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Page 3 of 3 Strength and Focus continued... Just like yoga, she says, transforming your body image should be seen in the context of a practice being perfected over a long period of time. "Body image and all of its thoughts and complexities wasn't born overnight, it didn't get its stronghold in the psyche overnight, and it won't be dismantled overnight," she says.
SOURCES: Barbara Moroney, yoga teacher; author, Natural Body, Natural Shape: Develop a Strong Self Image, Good Health & Ageless Grace & Beauty through Yoga. Steven Hartman, yoga teacher; director of professional training, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Lenox, Mass. Christina Sell, certified Anusara yoga teacher; owner, Prescott Yoga; author, Yoga from the Inside Out: Making Peace with Your Body Through Yoga. Judy Stanley, retired teacher, Wichita, Kan. Aliesa George, Pilates Method Alliance Gold Certified Pilates instructor; founder and president, Centerworks Pilates, Wichita, Kan. VitaDocs news article: "Yoga May Aid Body Image, Cut Eating Disorders," by Miranda Hitti, published May 20, 2005. Daubenmier, J. Psychology of Women Quarterly, June 2005; vol 29: pp 207-219.
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