WHAT WE'RE ABOUT

RBI focuses on using expressive writing, design-oriented work, photography, media, research, and community input to fuel fat positive, body acceptance, discussion, and outreach. Our goal is to redefine the way we view and think about body image, size, fat, discrimination, health, fitness, wellness, mental/chronic illness, stigma, and other related topics.

We are constantly redefining our own perspectives, and therefore tend to write a lot about our personal experiences. Many followers and contributors are living with anorexia, bulimia, body dysmorphic disorder, depression, and a variety of other body image disorders or mental illnesses, so please be respectful and remember that health applies differently to everyone. Any and all potentially triggering content will be prefaced with a trigger warning.

RBI supports all races, genders, classes, and sizes. We try our best to make this a safe space for everyone. If we are not doing our job or checking our privilege, we invite you to please inform us.

Some of the artwork you see here has been created by our founder or moderators, some sourced when applicable. Please be kind enough to source this blog whenever you share it's content.

We are not health professionals. Any and all advice provided on this blog is supported only by our own research, studies, and personal experiences; nothing more.

This blog is part of the Safe Space Network.
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Knee pain or other trouble with pigeon pose? Here are some modifications that work well for beginners or yogis with larger bodies.

Read the whole post and watch the video here

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Savasana when you have junk in the trunk

Do you have a big butt? Is being on the floor uncomfortable for you? Check out this video for ideas on how to make savasana/final relaxation actually, you know, RELAXING.

Read more at the Body Positive Yoga blog…

THIS IS SO GREAT!!!

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Image: me, a fat person, hiking Dante's View over Badwater Basin in Death Valley

Please stop waiting for some magic moment (that may never happen) to come around. Some magic moment where you are tall, thin, have smooth skin, no cellulite, have a voice that doesn’t sound annoying when you hear yourself recorded.

Please stop waiting to go live your life, put on a swimsuit, dance at a club, give that hot guy your phone number, buy a pair of shorts, join a book club, show up for that exercise class, start practicing yoga, start lifting weights, start moving your body.

Just show up. Just go do what you love. Stop worrying about whether or not you look cool or nerdy or fat or stupid.  You look fine. Your body is fine. You are the only one judging yourself as harshly as you are.

READ THE WHOLE POST HERE.

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