![]() One concept I come back to over and over, particularly when contemplating asana, is Embodiment.Įmbodiment encompasses the inner world of asana, as opposed to just the external form of the pose. I have reflected long and hard about what words, ideas, and feelings can do justice to the depth and breadth of yoga, and how to translate these into images. ![]() In turn, this ‘look’ must, in some way, represent yoga, in its richness and complexity. Nourish’s ‘look’ needs to align with the multifaceted content of our 200-hour, Pregnancy, Inclusive Yoga Trainings, and workshops. However, as a yoga business, there is an even greater responsibility, as well as challenge, to provide a more diverse and holistic representation of yoga. These intentions also underpin Nourish’s Instagram. I didn’t stop posting yoga-related content on my grid instead, I challenged myself to more fully represent what yoga is for me, in terms of how it feels –– within and beyond asana. They were, and remain, just one (small) part of it. These images, pretty as they may be, did not do justice to my practice, my teaching, or my understanding of yoga as a whole. A couple of years ago I made the choice to stop posting pictures of myself in aesthetically complex asana on my personal Instagram. ![]()
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