Jessamyn Stanley
Jessamyn Stanley is a yoga teacher, writer and co-founder of The Underbelly, sharing accessible practice and candid reflections on bodies, identity and self-acceptance.
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The UnderbellyOverview
- Work
- Yoga teacher, writer and content creator
- Based in
- Northern California
- Breakout
- Sharing photographs of her home yoga practice on Instagram
- Community
- Co-founder of The Underbelly
- Books
- Every Body Yoga (2017) and Yoke (2021)
Mini bio
How it started.
Jessamyn first tried hot yoga as a teenager and disliked it. She returned during graduate school, then developed a home practice. Posting photos online began as a way to ask teachers for feedback; the response revealed how many people were hungry to see a larger body practicing yoga.
Making space.
That online practice grew into a teaching career. Jessamyn co-founded The Underbelly and now teaches yoga and meditation internationally. Her work makes room for different bodies and abilities, with self-acceptance running through her classes, writing and conversations about identity.
Beyond the poses.
Every Body Yoga combines her personal story with instructions for 50 poses and 10 home sequences. Yoke followed in 2021, using autobiographical essays to explore yoga beyond the mat, including imposter syndrome, race and the daily work of accepting yourself. Her newsletter, Satanic Baby Girl, continues that conversation through yoga, pleasure and everyday life.
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Awards
Quotes
You are here for you and not for anyone else.Jessamyn Stanley, ClassPass interview
On practicing yoga alone and with other people.
Trivia
- She has drawn on Yin, Forrest, Anusara and other styles alongside her Vinyasa practice, as she explained to ClassPass.
- Yoke includes reflections on growing up Baháí, astrology and finding prana in music.
- Her early yoga photographs were meant to get technical feedback from instructors, according to her TIME interview.
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