Meet Y4ED Featured Member, Michelle, who shares how the Y4ED community has given her a space to connect with like-minded people who practice yoga both on and off the mat as part of their recovery. Many thanks to Michelle for sharing about the role of community in her recovery and for inspiring us with her story!

Meet Y4ED Featured Member, Lesa Tanner. Lesa shares how attending our weekly Connection Calls has supported her recovery journey, allowing her to trust she is never alone, to feel understood, and to share freely without fear of judgement. Lesa describes how feeling welcome in our community has helped her to better welcome all the parts of herself.

Meet Y4ED Featured Member, Michie. Learn about her healing journey, how she is helping others, and why community has been a force in her personal and professional endeavors. Read Michie’s story.

Meet our Y4ED Featured Community Member, Brehan Corveau. Here Brehan shares how the Y4ED community has provided her a space to simply be, with no expectations or judgments.

Meet our Y4ED Featured Community Member, Josephine Cantona. Here Jo shares how the Y4ED community has provided her a space to express her fears and doubts and celebrate her wins. Jo says the community has also helped her find her voice as a yoga teacher and refine her skills in leading trauma- and eating disorder-informed yoga. Most of all, she says, the community has given her a feeling of belonging.

Meet featured Y4ED Community member, Kathryn Miles. In her 40s, Kathryn found herself beginning her recovery journey again. After being met with negativity for sharing about her eating disorder over the years, Kathryn felt it was safest to “go it alone” and avoided groups and community support. With a gentle push from her yoga therapist, Kathryn found her way to Yoga for Eating Disorders, and shares here how she finally found a community in which she feels both comfortable sharing and accepted.

Meet this month's Y4ED Featured Community Member, Elisha Tompkins. Elisha shares how the Y4ED Community has been an unending source of knowledge and support on her road to recovery. Even though she has been doing yoga for over 29 years, Elisha shares that the Y4ED classes helped her learn about her body in a whole new way.

Meet this month's Y4ED Featured Community Member, Kelley Rae Unger. Kelley shares how she has found great comfort and learning in the Y4ED community.

I am excited to introduce our Featured Community Member, Shari-Lyn Valla. Shari-Lyn shares her story of how the Y4ED community supports her in life and recovery, and how her yoga practice has deepened her connection with her body.

Meet Amy Ferraro. Amy tells us a bit about her story and how the Yoga for Eating Disorders Community has connected her with others who “get it,” which she says has made a difference in her recovery.

Meet Courtney Hinkle, who shares her story and how the Y4ED Community provides her with hope and encouragement to keep going in her recovery. Courtney says she still has a long way to go, but feels more positive knowing she has a supportive community to help her stay motivated.

Meet Allison LaFleur, who shares why she finds comfort, guidance, and motivation for her recovery and life from the Y4ED Community. Allison is also grateful to be safely guided to reconnect with yoga and learn new ways yoga can support her recovery.

Meet Sandi James. Sandi shared with us how the Yoga for Eating Disorders Community has helped her feel less alone during the pandemic.

Meet Y4ED member, Nicole Sanders, from Australia. Nicole shared with us how the Yoga for Eating Disorders community has helped her and her family on their healing journeys.

Meet Shae Habersham. She shared with us how the Yoga for Eating Disorders community has helped her work on the mind-body disconnect from the eating disorder and supports her in finding comfort in her body on her yoga mat.

Meet Y4ED Community member, Helen Muller. She shares how the Yoga for Eating Disorders community helps her recovery and provides connection and support. She also tells us about her newfound joy in wild plant foraging in Alaska, where she lives.

Meet Y4ED Community member, Julie Wickham. She shares how how the Yoga for Eating Disorders community helps her in her recovery. Here's what she told us about how the group encourages and motivates her.