So you think all those challenging yoga poses can be done only by those who fit the ‘super-slim’ body type? Well, yoga teacher and writer, Claire Fountain, is adamant to prove your belief wrong. Claire likes keeping her yoga, ‘trill’, in other words, true and real. Trill Yoga is a term coined by Fountain herself, who is trying to show folks out there how yoga can be truly badass.
Claire Fountain feels yoga can be practised in different types of settings. (Picture Courtesy: Instagram/ cbquality)
Emphasising on feelings of confidence and freedom, Fountain believes that yoga can free you from many rules and restrictions. She uploads pictures of herself doing graceful and powerful yoga poses in public spaces rather than a typical yoga studio and therefore has a large number of followers on social media. “You can do yoga wherever, hence me doing yoga in less than traditional spaces, on the streets, in sneakers,” she says according to the Metro.
Claire doing Trill Yoga at an underground subway station. (Picture Courtesy: Instagram/ cbquality)
She aims to shatter ideal body stereotypes by showing that even curvaceous and muscular people can do the same yoga poses just as perfectly as slim people. “So then it’s okay to be any body shape, to wear what you like, to listen to what you like; and realise you don’t need a fancy studio….you don’t even really need a mat,” she says, as reported by the Metro.
Claire does a challenging headstand. (Picture Courtesy: Instagram/ cbquality)
What’s really great is that she has inspired several others to share their own unique experiences of practicing yoga. If you are curious then check out the #trillyoga tag going viral on Instagram where people are sharing photos of themselves doing yoga poses in the most unusual ways.
For Claire, yoga is all about freedom with no restrictions. (Picture Courtesy: Instagram/ cbquality)
