Posts Tagged ‘health at every size’
What Is Size-Inclusive Wellness? A Beginner’s Guide to the Anti-Diet Approach
Blog post by Brit Guerin If you’ve ever felt like wellness wasn’t designed for you, you’re not alone. Many people come to Current Wellness after years of trying diets, gym memberships, wellness programs, and fitness challenges that promised results but left them feeling discouraged, ashamed, or disconnected from their bodies. Others have avoided wellness spaces…
Read MorePride Flow with Forest
Join Current Wellness for a yoga class to celebrate our pride! Pride Flow is an affinity space for queer and trans folks. This is to allow folks with similar lived experiences to practice in community. Forest Blizard (they/them) creates a yoga class that is suited for all levels and has plenty of options for different…
Read MorePride Flow in Moore Square
Join Current Wellness for a yoga class to celebrate Pride Month! This class is open to the LGBTQ+ community and allies. 100% of the proceeds of this class will support the LGBT Center of Raleigh. Lauren Demberg (she/her) creates a yoga class that is suited for all levels and has plenty of options for different…
Read MorePride Flow with Lauren
Join Current Wellness for a yoga class to celebrate our pride! Pride Flow is an affinity space for queer and trans folks. This is to allow folks with similar lived experiences to practice in community. Lauren Demberg (she/her) creates a yoga class that is suited for all levels and has plenty of options for different abilities,…
Read MoreCome As You Are: What That Really Means at Current Wellness
Come As You Are: What That Really Means at Current Wellness If you’ve ever hesitated stepping into a workout space, such as pausing at the door, wondering if you “fit in” here, or if today’s version of you is enough, you’re not alone. At so many fitness and yoga spaces, movement can feel conditional: “Work…
Read MoreWhen an Eating Disorder Therapist Opens a Gym, It’s Not Your Typical Gym.
Has movement ever felt complicated, painful, or conditional? If so, I want you to know that you’re not alone. There is a different way to be in relationship with movement. If this resonates with you, maybe my story will too… Trigger warning: mentions of disordered eating, weight management, weight loss, and traumatic experiences in fitness…
Read MorePride Flow with Kelsey
Join Current Wellness for a yoga class to celebrate our pride! Pride Flow is an affinity space for queer and trans folks. This is to allow folks with similar lived experiences to practice in community. Kelsey McKaplan (she/her) creates a yoga class that is suited for all levels and has plenty of options for different…
Read MoreFinding Joy in Movement: A Conversation on Inclusive Fitness
Many fitness and wellness spaces champion grueling workouts, physical extremes, and pain as part of the training process. We don’t know who needs to hear this, but meaningful workouts simply don’t have to be that way. At Current Wellness, movement is about connection, compassion, and care for your whole self—not comparison or competition. We recently…
Read MoreHow Massage Therapy Supports Mental Health
At Current Wellness, we believe that mental health care is more than just talk therapy—it’s also about connecting with your body in safe(r), nurturing ways. One powerful, often overlooked support for emotional and physical wellbeing is massage therapy. While many people think of massage as a way to relieve sore muscles or indulge in a…
Read MoreBody Image, Fatness, and Self Acceptance: What I Wish I Could Tell My Teenage Self
Blog post by Julia Carter Teenage Julia I’ve always existed in a larger body. Today, I view this as a neutral fact—a part of who I am, how I move, how I connect, and how I care for myself. This body is my home. But it took years for me to feel that sense of…
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