In my first week of classes in the Yoga Teacher Training program at Langara College we discussed the concept and practice of ahimsaa - Sanskrit for harmlessness or non-violence.
During our exchange we quickly realized that the first course of harm we take is usually toward ourselves. And when we harm ourselves we harm others as well, and the entire world around us.
One of the ways that we do this most commonly is by comparing ourselves to depictions of what advertisers tell us is ideal beauty -...
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