Get Your Om On: The 411 on Trill Yoga

It's true, real and empowering all kinds of women.

New Rules - You don’t need a fancy studio or expensive yoga clothes or even a mat.  It’s about being free and confident and loving your body as is and doing the work when the spirit moves you. (Photo: Peathegee Inc/Blend Images/Corbis)

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New Rules - You don’t need a fancy studio or expensive yoga clothes or even a mat.  It’s about being free and confident and loving your body as is and doing the work when the spirit moves you. (Photo: Peathegee Inc/Blend Images/Corbis)

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Strike a Pose - Yoga isn’t just a white skinny thang anymore — it’s really for everyone. And there's one hot yoga trend we’re feeling right now: Trill Yoga. Read more about how this form of yoga is empowering all kinds of women with different body types to strike a pose. By Kellee Terrell (Photo: Tom Grill/Blend Images/Corbis)

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Strike a Pose

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What Is Trill Yoga? - Trill is a combination of the worlds “true” and “real,” which tends to be the philosophy of this yoga that aims at meeting folks where they are and accepting their bodies at where they're at. Founded by Claire Fountain, Trill yoga is a "means that it is open to all looking to reap the physical, mental and spiritual benefits of yoga in a real and raw way." (Photo: JGI/Jamie Grill/Blend Images/Corbis)

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What Is Trill Yoga?

Crazy Confidence - Trill is about practicing the form and also taking pics of yourself doing it and sharing it. While some may think it's attention-seeking, it's not. It’s actually an empowering reminder that everybody can do yogo — curvy, muscular and all. (Photo: Claire Fountain)

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Crazy Confidence

Trill Is Breaking Down Barriers - In addition to showing that all bodies can do yoga, it’s important for yoga to be free of stereotypes and show and prove that yoga can be hip, modern and sexy. (Photo: JGI/Jamie Grill/Blend Images/Corbis)

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Trill Is Breaking Down Barriers

Why All Yoga Matters - Past studies show that doing yoga and meditating at least three days a week can lower heart disease risk factors including high blood pressure, obesity and high blood sugar. Yoga also clobbers stress, builds muscles, can aid in losing weight and soothes chronic back pain. It can also improve your mental health by boosting self-confidence and developing a better outcome on life. Get your om on. (Photo: Wavebreakmedia LTD/Wavebreak Media Ltd./Corbis)

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Why All Yoga Matters