Rad Fat Yoga

Big & Gentle Community Yoga 5-week series
$68.00

A supportive, intentional yoga class with a focus on community building.

Class starts Thursday, January 22, 2026

Five Thursdays from 6:00-7:15pm CT Jan 22-Feb 19, 2026

Location: Virtual*

Class Length: 75 minutes

Class Style: Gentle yoga with active and restorative asana (poses), breath work, and meditations focused on fat liberation

Who is it for: All body sizes, all genders welcome. This class is good for any level of yoga student with some familiarity to yoga.

Let’s get together to cultivate community and gentle movement in these cold and darker months. We’ll come together virtually in real time for community and conversation bookending some gentle, supportive yoga. We’ll gather for approximately 15 minutes before and after guided yoga (45 min) to meet each other, build community, and make new friends who love yoga and fat community!

The yoga portion will be slow flow (mix of seated and standing) and some longer restorative poses. If you are familiar with seated options, you are welcome to modify it for a fully seated practice. If you are brand new to yoga and want seated yoga, this class will not be cueing for those options during the standing portion. This practice is designed for folks looking for a slow, intentional, and restful practice. It is perfect for folks who have not had much movement in their life recently, who are brand new to yoga, and/or are looking for a slower, mindful practice.

This 5-week series is designed for people of all sizes looking to practice yoga in a fat positive atmosphere. The class fee covers five 75-minute live classes and recordings of the yoga portion (approximately 45 min). Reduced price and scholarships are available - apply here to arrange. Class is open to all genders and all sizes. We aim to be an anti-racist, fat positive, and gender-affirming space.

What to have for class: Since this class is virtual, you provide your own props and mat. I have some props available to borrow through porch pick up in south Minneapolis. Props used in this class: mat (highly recommend this investment, my favorite mat is one of the more affordable ones), blocks (recommend 2), strap, bolster, chair (preferably no arms, I like to use a sturdy folding chair, but dining room chairs often work great). You can also make props from a lot of household items.

More information on Rad Fat Yoga Classes can be found in our Frequently Asked Questions.

*We encourage you to plan to attend the live version of this class as it is focused on community and connection, but we will record the practice portion of class (the community conversations will not be recorded to protect privacy) and send out links after each class. Recordings will be available until one week after the final class.

Late Registrations: If you register within 30 minutes of class start time, you may not receive the link for that night. If you register after the class start date, you will receive the recorded links for all prior classes and links to join future live sessions (and recordings).

Refunds and cancellations: As a nonprofit, we aim to keep our fees accessible while also supporting scholarships and reduced rates. Because of this, we cannot offer full or partial refunds on or after the first day of class. Course fees make our work building fat community and advocating for fat health possible - thank you for supporting Rad Health!

About Rad Fat Yoga

Rad Fat Yoga classes center people in larger bodies and offer yoga grounded in a body positive and Health at Every Size™ principles. Rad Fat Yoga classes are often offered as 5-week series, each series has a different focus, such as our flagship Rad Fat Yoga series that breaks down the most common yoga poses for larger people and offers an overview of the Yoga philosophy.

Some classes are for larger people only, and some are open to all sizes. Class length also varies, usually our classes are 60- or 90-minute classes. All of our classes are designed to meet people where they are. We offer seated and standing options for all poses, as well as offer many variations of each pose throughout class, in addition to working with individuals on finding what works for their body.

About Rat Fat Yoga Teacher Annie J

Hi! I’m Annie, Radical Health Alliance founder and executive director and certified yoga teacher. I created and currently lead all of the Rad Fat Yoga classes and series. In addition to completing a 200-hour yoga teacher training through Blue Box Counseling & Wellness / YogaQuest in 2017, I completed the Yoga for All certification.

I chose to end my registration with the Yoga Alliance due to their history of ignoring the historical and cultural roots of yoga and ignoring serious sexual abuse allegations of their members. However, I do take my ongoing education in yoga seriously and participate in continuing education. I believe in transparency around why I feel qualified to lead yoga classes and I believe anyone interested in attending my classes should have access to this information. Here are some of the ways I’m continuing my yoga education.

My teachers include Dianne Bondy, Amber Karnes of Body Positive Yoga, Susanna Barkataki, Dana Falsetti, Michael Hayes of Buddha Body Yoga, and Tejal Patel & Jesal Parikh of Yoga is Dead Podcast.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does flow and restorative mean?
Flow (aka vinyasa) is a type of yoga that moves through poses to create a 'flow.' It's kind of like a dance, but using yoga poses instead. It will be designed for all levels of fitness, though you can expect a bit faster pace.

Restorative is designed to calm, bring peace and awareness to your practice. For some poses, you will get into a seated or reclined pose and relax there for several minutes.

I've never done yoga before, are these good classes for me?
Most of our classes are accessible to folks without any prior knowledge of yoga! Class descriptions will indicated how accessible to beginners each class is, however, I offer fairly thorough explanations of each pose plus variations regardless of class level. Every body is different, so there are many ways to do the same pose.

Can I do the entire class seated in a chair?
Yes! You can do most of our classes seated in a chair for all or some (or none) of the class. The description for each class series will specify if seated chair yoga will not be available for the entirety of the class.

What should I bring?
While classes are virtual, we can loan folks a basic yoga kit that includes a mat, block and strap through contactless pick up in south Minneapolis. You are also welcome to purchase your own mat and props or use household items. Straps and blocks are the most common props used in flow classes. For restorative classes, we recommend bolsters or pillows and a blanket in addition to a block and strap. A water bottle is also recommended.

What should I wear?
Whatever you are comfortable in and can move around freely in! Leggings, sweatpants, tank tops, t-shirts are typical items people wear for yoga. You can practice barefoot or in socks.

Is Rad Fat Yoga classes for all genders?
Yes! We welcome people of all genders to practice with us.

How much are the classes?
Class series are priced as a package and depend on the length of the class and how many dates in the series. Our prices are set low, to cover the basic costs of operation and in line with our mission of being financially accessible. In addition, no one is turned away for inability to pay. To apply for a scholarship or reduced rate, fill out this form.

Are your virtual classes recorded?
Yes! All virtual classes are recorded and the link is emailed out to class participants after class. You must be registered for class to get the recording. Class recordings expire one week after class. Only the instructor’s camera is captured on the recording.

Why are some Rad Fat Yoga classes only for people in larger bodies? Doesn't that mean you're *excluding* people?
Traditional fitness and yoga spaces often stigmatize, shame and flat-out exclude larger bodies. This has created trauma for many larger people. This space is designed to allow larger people to begin feeling comfortable moving in their bodies without fear of judgement. Since many body positive classes already exist in the area for all body sizes to experience yoga, I believe making this space only for larger people is necessary for healing. This means this isn't the right class for everyone, and that's ok! I encourage you to check out some of the other classes in the area that might better meet your needs.