About Megayoga
Megan took her first yoga class at Smith College in 1991 in order to fill an academic credit. Soon she was attempting to emulate all the pictures in B.K.S Iyengar's classic "Light on Yoga" in her tiny dormroom - much to the amusement of her roommate at the time. After graduating, she moved to D.C. and studied in the Iyengar style under J.J Gormley at the Sun and Moon Yoga Studio in Virginia. Megan moved to New York city in 1997 and sampled the wide range of wonderful yoga classes manhattan has to offer. She received her teacher certification in 2001 under Yoganand Michael Carroll and Tarika Diana Damelio at the Kripalu center in Lenox, Mass. Today Megan makes her living as a plus-size model. Her size makes her unique as a yoga teacher and practitioner. Through practice she has learned how to modify many classic yoga postures for her shape. In 2004 she partnered with the plus-size clothing line Just My Size to create "Just My Size Yoga with Megan Garcia," a best-selling yoga DVD specifically created for plus-size beginners. Recently, she authored "Megayoga" published by DK books in May 2006. "Megayoga" is her complete yoga program for plus size practitioners from beginners to advanced levels.
Megayoga is the fruit of Megan's own practice and the energy of a community of yoga practitioners who share a love of good health at every size.
Here are some of my favorite tear sheets from modeling work. I'm proud to be a plus-size model and hope that someday there will be many more images of non-traditional beauty in our media.
email at megayoga@yahoo.com