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When family exercise routines become toxic instead of healing

My teenage daughter and I both struggle with body image and we've been going to yoga classes together, but I'm realizing we're reinforcing each other's unhealthy patterns — competing over poses, commenting on our bodies, turning something healing into another place to feel inadequate.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A parent and child seeking wellness together are accidentally perpetuating the very patterns they hoped movement would heal.

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“Where Are You with Movement and exercise — principles?”

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