Stories
Mud & Magnolia: Declaring Your Authentic Beauty This Spring
Mud & Magnolia: Declaring Your Authentic Beauty This Spring posted by Martha Krausz / April 10, 2023 On the night of the vernal equinox (here in the northern hemisphere), I participated in a meditation with spiritual guide and yoga teacher, Clara Roberts...
Why we talk about “embodiment” instead of “body image” at The Body Positive
Why we talk about “embodiment” instead of “body image” at The Body Positive posted by Elizabeth Scott / September 27, 2020You may have noticed that at The Body Positive we talk about embodiment instead of body image. Ever since Connie’s book Embody was published in...
Education is Choice
Education is ChoiceIn honor of denise brown (shown here with my daughter Carmen in 2001) It was thirteen years ago today that I, and hundreds of other grieving people, attended the memorial service for Berkeley’s beloved educator and school administrator denise brown...
The Circle of Life: Impossible to Complete Without a Body
The Circle of Life: Impossible to Complete Without a Bodyposted by Connie Sobczak / November 29, 2019 Breaking news… Human bodies change throughout the lifespan—and this is supposed to happen! It’s difficult to remember such a simple fact when we’re bombarded with...
Mistakes… What to do when you make one
Mistakes... What to do when you make oneposted by Connie Sobczak / November 14, 2019 Mistakes…it hurts to make them, yes it does! Wouldn’t it be lovely to always get things right? Well, actually, no. I have learned so many incredible lessons from making mistakes,...
Discovering Joyful Movement with Nia Dance
Discovering Joyful Movement with Nia Danceposted by The Body Positive / May 22, 2019 I walked in late to the Jewish Community Center’s (JCC) basketball court, which was cut in half by a temporary sliding wall. The room was sparsely sprinkled with women aged 50+, in...
These Black Be Body Positive Leaders are Changing the Game
These Black Be Body Positive Leaders are Changing the Gameposted by MD Spicer-Sitzes / February 7, 2019The rest of the world is finally catching up to the fact that Black people have nourished, loved, critiqued, and built the foundations of Body Positivity since...
