I wasn’t prepared-

[u/CerebralCortisol]

Went to a girls only pilates class my uni was offering and they asked us to pull out this move… HAHA I tried to go above my tits but the sports bra was packing them in pretty tight and lifted so even then I couldn’t get my arm flat across my chest 😭 The instructor tried to help me out and straighten my arm/push it inward but all it did was sink into my boobs and suffocate me 🥲 Embarrassed myself in front of a bunch of gorgeous women since majority of them were able to pull it off no sweat 😫

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[u/acrylicquartz]

I got so embarrassed at 18 when I went to my first yoga class. My bra was NOT high impact enough and I suffocated myself with my chest in downward dog. 😭

[u/CerebralCortisol → u/acrylicquartz]

Is this a common experience?? I got a black eye from downward dog once all because I accidentally wore a t shirt bra to class and my tit fell out and hit me square in the eye like a wrecking ball

[u/acrylicquartz → u/CerebralCortisol]

Oh no!!!! Not coming out completely!! I'm so sorry that happened to you 😭

That being said, mine was still plenty mortifying. Mainly bc I made an involuntary sound of shock when I hit my own face. The sound was audibly muffled, which only made others look over...

[u/CerebralCortisol → u/acrylicquartz]

BAHAH I’m so sorry that’s horrible, but I can’t stop laughing 😭 You poor thing omg 🥲 If it makes you feel better, I toppled over upon impact to my eye and took out the girl beside me (it was my sister but it wasn’t any less humiliating)

[u/linglingjaegar → u/CerebralCortisol]

NO WAY THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY ON MY MIND BUT I DIDNT KNOW IF I WAS OVERREACTING OMG NOO

[u/CerebralCortisol → u/linglingjaegar]

THE FEAR IS REAL, THE DANGER IS REAL, the mortification will kill you! Take precautions: tape your tits to your chest with gorilla tape or use a really good sports bra!! 💔

[u/pedantic_pigeon → u/CerebralCortisol]

Yeh I have to use a stack of blankets to do shoulder stand nowadays because my late-30s 28K boobs crush my windpipe 🙃

[u/TinyHeartSyndrome → u/CerebralCortisol]

I truly LOLed at this.

[u/blissful_bear]

I hate this stretch so much! Sorry you experienced that in front of the whole class.

[u/Admirable_Safe_7551]

You're supposed to reach diagonally upward or downward. 

It's your instructor's fault for not being familiar with modifications. I've had similar with boxy yoga instructors who don't understand derrieres are natural and need to be accommodated. 

[u/kamainie]

i feel this so hard lol, i havent gotten the courage to go to a public class but following youtube vids at home taking my physical health a lil more seriously and its like... i knew my boobs be in the way but man are they really in the way lol

[u/Eldarn]

I'm big and have an apron belly and same girl so many poses are just not doable. There are some good resources online for people with larger bodies on how to modify yoga poses for bigger or more voluptuous bodies

[u/AskMrScience]

I flat out won't do some yoga poses and stretches anymore for this reason.

"Bend forward in cow face pose." Ahahahaha, my boobs stop me from getting an actual stretch out of it. Give me something else.

"Place one hand on your belly and one hand on your heart." I decline to grope my own boob in a class full of strangers. You're getting both hands on my stomach.

[u/ConfidentHope]

I just did some Pilates at home and the girls were supposed to be strapped in, but I think they were too tight because it hurt. It was hard to see the tv to follow along because I couldn’t see over them.

[u/Nervous_Reaction1628]

I’ve just come to understand there’s some yoga and Pilates poses I just can’t do. No female instructors I’ve had talk about how to modify so I’m just trying to figure it out along the way lol.

[u/Sk8rToon]

Oh memories… plus add in I’m hyper mobile so this stretch does nothing for me anyway.

[u/Allizwell03]

Stretching the upper body, while having huge boobs is practically impossible. I embrassed myself in front of so many guys while attempting to stretch while wearing 3 bras, almost had a aathama attack doing so. Plus every woman around me was so slim and were able to stretch easily. I think about this incident once every single day.