Jessamyn Stanley is one yoga instructor who is breaking the norm With over 350 thousand IGfollowers ,she loves to strike different poses while inspiring others.

 She wrote It is hard to be confident in yourself. Social media makes it look easy and sometimes even glamorous, but it’s not.

 My struggle towards self-confidence and self-love is constantly evolving. In my experience, self-hate doesn’t miraculously go away. 

It takes work. Showing up for that work is what’s most important. 

So every day, I come back to the drawing board. 

I wipe away yesterday’s actions and try to release both the good and the bad emotions.


 I try to be compassionate towards myself. I try to show myself love instead of hate. It is hard. I was not trained to love myself. I’m not good at it. And I don’t live in a world that wants me to love myself. But this work isn’t about a hashtag or a movement- it’s about survival. 

I must love myself in order to survive. That’s the goal. 

Everything else is just extra.