30 Days of Curvy Yoga with Marianne Elliott

Are you a non-pretzel like me? Or maybe you’re rocking your curves, like my co-conspirator on this course, Marianne Elliott.

Yoga has proven benefits for people of all shapes and sizes. But sometimes it can be a real drag to try out yoga among the hip, pretzel scene.

This course was created for everyone who contacted me about wanting a yoga practice for your body–the one you have today that carries you through your day, picks up kids after school, navigates an old illness or injury and offers a warm ear to a friend.

Marianne and I collaborated to create a body positive 30 Days of Curvy Yoga which crafts yoga to meet the needs of people of all sizes and abilities.

Benefits of the 30 Days of Curvy Yoga

30 days of Curvy Yoga is an online program designed to support you to begin a regular practice of yoga in the comfort of your own home.

More than 600 people have taken the standard 30 Days of Yoga course. The feedback we get is overwhelming, it works. People who have never been able to get into yoga at all are discovering that they actually love it.

Why? Because Marianne & I are teaching what we know best. Marianne’s the expert on struggling to get into a steady home practice of yoga because she has struggled herself. She’s tried bribing herself into it, nagging herself into it, forcing herself into it. None of them worked. What works – for Marianne and for hundreds of others – is the simple, compassionate approach we set out in this course.

Our approach is grounded in a radical form of self-kindness because we believe that we all respond better to kindness than criticism. And because kindness works. It’s a powerful and transformative force. Never under-estimate kindness!

But we knew it could be even better. We wanted to create a version just for those of you who have written to Marianne & I saying that you don’t think your body is quite right for yoga, whether because you are a bit curvier than the models on the cover of Yoga Journal, or simply because – out of respect for your body – you prefer to move a bit more slowly and gently.

This course is for you!

What is 30 Days of Curvy Yoga?

It’s a unique online yoga course that brings the benefits of a yoga class (access to your teacher and connection to a yoga community) into your own home. The course includes:

• A 45 minute ‘Rock Your Curves’ yoga practice. You download the practice to play on your computer or iPod and can keep it once the course is finished;
• Additional weekly practices to complement your ‘Rock Your Curves’ practice including a pranayama (breathing) and a meditation on being kinder to ourselves.
• Weekly live calls where Anna and Marianne will share additional gentle practices and answer your questions about your yoga practice or about yoga generally.
• Daily emails from me throughout the 30 days addressing the main challenges people face in establishing a regular home yoga practice, with practical tips and gentle encouragement to help you overcome them.
• Access to a private course site where you’ll be able to access all the lessons and resources of the course.
• Optional membership of a private 30 Days of Curvy Yoga Facebook group for support and encouragement
• The option of being allocated an online 30 days of yoga buddy for encouragement and accountability. This really helps many people with their commitment to the practice;
• An e-book containing all the written materials from the course.

Learn more and register here:
http://marianne-elliott.com/courses/yoga-courses/30-days-of-curvy-yoga-yoga-for-your-body/