How do we forge a life beyond the eating disorder? One place to focus on is our values. In this post, get some ideas about how to value your dreams rather than your fears, and identify the personal values that you wish to cultivate and align with in your daily life.

Guest contributor Sarah DeCecco, LMSW, has had a complicated relationship with food since birth. Sarah shares her story of recovery and why today, as a mother, therapist, and yoga teacher and practitioner, self-compassion is the essential ingredient for her ability to thrive and hold space for herself and the people she helps.

Learn how to practice the yoga philosophy of satya, or truthfulness, in eating disorder recovery. Explore the reflection prompts and enjoy a yoga practice and guided meditation on cultivating truthfulness with yourself and others in your healing journey.

Guest contributor Niya Bajaj remembers students sitting at her grandfather’s feet as he lectured about the Bhagavad Gita and how her family life centered around yoga philosophy. Here, she movingly shares how trauma, disordered eating, and body dysmorphia sent her on a quest to create a healthy connection with her body through yoga and to draw on the roots of “generational wisdom” to continue to grow.

What does it mean to “take your seat,” to claim your space in your recovery, life, relationships, the world? There’s no right answer to this question, only the one that aligns with the core of you. Read on to learn how Yoga for Eating Disorders blogger Babette Dunkelgrün answers this question and invites you to claim your rightful space in your life.

Learn how to practice the yoga philosophy of asteya, or generosity, in eating disorder recovery. Explore the reflection prompts and enjoy a guided meditation on cultivating generosity in your healing journey.

What happens when yoga practice is used as reinforcement for body control under the guise of devotion, or it becomes an obsession disguised as a lifestyle? Learn about the shadow side of yoga and how, when used in a therapeutic and balanced way, yoga helps individuals in eating disorder recovery connect with the pure intention of the practice.

Guest contributor Veronique van Dam shares how yoga led her to find her passion and taught her how to care for herself throughout her recovery from an eating disorder and beyond.

Learn how to practice the yoga philosophy of santosha, or contentment, in eating disorder recovery. Read how two women apply this concept in their own recoveries. Plus, explore the reflection prompts and enjoy a yoga practice and two guided meditations on contentment to help you bring santosha into your life.