![]() ![]() I’ve been following Stanley for a while on social media, where her playful swimsuit videos, helpful and hilarious instructions on how to roll a joint, and thoughtful musings on racism, body acceptance, and relationships feel like little bolts of real talk in a storm of filters and façades. ![]() “So the book is really for anyone who has ever struggled with themselves,” she continues, “or felt like they don’t deserve to exist exactly as they are.” Between sips of water, the author and yoga teacher is explaining why she wrote her new essay collection, Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance. It’s pouring rain in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where Stanley’s sprawled out on the floor of the RV she’s driving around the country with her partner. ![]() It happens in every other part of your life,” Jessamyn Stanley says. “I realized, once I actually started practicing yoga, that the most intricate and all-consuming yoga doesn’t happen on the mat. Next up is Jessamyn Stanley, yoga teacher, advocate, podcaster, and the author of Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance, which was published on June 22. In Person of Interest we talk to the people catching our eye right now about what they’re doing, eating, reading, and loving. ![]()
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