by CARLA WADE

WFAA

Posted on May 30, 2014 at 11:38 PM

Updated yesterday at 12:23 AM

DALLAS -- When Abby Lentz walks into a yoga studio, she scopes out her surroundings,

The very first thing that happens when I come into a yoga class for the first time is I think, 'Where am I sitting? Where do I want to be?' she said.

Before the stretching begins, it's all about finding the right spot.

Do I want to hide out in the back? Lentz said. "Am I feeling more confident about myself?"

Lentz wasn't always confident that there was a place for her in a yoga class. While training to be a yoga instructor, she weighed more than 200 pounds.

I was obese. I was the heaviest person in my teacher-training class, she said. And I felt very isolated and very left out.

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