Valerie Sagun tiene 27 años y es fanática del yoga. A pesar de sus 100 kilos de peso, la “yogui” publica fotografías de sus practicas en las redes sociales y quiere llegar a ser instructora profesional de la disciplina.

“Soy tan flexible como las jóvenes delgadas”, afirmó la fémina de San Francisco, Estados Unidos, a la revista Closer. La especialista de talla grande ha llegado a ser una inspiración para los miles de seguidores de su cuenta de Instagram.

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Con más de 80 mil followers en las redes sociales, Sagun publica imágenes y grabaciones de sus practicas de yoga, donde puede verse haciendo equilibrio en un cilindro, apoyada en su cabeza y haciendo posturas que no cualquiera puede realizar.

“No soportaba la idea de que otras personas vieran mi cuerpo, pero ahora acepto y disfruto que gente como yo amen sus cuerpos. Tengo protuberancias, rollos, cicatrices, manchas oscuras, piel dispareja, estrías, grasa, vello corporal; todas cosas que me hacen ser como soy”, señaló Valerie en su página de Instagram.

La yogui admitió a la revista que a veces sentía dolor en las muñecas debido al peso de su cuerpo que debía sostener. A pesar de esto, Valerie quiere seguir perfeccionándose en la disciplina india.

A través del sitio web GoFundMe está recolectando dinero para poder matricularse en la academia de yoga 7 Center Yoga Arts, un famoso estudio ubicado en Arizona.

Glad to be back home from my trip in Portland and Montana. Though I will be traveling to NYC real quick and heading back. Lots of travel time ✈ Words can’t describe how much love I have for you guys! Sometimes I don’t feel like I’m fully immersed into the community enough, but I still care about all of you! I’m excited that there are such generous people out there to help me out with my yoga teacher training journey! I also think that I want to take @amber_karnes and @diannebondyyoga’s body positive course as well. Even though i’m a bigger bodied person and understand how bigger bodies work, it would be great to learn from some experienced amazing body positive yoga teachers! Also loving my new rad sea creature leggings from @personalrecordofficial ! Glad that her shop has finally launched and she’s having great business! Leggings by @personalrecordofficial Mat by @laviebohemeyoga

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Glad to be back home from my trip in Portland and Montana. Though I will be traveling to NYC real quick and heading back. Lots of travel time ✈ Words can’t describe how much love I have for you guys! Sometimes I don’t feel like I’m fully immersed into the community enough, but I still care about all of you! I’m excited that there are such generous people out there to help me out with my yoga teacher training journey! I also think that I want to take @amber_karnes and @diannebondyyoga’s body positive course as well. Even though i’m a bigger bodied person and understand how bigger bodies work, it would be great to learn from some experienced amazing body positive yoga teachers! Also loving my new rad sea creature leggings from @personalrecordofficial ! Glad that her shop has finally launched and she’s having great business! Leggings by @personalrecordofficial Mat by @laviebohemeyoga Una foto publicada por @biggalyoga el

Oh, hello all you new followers! A lot of people have been asking where you can start your own yoga practice. If you go to my website (www.biggalyoga.com direct link in description) under the FAQ there is a link called ‘Getting Into Yoga’ where I have made a blog post for anyone wanting some tips on how to start. This is the only way I have started so those are the only tips for now that I can offer. I’ll update it soon and look for more videos and recommendations. Some have asked as well if I have a Youtube with videos. Yes I do have a YouTube, but no I don’t have videos to practice. Since I am not yoga teacher trained I don’t feel comfortable yet setting up videos for people to practice yet. Next year I will definitely start to work with videos there. As for Yoga Teacher Training, I’m looking up places to do my training. If there are any yogis who are yoga teacher trained, and have any recommendations on places to get certified, I would love to know! There was a place in Arizona, that I was thinking of, but I’d love to know more that I can’t find on the internet! Comment here for details or email me at biggalyoga@gmail.com with details. Hopefully trainings that will start the beginning of next year, from 2 weeks – 3 months time frame. Trying to get trained soon so I can start teaching! Thank you all again for the heart warming comments, and touching words! Una foto publicada por @biggalyoga el