3/29/2024 0 Comments Yoga undressed celebrate the bodyI’m a writer, photographer, model, provocateur. I enjoyed teaching people how to take care of their bodies and how to accept them. I was a personal trainer and a certified Athletic Trainer. Black women are “supposed” to have big butts. Black women would warn me to be careful of losing too much weight with all the working out I was doing. Our bodies are round and strong, our butts are high. My mom is Jamaican and my father is from Nigeria. Love the way the body looks and feels when I lift – the quiver, the burn. I do yoga, plyometrics, jumping, bounding, power work – box jumps, squat jumps, combo moves, mountain climbing moves – anything that makes me feel powerful. It was the last time I can remember experiencing being uncomfortable in my body. My left breast grew faster than the right – ‘Hefty Lefty,’ is what I call her. When puberty hit boys began to notice me in a different way. Water fights by the hydrants in the summer, snowball fights in the winter. In our apartment building, I would jump up and down full flights of stairs. I grew up in New York City – the urban jungle. When I was young, I loved the swings, jungle gyms, hanging upside down. I asked her to tell me about her relationship to her body and if and when she had ever experienced shame. She is a powerhouse of a woman and someone who I consistently learn from. Abigail Ekue came to one of the very first naked yoga classes I taught in 2007 and actually ended up writing and publishing an article about her experience.
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