Dianne Bondy
Mother, Entrepreneur, Yoga Lover, Consciousness Shaper and Chai Tea Addict
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Dianne Bondy is a trail blazer, activist, yoga teacher and contributing author of Yoga and Body Image: A New Anthology. She is the founder of www.yogasteya.com as well as Yoga For All Training. Yogasteya, an online studio for people of all abilities and sizes. Interested in learning how to teach to a more inclusive class? Dianne is a founding board member of the Yoga and Body Image Coalition devoted to bringing body awareness and diversity to the image of yoga. You can connect with Dianne via the links below, as well as on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook

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These Are The Toughest Challenges You'll Face as a Curvy Yoga Teacher

Being a yoga teacher can be challenging, even more so if you're a curvy yoga teacher. Here's yoga teacher Dianne Bondy's advice for curvy yoga teachers.
Dianne Bondy
These Are The Toughest Challenges You'll Face as a Curvy Yoga Teacher

The Curvy Yogi's Guide to Using Yoga Props

Read the Curvy Yogi's guide to using yoga props to get the most out of your yoga practice.
Dianne Bondy
The Curvy Yogi's Guide to Using Yoga Props

The Do's and Don'ts When Teaching Yoga for Bigger Bodies

These tips will help make your yoga teaching more inclusive, and provide you with a basic, helpful guideline for teaching yoga for bigger bodies.
Dianne Bondy
The Do's and Don'ts When Teaching Yoga for Bigger Bodies

Dear Body, A Love Letter

It's very easy to not love our bodies, but they are the only way we can experience life! Dear body, we love you.
Dianne Bondy
Dear Body, A Love Letter

Dharma or Exercise: Why Do You Practice Yoga?

Yoga teacher and activist Dianne Bondy asks: why do you practice yoga? Do you include compassionate self study and ahimsa in your practice?
Dianne Bondy
Dharma or Exercise: Why Do You Practice Yoga?

Yoga as a Practice Of Compassionate Self Study

Compassionate self study can open up your heart, mind, and soul so you can let love pervade all aspects of your life—including your yoga practice.
Dianne Bondy
Yoga as a Practice Of Compassionate Self Study

Are YOU a Self-Righteous Yoga Teacher?

Sometimes teaching yoga can lead to feeling self-righteous. Here, one yogi shares how she left these feelings behind to include ALL yoga as "true yoga."
Dianne Bondy
Are YOU a Self-Righteous Yoga Teacher?

Why Yoga Props Bolster Our Teaching and Practice

For all our different bodies, moods, and needs, there are different ways to enhance your yoga practice. Heighten your practice and teaching with yoga props!
Dianne Bondy
Why Yoga Props Bolster Our Teaching and Practice

Do I Look Fat In These Yoga Pants?

Author and activist Dianne Bondy shares some inspiring real talk about yoga pants and how what you wear can have a huge effect on body image. Read it here.
Dianne Bondy
Do I Look Fat In These Yoga Pants?

7 Ways to Embrace Diversity and Yoga

The world is endlessly fascinating and culturally diverse. Here are seven ways to embrace diversity and make yoga accessible for all.
Dianne Bondy
7 Ways to Embrace Diversity and Yoga

10 Tips That Help You Teach Your Best Yoga Class Ever

How do you teach your best yoga class ever and separate yourself from the yoga crowd? Here are ten tips to help you and get your ideal teaching job.
Dianne Bondy
10 Tips That Help You Teach Your Best Yoga Class Ever

You Only Need 3 Things To Practice Yoga

Dianne Bondy
You Only Need 3 Things To Practice Yoga

Top 10 Ways to Piss Off Your Yoga Teacher

New to the studio and want to make friends with the yoga teacher and your classmates? Here's what NOT to do if you want to please your yoga friends.
Dianne Bondy
Top 10 Ways to Piss Off Your Yoga Teacher

How The Face Of Yoga Is Changing

Dianne Bondy
How The Face Of Yoga Is Changing

Are You A Yoga Groupie?

Do you seek out all the workshops, teacher trainings, retreats, and events of your favorite popular yoga teacher? Newsflash—you might be a yoga groupie.
Dianne Bondy
Are You A Yoga Groupie?

3 Life Lessons Yoga Taught Me

Dianne Bondy
3 Life Lessons Yoga Taught Me

How Not To Be A Yoga Burn Out (Tips For Teachers And Students)

How do we, as yoga teachers and students of yoga, avoid yoga burn out? Here are 5 tips and ways to keep the fire alive and avoid yoga burn out.
Dianne Bondy
How Not To Be A Yoga Burn Out (Tips For Teachers And Students)

5 Ways To Get Deeper Into Your Yoga Practice

Dianne Bondy
5 Ways To Get Deeper Into Your Yoga Practice

Looking For Fat, Fabulous And Fearless Yogis

Dianne Bondy
Looking For Fat, Fabulous And Fearless Yogis

How To Become Your Own Superhero

Dianne Bondy
How To Become Your Own Superhero

Why Breathing Is So Important

Dianne Bondy
Why Breathing Is So Important

How To Stop The Downward Spiral On Your Yoga Mat

Dianne Bondy
How To Stop The Downward Spiral On Your Yoga Mat

5 Ways To Stay Whole While Being Pulled In A Million Different Directions

Dianne Bondy
5 Ways To Stay Whole While Being Pulled In A Million Different Directions

5 Things I Got Better At By Doing Yoga

Dianne Bondy
5 Things I Got Better At By Doing Yoga

You Only Live Once, What Does That Mean To You?

Dianne Bondy
You Only Live Once, What Does That Mean To You?

How To Be A Yoga Pro

Dianne Bondy
How To Be A Yoga Pro

The Gift Of 10 Minutes

Dianne Bondy
The Gift Of 10 Minutes

Bringing Zen To The Every day

Dianne Bondy
Bringing Zen To The Every day

Yes You Can Do Yoga!

Dianne Bondy
Yes You Can Do Yoga!

Come As You Are To The Mat

Dianne Bondy
Come As You Are To The Mat

Why Teaching Yoga Is Harder Than You Think

Dianne Bondy
Why Teaching Yoga Is Harder Than You Think

6 Simple Steps To Make Your Day Better

Dianne Bondy
6 Simple Steps To Make Your Day Better

10 Life Lessons I Learned From Yoga

Yoga teacher Dianne Bondy shares life lessons she's learned from her yoga practice on the mat and how you can take these off the mat and into your life.
Dianne Bondy
10 Life Lessons I Learned From Yoga

The Evolution Of Yoga - Beyond Yoga Pants and Commercialism

Dianne Bondy
The Evolution Of Yoga - Beyond Yoga Pants and Commercialism

The Power of Aum

The idea of chanting in yoga class makes some of us nervous. We may not be sure what it is or what it means. It’s true, Aum makes some of us nervous.
Dianne Bondy
The Power of Aum

5 Life Lessons I Learned On The Yoga mat

Dianne Bondy
5 Life Lessons I Learned On The Yoga mat

T'is The Season To Be Grateful

Dianne Bondy
T'is The Season To Be Grateful

Why Yoga Made Me More Powerful

Dianne Bondy
Why Yoga Made Me More Powerful

How A Yoga Superstar Changed My Mind

Dianne Bondy
How A Yoga Superstar Changed My Mind

5 Simple Steps to Harness The Power Of Yoga

Dianne Bondy
5 Simple Steps to Harness The Power Of Yoga

6 Things You Should Know Before Taking Yoga Teacher Training

Dianne Bondy
6 Things You Should Know Before Taking Yoga Teacher Training

Forget Your New Year's Resolutions, Stick to Simple Intentions

Dianne Bondy
Forget Your New Year's Resolutions, Stick to Simple Intentions

3 Ways Yoga Makes You A Winner

Dianne Bondy
3 Ways Yoga Makes You A Winner

4 Phrases and Actions That Do NOT Promote Self-Care

The first step to self-care is language. What words are we using to describe ourselves and others?
Dianne Bondy
4 Phrases and Actions That Do NOT Promote Self-Care

5 Simple Ways to Beat the Winter Blues

Dianne Bondy
5 Simple Ways to Beat the Winter Blues

Round Bodied, Big Bodied, Embodied: A Call for the Robust Yoga Teacher

Dianne Bondy
Round Bodied, Big Bodied, Embodied: A Call for the Robust Yoga Teacher

Yoga, Body Image and You

Dianne Bondy
Yoga, Body Image and You

Who Defines The Perfect Yoga Body?

Dianne Bondy
Who Defines The Perfect Yoga Body?

Shoulder Stand Variations for the Abundant Yogi

Bigger bodied yoga practitioners have to be creative in their approach to certain poses. Here are some Shoulder Stand variations for larger bodied yogis.
Dianne Bondy
Shoulder Stand Variations for the Abundant Yogi

5 Tips for a More Consistent Yoga Practice

There always seems to be something to compete with our yoga practice time. Here are five tips to help you get to your mat on a more regular basis.
Dianne Bondy
5 Tips for a More Consistent Yoga Practice

The Politics of Yoga

Yoga teacher and activist Dianne Bondy weighs in on the politics of yoga: yoga culture, body image, and mainstream media's portrayal of yoga practitioners.
Dianne Bondy
The Politics of Yoga

Why You Can't Heal A Body You Hate

Inspiring piece by author & yoga teacher Dianne Bondy on why acceptance is the first step to loving the skin you're in & why you can't heal a body you hate.
Dianne Bondy
Why You Can't Heal A Body You Hate

My Yoga Practice Is My Therapist

Teacher Dianne Bondy shares why her yoga practice is her cheerleader, her happy AND sad place, and is something that is well and truly her own.
Dianne Bondy
My Yoga Practice Is My Therapist

It’s Time to Take Back Our Lives: How the Quest for Perfection Threatens Us All

We are a culture obsessed with acquisition and perfection. We never seem to have enough. Nothing is ever good enough as it is—especially not our bodies.
Dianne Bondy
It’s Time to Take Back Our Lives: How the Quest for Perfection Threatens Us All

What Does 'Yoga For All' Mean?

The word yoga means union and connection—and yet we have managed to create and perpetuate exclusion within the practice. Yoga For All seeks to change that.
Dianne Bondy
What Does 'Yoga For All' Mean?
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