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I thought I'd said all I wanted on body image and yoga in my recent post for the Yellow Yogi. But recent controversy in the yoga world regarding a certain video has left me feeling I didn't say nearly enough. Or say it clearly enough. So let me try again.

The taut and toned 'yoga body' on display in the media…

 For many years my approach to health and fitness was defined by no pain, no gain. Eating only salads and nuts made me feel virtuous, and running five miles made me feel as if I’d suffered enough.

Today, I’ve dropped the punitive approach. No longer set on pummeling my body into compliance, I seek to practice, whenever I can, whenever I remember, a mindfulness of simply letting it…