Ep 27. Thin Privilege and Body Inclusive Fitness with Anna Hearn Artwork

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Non-Diet Yogi explores and dismantles the world of #BigWellness, where yoga, spirituality, fitness, diet culture, white supremacy and toxic female entrepreneurship collide in a dizzying spectacle of goji berries and designer mala beads.This podcast is for you if you - love yoga, but don’t always love yoga culture - wish to form a deeper connection with your body and with the natural world around you, minus the wellness wankery - are tired of the classism, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, fat phobia and other threads of white supremacy woven throughout #BigWellness. Hosted by Casey Conroy, non-diet dietitian, naturopath in training, and yoga teacher.

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Ep 27. Thin Privilege and Body Inclusive Fitness with Anna Hearn

July 08, 2022 • Casey Conroy, Anna Hearn • Episode 27

By neutralising body size, not focussing on weight loss and instead emphasising the importance of enjoying movement and caring for our bodies, Anna Hearn is reimagining what the fitness industry could look like. Plus, we discuss the elephant in the room: thin privilege.

SHOW NOTES:

00:56 A personal update
07:18 What is thin privilege?
15:07 How and why Anna’s body inclusive fitness and yoga studio, Haven Wellness was born
18:28 Moving the focus away from body transformations, fat loss and “no pain, no gain” – and towards balance, self-compassion and body attunement
19:30 Speaking to clients and fitness professionals about HAES, weight neutrality and body acceptance, and creating a safe and comfortable environment for movement
30:32 The value of sharing your own story and vulnerabilities as a fitness professional
32:02 Thin privilege, Lindo Bacon and the ways other forms of privilege show up in the HAES movement
38:00 Anna’s favourite resources and teachers in the HAES and body inclusive fitness and yoga worlds.

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