That first class took place at The River Power Vinyasa Yoga where Lafferty is now an assistant manager and instructor. “I got out and I was like, ‘this is magic.’” “I realized for the first time in my life that for an hour my head was completely clear,” she said. “She had asked me like a million times to come to yoga with her and I’d had an idea of what typical yoga people were, I thought they were 5’2”, size two … and I was like that’s not really me,” Lafferty said.” Eventually, she was convinced, and recounts her first real experience in a yoga class as one that changed her life. A few years later, her best friend and roommate began begging her to take a class together. Originally, she wasn’t yoga’s biggest fan she recalls trying basic videos at home in college and hating them. This hesitancy is something Lafferty herself faced about four years ago when he first stepped into a yoga studio. They don’t feel comfortable doing it and they don’t think that their body’s meant for it or that they’re able to do it.” “Especially someone that doesn’t fit into the mold of what a stereotypical yogi is, they don’t want to step into a place like. “I would say that every single week I’m there, I have one to two people who have never done yoga before.” These classes are part of her mission with Big Booty Yoga-she welcomes people into a carefree space to introduce them to the magic of yoga without the intimidation of walking into a studio. ![]() ![]() “They feel like it’s a non-judgement zone,” she said. ![]() Lafferty, who created Big Booty Yoga, a Facebook/ Instagram page and initiative to challenge the stereotype of a “yoga body,” believes that her Walnut Room classes create a safe space for people to try out yoga.
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