A handbook for the self--a compassionate honest and personal guide to empowering yourself
and others for a safer and more inclusive world. BEING A TEENAGER can be a beautiful time in
your life. But it can also be one filled with self-doubt worries and complicated
relationships. Focusing on school and activities friendship and family feeling comfortable in
your body knowing and celebrating who you are in this world--it's hard to do all at once.
Sometimes it may feel as though you're not doing it right or that you don't know how to do it.
Sometimes you may feel alone and like you don't fit in--because you don't look like other
people or because you're not the right size or shape or skin color. It's tough to feel like
you belong when so many things like social media and the internet are telling you that you
don't. Girlvana will inspire you to connect with your body mind and community to become the
best possible version of yourself. Using the ancient teachings of yoga and the foundations of
meditation and breathwork this book will teach you to explore yourself from the outside in--to
honor your body to invite and accept your feelings to work through tough conversations and
negative thoughts--to develop self-acceptance and self-love. Along the way you'll also
discover the power of finding and using your voice so you can become a better friend and ally
so you can speak out and fight against injustices and inequities so you can use your privilege
for good and so you can ultimately demand change for a brighter world. Featuring yoga flows
and meditations and including breathing exercises and journaling prompts Girlvana is the
essential guide for any self-identified young woman in today's world.
