Rebelling against toxic postpartum body ideals and gaslighting in the fitness industry with Larkin Silverman

Larkin Silverman is a self-proclaimed Vinyasa Vixen who teaches accessible, inclusive, empowering,  Body Neutral and Trauma Informed group and private fitness classes. For Larkin, these movement modalities are an act of reckoning and reclamation. In today’s episode she is going to be sharing these deeply liberative practices and mindset shifts with you in podcast form, as she aims to do as a teacher with all of her classes. On today’s episode with Larkin we dive into:  Gaslighting in the fitness industry, from dance, to crossfit to yoga classes  How fitness instructors can feed negative body image conversations that make people feel like this practice is not for them. How Larkin was able to cultivate a safer space for herself in a fat phobic industry, while existing in a larger body   What are some of your go-to tools and strategies you use to protect your mental and emotional health and cultivate resilience on bad body image days?  Toxic postpartum body ideals, and the enormous amount of pressure put on postpartum bodies – what needs to change in the messaging directed towards postpartum bodies to create a more safe and inclusive space  More from Larkin! Instagram: @vinyasavixen Website: www.vinyasavixen.com  Newsletter  Freebie from Larkin! Resources mentioned: @danceforallbodies Book: Her Body Can, by Katie Crenshaw Book: Mothers, Daughters, and Body Image: Learning to Love Ourselves as We Are, by HIllary L. McBride Book: I Love All of Me, by Lorie Ann Grover Want more from Dana & Cristina?  Free Quiz: Are You a Wellness Chaser?  Our website: www.wholeheartedeating.com  Dana’s Instagram: @danamonsees_cns Cristina’s Instagram: @cristinahoytnutrition Learn more about our 1×1 Nutrition & Coaching services: Schedule a free 15 minute consult worldwide via video or phone –  Book Dana HERE  Book Cristina HERE  Online courses: breaking free of the diet cycle, healing from body image issues, and how to incorporate non-diet nutrition into healing chronic health conditions. Learn more at wholeheartedeating.com Want to support the show and get some freebies / discounts? Here you go! Just Thrive: 15% off researched-backed gut health supplements at justthrivehealth.com with coupon code “DANA”.  Clearly Filtered: Grab 20% off with code REALFOODWITHDANA on advanced water filters to support whole-body health here. Better Help: listeners get 10% off their first month at www.betterhelp.com/dana! Don’t miss this month’s entire series on Intuitive Fitness! Intuitive Fitness & How to Repair Your Relationship with Movement, with Carolyn Viggh Problems with before & after photos and the all-or-nothing fitness mentality, with Barb Puzanovova