Yoga is not a Visual Practice: Moving Beyond the Mirror

About this episode

This episode discusses the impact of mirrors on yoga practice and personal self-perception.

Send a text and share your thoughts. We want to hear from you! Mirrors are a familiar part of many movement spaces—but are they helping your yoga practice, or quietly changing it? In this episode, I share my personal experience with mirrors from my early years as a dancer to my work as a yoga teacher, and how that relationship has evolved over time. We explore how mirrors—and even the images we see on social media—can shift our focus outward, leading us to evaluate, compare, and judge ourselv...

People in this episode

Host: MJ Waddell

Topics covered

• yoga practice
• self-reflection
• body image
• movement
• social media influence

Keywords

• yoga
• mirrors
• self-evaluation
• dance
• body image
• social media

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