderson Pronoun: They When did you start coming to Just B Yoga? November 2017 What attracted you? My friend Nikki encouraged me to try it out. Why did you begin practicing yoga? I knew I needed to get off my couch. Having a bilateral knee replacement, I was curious if could do it.

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Body positivity and yoga often gets ugly before it gets pretty

When I got a report that one of my teen yoga students had started an extreme starvation diet because she hated her body I knew it was time to jump into the deep end of the pool of body positivity with this group.   I pulled out some Jessamyn Stanley videos. This beautiful, curvy woman

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Student profile: Laurel Tilot

Name: Laurel Tilot Pronoun: She/her/they When did you start coming to Just B Yoga? What attracted you? Summer 2017. I had two friends from work who frequently talked about the studio and I had just finished my first ever power yoga course over at Lake State Crossfit. I wanted something in a different environment that

Classes

Twice the fun! Two Curvy classes on schedule now

You asked for it. Just B Yoga now offers Yoga 2eXceL twice a week. Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 9:30 a.m. SIGN UP FOR CLASS HERE I thank you all for your support of this class. We are the only Curvy Friendly yoga studio in the Lansing area. Belinda got her Curvy Friendly training from Anna

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We want to add another Plus-sized yoga class; vote here

Yoga 2eXceL, our plus-sized yoga class, has become so popular we’d like to offer it twice a week. The current class is Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and we will keep that one. But we’d like you to tell us when you’d like us to add the second class. Vote and keep your eye out for

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Body-image, beauty & bravery: A Just B Yoga photo shoot

For many of us being in front of a camera  – much less doing yoga! – conjures feelings of dread and even disdain. We don’t feel the camera flatters us. We are afraid to see our bodies. We are afraid of judgment. Last weekend several Just B Yoga students took a brave leap to be

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