Free-spirited yoga mom causes stir on social media
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Free-spirited yoga mom causes stir on social media

Updated | By Damon Beard

Although some of her pictures have been reported as inappropriate, that has not stopped this mom from desensitizing some of the things that many feel uncomfortable about.

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Carlee Benear, 30, has been thrust into the limelight after pictures of her doing yoga while breastfeeding and menstruating went viral on social media. 

Read: Passenger does yoga during her flight

UNILAD reports that she took up yoga to help with postpartum depression after her second child was born. She has said that as a mom, she finds it difficult to practice yoga - which she is so passionate about, and also take care of her three little ones. 

One photo has already been removed from Instagram, which shows her free-bleeding around her kids during a session of yoga.

"This is the blood they came from and after birthing them into my husband’s hands, we all have a great appreciation for it," she told UNILAD. 

Many who reacted to her pictures have said how unhygienic this practice is, while others have said that she is making strides in destigmatizing the topic of menstruation.

Read: This young yoga instructor is a pure gem

Her Instagram page has over 68,000 followers, with many taking to the platform to share their views on her posts. 

’I'm soon to be breastfeeding you have empowered me, I will shelf my public nerves, go mamma bear ❤️ love your feme power photo’s (sic),' said Instagram user @lynzay34. 

While @bartie16 said: 'Each to their own but this is so unhygienic! What if the blood has any infections or anything in it that could be passed on! Or if she sits on a public seat somewhere and leaks blood!'

I CAN DO IT ALL.. And why I shouldn't. _____________________________________________ That's what we all aspire to be as mothers, the super human. This week I dove a bit more into my journey of 'Why is it so hard to ask for help/accept help" and let me say, it was a week of raw difficult discovery. Discovering that I can't, in fact, do it all. How did I come to realize this? Well, my husband (with the outer perspective and opposite mindset) pointed it out. He broke it down in an easy to digest ,but blatant truth: "You do so much research on how to be a good parent, but lately you've been the greatest example of what not to do, and it's actually helped me become more conscious of how I am around our kids too. You love to be a good wife. You love to be a good mother. You love to keep a good house. You love to give love. You love to love yourself. There is only one thing wrong with that list; what's last NEEDS to be first. Without YOU nothing else can fall into place, so if you are constantly sacrificing yourself and your needs for your family, they can never be all they can be because the YOU in you is absent. Do you notice that when I need time I put my earphones in and go upstairs or shut myself in my office? You showed me that I HAVE to steal that time for myself if I want to be the best me. You've showed many people that. But, you still can't do it for yourself. Who cares if the sink is full of dishes, who cares about over-flowing laundry if it's going to make you any less you than everyone suffers. A man's mind isn't as obvious as you want it to be. I think about safety, money, food; not whether that towel on the floor needs to be put in the dirty clothes or not. And it's not because it's your responsibility to do those things, it's mine too, but it's not the way my mind is programmed and I WANT you to ask me for help, but what I need to do to help you isn't as obvious as it seems to you, to me." I am a walking , talking example of what we know isn't always what we do. I get stuck and stressed out fighting a fight within myself instead of vocalizing for fear that I will hurt others with my words- as if my action don't speak 👇

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Being a qualified yoga instructor, I showed the pictures to East Coast Breakfast's Keri Miller. Take a listen to what she had to say in the podcast, then read more below:

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