#86: Body Positivity and Social Justice with Dianne Bondy, Yoga Teacher and Activist
Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison
Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS
4.7 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2017
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Yoga teacher and body-positive activist Dianne Bondy shares how a body-shaming father led her to develop an eating disorder in childhood and adolescence, how yoga helped in her recovery, why the yoga industry needs to be more welcoming of all bodies, why body positivity is a social justice issue, and lots more!
Dianne Bondy is a celebrated yoga teacher, social justice activist and leading voice of the Yoga For All movement. Her inclusive view of yoga asana and philosophy inspires and empowers thousands of followers around the world – regardless of their shape, size, ethnicity, or level of ability.
Dianne contributes to Yoga International, Do You Yoga, and Elephant Journal. She is featured and profiled in International media outlets: The Guardian, Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, People and more. She is a spokesperson for diversity in yoga and yoga for larger bodies, as seen in her work with Pennington’s, Gaiam, and the Yoga & Body Image Coalition. Her work is published in the books Yoga and Body Image, and Yes Yoga Has Curves. Find her onilne at DianneBondyYoga.com and YogaSteya.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Food Psych, a podcast about intuitive eating, body positivity, and health at every |
| 0:06.2 | size. |
| 0:07.2 | I'm your host, Kristi Harrison, and I'm a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified |
| 0:11.2 | intuitive eating counselor, specializing in weight-inclusive wellness. |
| 0:15.3 | Join me as I talk with interesting people from all walks of life about their relationships |
| 0:19.3 | with food. |
| 0:21.3 | Hey there. |
| 0:27.3 | Welcome to episode 86. |
| 0:38.5 | My guest today is the amazing Diane Bondi, who many of you may know from her yoga classes |
| 0:43.9 | online. |
| 0:44.9 | She's a body positive yoga teacher and activist and social justice warrior, and just a really, |
| 0:50.5 | really cool person. |
| 0:51.5 | And I can't wait for you to hear our conversation because we got into some amazing, far-ranging |
| 0:56.3 | topics around body positivity and social justice and her own recovery from disordered eating |
| 1:01.5 | as well. |
| 1:02.5 | So I can't wait to share that with you in just a moment. |
| 1:04.8 | First, I want to let you know about a super exciting new thing that I'm doing. |
| 1:10.6 | I finally, after much thought and consideration, launched a private Facebook group for food |
| 1:16.9 | cyclists. |
| 1:17.9 | So this is a free group, and you can connect with other food cyclists from around the |
| 1:22.1 | world. |
| 1:23.1 | And it's just been a couple of days since I launched it. |
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