Our Story
The Curvy Yogi is an initiative with a vision to go beyond stereotypes. More importantly, it is an effort with a forthright agenda to bring Diversity and Inclusion along with Safety to not just the yoga and wellness space, but also to organizational culture.
The Curvy Yogi builds awareness to bust ignorant myths and urban legends surrounding yoga, wellness and fitness. It is an open, humble, yet steadfast and grounded invitation for practitioners of all levels, and all body types and limitations to include wellness in their lifestyle through yoga, meditation, Ayurveda, holistic protocols and other mind-body techniques.
The Curvy Yogi programs include focus talks and certification programs for yoga teachers as well as masterclasses and awareness drives for the general public in matters of the sciences as well as the nuances of safe and ethical practice.
The Curvy Yogi is a social impact conversation with the society and the fitness industry concerning body image. As a supporter of the Yoga and Body Image Coalition, Luvena Rangel, founder of The Curvy Yogi, in an active proponent of inclusive yoga and coaches her students and teachers in training to engage in positive, inclusive, safe and balanced classes keeping the needs of the practitioners and reinforcing body image acceptance - the way we are. She believes that it is high time to have the tools and resources within the fitness industry to cater toward this group of individuals seeking to reach their health and fitness goals.
About The Curvy Yogi Programs:
The Curvy Yogi programs, workshops and seminars are offered for individuals of all ages, shapes and sizes because we all come in different packages, but especially are a space for curvy bodies with the required focus to making the practice both accessible and wholesome. This is a space where the beauty and peace of yoga is offered to everyone and each individual is invited to evolve into the best version possible of themselves.
These programs include yoga, meditation, Ayurvedic lifestyle suggestions, psychosomatic reconditioning, as well as life coaching & counselling. The various protocols from Luvena's educational, professional and personal experience form a structural backbone of the unique programs that are customized for every client.
The Curvy Yogi is a space to take charge of your health & wellness and practice yoga comfortably with no inhibitions, shame of fear. Here you will learn techniques to strengthen your mind, body, emotions and spirit. You will not only learn tools that will build and enhance your yoga practice, but also soak in values and teachings that you will take away from the mat and into your daily lives.
The Curvy Yogi believes that everyone has a right and opportunity to take charge of their wellbeing.
About Luvena Rangel, The Curvy Yogi:
Luvena Rangel is an E-RYT Yoga instructor, with the academic background in medicine, holistic health as well as teaching certifications in Ayurvedic Lifestyle and Education & Meditation from Deepak Chopra's Center for Wellbeing, coaching, ThetaHealing and other mind-body and energy medicine Following an accident in 2008 that left her with a severely compromised lumbo-sacral spine, no prognosis to walk and a treatment that left her extremely overweight, she dug deep within to overcome the depression and find renewed grit, determination and focus to find a yoga practice that helped recover and regain her composure and eventually, to even take dancing lessons! She believes her practice and varied holistic protocols helped her in successfully reversing her severe hypothyroidism of 13 years! Today, Luvena is one of Bangalore's leading Yoga Anatomy, Physiology and Wellness Educators and has trained over 100 yoga instructors in training and trains specialty personal sessions to individuals with spinal injuries and other health conditions. . Luvena used her personal life and health challenges to drive her purpose and establish The Curvy Yogi.