CIRCLE | *First Saturday* 12 - 1:30p | Yoga for Bigger Bodies *ONLY* with Andrea

This class is designed to create community and healing for fat folks! If you self identify as plus sized, shop at stores with clothing at or above XL, or are challenged by anti-weight bias/fatphobia, this class is for you! We will do a slow, accessible vinyasa flow and then wrap it up with a touch of restorative yoga. We'll utilize props and try different variations for traditional poses. This class is suitable for beginners and seasoned yogis alike!

Instructor: Andrea Parés

Andrea (she/her/hers) was born and raised in Colorado and has always found joy in creating community. As a musician, voice teacher, band leader, improv and stand up comedian, bar tender, and fierce friend, she’s always known her calling in life has been to bring people together for moments of authentic humanity. However, as a self identified and life long fat girl, she’s never found “health and wellness” spaces safe or welcoming for her body type. After discovering a few larger bodied yoga teachers such as Kady Lafferty of Big Body Yoga, Dianne Bondy, Amber Karnes, and Jessamyn Stanley, Andrea started to see how beautiful and wonderful life can be in a bigger body and began to heal and peel back the layers of anti fat bias and hate that society had laid on her. Inspired by these leaders, she became a yoga teacher herself through Courageous so she could offer the same healing and liberation to others in a city that so desperately needs it. The Courageous Yoga leaders and community know how important representation and accessibility is in yoga spaces and Andrea knew this would be the perfect place to begin! Andrea strives to bring yoga to people who feel intimidated by yoga and yoga spaces by offering fun and soulful music flows and classes specifically for fat folks.