Skinny Yoga and the Violence of Perfection

My yoga is better now that I’m not skinny

LaToya Baldwin Clark
4 min readMay 6, 2021

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Three thin women wearing yoga pants and trendy shoes
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I have to move my belly out of the way, or else I can’t get my fingers under my feet. My thighs give out and I land on my butt trying to do a toe stand. No longer able to rotate my hip joint to place my foot on top of my leg, my tree pose is wobbly. “LaToya, bend your knees as much as you need to touch your forehead to…

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LaToya Baldwin Clark

Law professor. Living with Bipolar. Teach and write about the law of educational inequality, property and the family. Mom of 3. All opinions my own.

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